Is It Worth Upgrading From Current System

[bigmike035]

I am looking for a new ultimate rig/gaming rig. Price range is roughly 1500-2000 for new parts. Just looking to upgrade to newer components as everything gets outdated.

Current Specs are:

CPU: i7 870 (2.93ghz OC'ed at 3.55 Right Now) (Idle:28-30, Load: 36-38)
COOLER: ZALMAN 120
MOBO: Gigabyte P55A-UD3
RAM: 8 gigs of Crucial Ballistics @ 1.5V Timing 7-7-7
GPU: Just bought GTX 760 SC (Was a GTX 470; OC'd it)
PSU: Coolmax 1200W
HDD: 1TB @ 7200 and 640G @ 7200
CASE: AZZA Solano 1000


Looking at new Rig:

CPU: i7 4770K
COOLER:COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 or Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
MOBO: Considering ASROCK LG6extreme, ASUS MAXIMUS, Sniper Edition (3.1 I think)
RAM: (Thinking 8/16, I know 8 is fine but whats another 70bucks) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM or G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-16GXM
PSU- HX850W Corsair HX Series
SSD: 128 Samsung Pro 840 Series (OS)
HDD: 2TB 7200RMP 64MB Seagate Barracuda
GPU: Purchase another GTX760 SC to run SLI
CASE:Rosewill BLACKHAWK-ULTRA Gaming Super

 

[tiny voices]

The PSu you have now is total junk.

If you are just gaming and not rendering or encoding video, get an i5 not an i7.

That motherboard is pretty overkill.

Everything else looks good. You are right about the RAM. Windows nor any game ever will use even close to 8gb so 16gb will just sit there and do nothing. It will be like you have 8gb anyway. Nothing will be different.

 

[bigmike035]

The PSu you have now is total junk.

If you are just gaming and not rendering or encoding video, get an i5 not an i7.

That motherboard is pretty overkill.

Everything else looks good. You are right about the RAM. Windows nor any game ever will use even close to 8gb so 16gb will just sit there and do nothing. It will be like you have 8gb anyway. Nothing will be different.

I see that a lot, the i5 instead if i7, due to the HT right? Is it just because it gives off more heat, or the extra $100 to shell out? Worth going from 1600MHZ to 1866MHZ for RAM and get 8G only?

 

[Marcopolo123]

you don need to upgrade, everything is fine !!!!

 

[tiny voices]

Games do not use hyper threading so an i7 IS an i5 when it comes to games. Why waste the money on zero performance?

 

[bigmike035]

I see the point there, but what about other tasks at hand? Also, is it worth upgrading though from an overall stand point. I know there will be gains overall, plan on waiting till black fri/cyber mon to buy most this stuff anyways. Money is only money anyways

 

[ps3hacker12]

I must ask, are you upgrading for a gaming performance increase?

Your current setup should be able to handle a single 770 just fine.

 

[bigmike035]

I must ask, are you upgrading for a gaming performance increase?

Your current setup should be able to handle a single 770 just fine.

well I already have a 760, was going to stay with one really, but a bigger monitor came into my mind possibly, but also batman is free with a purchase, so that made me want to put SLI of the 760's lol.

Mostly gaming, but do other work on the computer as well (some video/photo editing, some programming not to much) Just trying to update the computer pretty much as this is a 4/5 year old build. I know tech gets outdated every day, just wondering if it is time now.