How old and out-dated is my PC and what should I upgrade?

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nabajoli

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Hello guys i recently changed my graphic card but overall my pc is 6 years old atm i like to hear ur opinions thanks.


GPU - GeForce GTX 970
CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU Speed : 3.9 GHz
Ram - 16 GB
OS- Windows 10 64 BİT
Motherboard - Gigabyte-Z77-D3H

 
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A 3770k is more than enough to fully utilize a 970 at say 1080p+. So if you are happy with how the 970 performs then just leave it as is, it is a well balanced system.

The only thing really worth upgrading at the moment would be the GPU, but like I said if you are happy with the performance of the 970 just leave it as it is.

You may want to upgrade something other than internals, maybe your monitor or something.
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A 3770k is more than enough to fully utilize a 970 at say 1080p+. So if you are happy with how the 970 performs then just leave it as is, it is a well balanced system.

The only thing really worth upgrading at the moment would be the GPU, but like I said if you are happy with the performance of the 970 just leave it as it is.

You may want to upgrade something other than internals, maybe your monitor or something.
 
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Realistically speaking it’s a strong system. 1080p gaming should be cake for it to run and perhaps some 1440p gaming as well. Don’t let the fact that you’re running on an older processor lead you to think it’s obsolete. When benchmarking games against the even older i7 2600k, the 8700k only crept ahead by a slight margin. Source: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/76333-i7-2600k-vs-i7-8700k-upgrading-worthwhile.html

You have plenty of RAM to run any game out there and your system overall is good. If you were to upgrade it would cost you quite a bit to buy a new Coffe Lake CPU and with RAM being over double it’s price due to inflation I would say stick with what you have for the time being.

If you were to make any upgrade at all then your GPU would be the place to start. Prices for GPU’s are also extremely inflated due to crypto currency miners so hold off on buying one right now. However, when the prices do drop or Volta is released you could invest some cash there to get your system running faster in games.
 
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Thank you both for answer well atm my GPU is good for me i mean im playing wow heroes of newerth and fortnite mostly beside that when game comes out like doom , tomb raider, assasins creed etc i run it very smoothly and i think my cpu like you said Jwpanz is good at benchmark and most of cpu's in market atm but i can change my monitor and whole fan system in my computer because its heating too much and its mid tower case so :) maybe in later i will buy 1080 gpu
 
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