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A few years ago one of my friends gave me an old Cyber Power pc. I would like to upgrade/build a new pc but I lack experience and knowledge. I am not sure what parts to buy and replace and I would like to sell any parts I don't need. Ideally the new build will be able to play at 1440p and maybe even 4k depending on the price. From what I can tell the pc has a MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate, an Intel I5 4570, 8 gigs of DDR3 ram, an EVGA GTX 770, and a 800 watt power supply (I don't know if it is safety certified). I know the ram and graphics card have to go but I don't know what to do with the processor and mobo. Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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If you want to play at 4K and want to stay with the Haswell platform, your best bet is to get a 4770k (4790k with a BIOS update), a 1080ti, and probably 8 GB of RAM (hopefully you can match it as close as possible to maximize your chances here). Now you *could* stay with the 4570 if money is an issue after the GPU upgrade, but the clock speed and overclockability are real benefits to the i7s (and you have a Z motherboard for the latter). And we've gotten to the point at which the hyperthreading actually can make a difference in some games, something that wasn't generally true when the Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge/Haswell i7s came out.

As for PSU, it depends what's in there, so you'll have to look. If your friend got an upgrade to...
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If you want to play at 4K and want to stay with the Haswell platform, your best bet is to get a 4770k (4790k with a BIOS update), a 1080ti, and probably 8 GB of RAM (hopefully you can match it as close as possible to maximize your chances here). Now you *could* stay with the 4570 if money is an issue after the GPU upgrade, but the clock speed and overclockability are real benefits to the i7s (and you have a Z motherboard for the latter). And we've gotten to the point at which the hyperthreading actually can make a difference in some games, something that wasn't generally true when the Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge/Haswell i7s came out.

As for PSU, it depends what's in there, so you'll have to look. If your friend got an upgrade to something good, then you can still use it, but if it's the "Standard" power supply they stuff in there since they don't care past the warranty, junk it and get a 650W on a solid platform like a Corsair RMx, EVGA G2/G3, or SeaSonic Focus/Prime.
 
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for 1440p ~60hz you want a gtx 1070, keep the cpu, upgrade the ram to 16gb total

for 1440p ~144hz you want to upgrade the cpu to a i7 4790k get 16gb of ram total plus a gtx 1080 TI

get a good cpu cooler like the cryorig H5, you will want to overclock the 4790k a bit

first step is to open the case and post back with the make and model of the power supply, you may also need to upgrade this as pre-builts usually have crap units



 
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Thanks for the advice! I didn't mean to give a negative vote for your post, I hit the button to see what it did as I am knew to this site. I will definitely open up the case and take a look at the PSU. I do believe that the motherboard does not support DDR4 ram (I could be wrong) and I don't know if that is sufficient for modern games. Finally, would the 770 sell as of right now, and if you know any places to buy graphics cards at a lower price would be greatly appreciated.

update: I don't think the motherboard supports newer graphics cards so any recommendations for upgrades would be appreciated.
 
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Thanks! That will allow me to invest more money into a GPU
 
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