Hi Everyone!
I had a gaming pc built a local computer shop a few years ago pre mortage + baby which i now feel is starting to struggle with most FPS games my friends want to play.
Aside from changing a GPU abd PSU i have no other experience with pc building.
Ideally i want to build/buy a system that will future proof me for 3-5 years but this time i am on a budget due to the above commitments!
I am using a 60hz 1080p minitor at the moment but their is potential for a 144hz upgrade soon so I don't want to limit myself to that.
From my research i have come across the ryzen 2700x which is 100 cheaper than the intel 8700k and the rtx 2070 doesnt seem much different in price to a gtx 1080?
My current build includes a asrock z97 anniversay with i5 4460 and a gtx 960 with 16gb ddr3 ram. I have a sata ssd and 1tb hdd and a corsair 659w psu that i had to replace last year
My question is, can i use the majority of the components eg. Psu case ,ssd hdd optical drive from my current build and just buy the mobo , ddr4 ram, cpu and gfx card or would i be better to just buy a whole new build?
Ideally i want a strong build that will give me 3-5 years good gaming with out unecessarly overkilling components that i dont need.
Games currently playing that i have issues with:
Wow -generally fine but lower gfx settings
Pubg - low settings - appeare that cpu is struggling to handle it ( i know its poorly optimized but i still need a cpu strong enough to handle the load)
Black ops 4 - generally OK, but again on low settings
FORZA 7 - was pretty terrible
My mates want to play battlefield but i havent tried this yet
Thanks in advance!
I had a gaming pc built a local computer shop a few years ago pre mortage + baby which i now feel is starting to struggle with most FPS games my friends want to play.
Aside from changing a GPU abd PSU i have no other experience with pc building.
Ideally i want to build/buy a system that will future proof me for 3-5 years but this time i am on a budget due to the above commitments!
I am using a 60hz 1080p minitor at the moment but their is potential for a 144hz upgrade soon so I don't want to limit myself to that.
From my research i have come across the ryzen 2700x which is 100 cheaper than the intel 8700k and the rtx 2070 doesnt seem much different in price to a gtx 1080?
My current build includes a asrock z97 anniversay with i5 4460 and a gtx 960 with 16gb ddr3 ram. I have a sata ssd and 1tb hdd and a corsair 659w psu that i had to replace last year
My question is, can i use the majority of the components eg. Psu case ,ssd hdd optical drive from my current build and just buy the mobo , ddr4 ram, cpu and gfx card or would i be better to just buy a whole new build?
Ideally i want a strong build that will give me 3-5 years good gaming with out unecessarly overkilling components that i dont need.
Games currently playing that i have issues with:
Wow -generally fine but lower gfx settings
Pubg - low settings - appeare that cpu is struggling to handle it ( i know its poorly optimized but i still need a cpu strong enough to handle the load)
Black ops 4 - generally OK, but again on low settings
FORZA 7 - was pretty terrible
My mates want to play battlefield but i havent tried this yet
Thanks in advance!
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