What should I upgrade.

sainsburyambrose · Oct 20, 2017

This is my PC https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/pattypig/saved/J9XbvK and I was wondering what components I should Upgrade first in order to play brand new games on high/top settings. Which one should I do first?

herrwizo · Oct 20, 2017

This system is quite allright as it is, balanced. Do you intend to perform a platform upgrade or just individual components? If the latter, here is the list of possible upgrades:

- CPU upgrade to i7 7700 or i7 7700k (note that your mobo does not allow overclocking)
- SSD for a system drive (250GB+)
- RAM upgrade to 16GB

If you are aiming for absolute top gaming performance, you would have to get the new Z370 mobo and i7 8700k, 16GB of RAM, SSD, and 1080Ti graphics card.

If you play at 1080p, your current card is perfectly fine for high/ultra details. Also note that 7th gen i7 is also very competitive with 8th gen in terms of gaming and will remain so for quite some time.

PSU does not need any upgrading, it is high quality and perfectly capable of powering any single GPU on the market.

nemesis1300 · Oct 20, 2017

GPU, PSU and add some RAM if you can afford it.

sainsburyambrose · Oct 20, 2017

herrwizo :

This system is quite allright as it is, balanced. Do you intend to perform a platform upgrade or just individual components? If the latter, here is the list of possible upgrades:

- CPU upgrade to i7 7700 or i7 7700k (note that your mobo does not allow overclocking)
- SSD for a system drive (250GB+)
- RAM upgrade to 16GB

If you are aiming for absolute top gaming performance, you would have to get the new Z370 mobo and i7 8700k, 16GB of RAM, SSD, and 1080Ti graphics card.

If you play at 1080p, your current card is perfectly fine for high/ultra details. Also note that 7th gen i7 is also very competitive with 8th gen in terms of gaming and will remain so for quite some time.

PSU does not need any upgrading, it is high quality and perfectly capable of powering any single GPU on the market.

what cheaper GPU would you reccomened?

herrwizo · Oct 21, 2017

Nothing wrong with your current GPU, it is more than capable for any game at 1080p. If you need a boost in that regard, the "cheapest" card that will actually result in any meaningful performance boost is GTX1070 from Nvidia. And it can hardly be called cheap in most countries

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