Help with upgrading my PC

[Louie7300]

I'm looking to upgrade my PC and I need some help regarding what is best, I will include what I was thinking of upgrading, would like it if I could have feedback regarding compatibility/ if you think it is a bit overkill.

 

PC I currently have

 

Current Specs

- CPU: Intel i5-6400 3.2GHz Quad Core Skylake
- GPU: ASUS STRIX NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB GDDR5
- RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz
- Motherboard: ASUS Z170-E
- Power Supply: 600w AeroCool Integrator Power Supply
- Case: AeroCool Aero-800 Windowed Midi Tower
- HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III HDD
- DVD Drive: 24x Samsung Internal DVD Re-Writer
- CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Contac 21 CPU Air Cooler

 

Upgrade Specs

- CPU: Intel i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core

- GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING OC 11GB GDDR5X

- RAM: NO CHANGE

- Motherboard: ASUS ROG IX Hero

- Power Supply: NO CHANGE UNLESS NEEDED
- Case: NO CHANGE UNLESS NEEDED

- HDD: NO CHANGE

- DVD Drive: NO CHANGE
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

 

If you could recommend cheaper options that would get near the same performance that would be great.

 

 

 

Thanks

 

[TheNuzziNuzz]

What is your budget? Space? How much more performance do you need? what will/are you using the computer for? Just curious, how much was your current machine?

[TheNuzziNuzz]

If you are just gaming on a 1080p display, the CPU isnt worth upgrading. If I were you and I had the budget, I would get a GTX 1070, and that would be a little overkill for 1080, but will be more relevant for longer. If anything, you should get an SSD and make that your boot drive with a fresh install of windows. If you have the budget, get a big one that can also fit your games.

 

If you are into content production and anything beyond gaming, there's a lot more to be said.

 

If you don't use this computer for gaming or content production, then give me your computer plz.

[TheNuzziNuzz]

The PSU looks a little sketchy, but i'm not too familiar with PSUs.

[BloodyWaters]

I'd go for the GPU. 

[TheNuzziNuzz]

Just now, BloodyWaters said:

I'd go for the GPU. 

I think a 1080 is too overkill to be paired with an i5.

[BloodyWaters]

1 minute ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

I think a 1080 is too overkill to be paired with an i5.

Good point. I'd still go for it first though then upgrade the CPU next. 

[Louie7300]

12 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

What is your budget? Space? How much more performance do you need? what will/are you using the computer for? Just curious, how much was your current machine?

 

I'm looking at no more than £1200 for my budget.

Plenty of space.

I play a lot of new games and I like to have them on the best quality with a nice FPS.

Gaming and also for making Word documents etc...

About £800 - £900 I believe including tax.

 

3 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

If you are just gaming on a 1080p display, the CPU isnt worth upgrading. If I were you and I had the budget, I would get a GTX 1070, and that would be a little overkill for 1080, but will be more relevant for longer. If anything, you should get an SSD and make that your boot drive with a fresh install of windows. If you have the budget, get a big one that can also fit your games.

 

If you are into content production and anything beyond gaming, there's a lot more to be said.

 

If you don't use this computer for gaming or content production, then give me your computer plz.

 

I have a Dell S2716DG Monitor 2K 144hz G-Sync (sorry, forgot to mention it)

[TheNuzziNuzz]

5 minutes ago, Louie7300 said:

 

I'm looking at no more than £1200 for my budget.

Plenty of space.

I play a lot of new games and I like to have them on the best quality with a nice FPS.

Gaming and also for making Word documents etc...

About £800 - £900 I believe including tax.

 

 

I have a Dell S2716DG Monitor 2K 144hz G-Sync (sorry, forgot to mention it)

Is 1200 your budget for an upgrade?

[Louie7300]

Just now, TheNuzziNuzz said:

Is 1200 your budget for an upgrade?

The £1200 is the max I would spend but I'd prefer to spend less if possible.

 

The thing that would cost me the most would have been the GTX 1080 Ti so I just kinda estimated a budget, this is why I came here before so I don't go throwing money about when it is not necessary.

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Louie7300 said:

The £1200 is the max I would spend but I'd prefer to spend less if possible.

 

The thing that would cost me the most would have been the GTX 1080 Ti so I just kinda estimated a budget, this is why I came here before so I don't go throwing money about when it is not necessary.

with your rig an upgrade to a 7700k,1080ti and PSU should be good enough, cooler too if you want better overclocks. no need to go get a new board, just update the bios and you'll be fine.

[Louie7300]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

with your rig an upgrade to a 7700k,1080ti and PSU should be good enough, cooler too if you want better overclocks. no need to go get a new board, just update the bios and you'll be fine.

Would an air cooler suffice? I really really do not want to go near water cooling.

 

Is it difficult to update the BIOS?

[Alesek]

Just now, Louie7300 said:

Would an air cooler suffice? I really really do not want to go near water cooling.

 

Is it difficult to update the BIOS?

yes, the high end air coolers perform similar to AIO

 

no, not really

[TheNuzziNuzz]

7 minutes ago, Louie7300 said:

The £1200 is the max I would spend but I'd prefer to spend less if possible.

 

The thing that would cost me the most would have been the GTX 1080 Ti so I just kinda estimated a budget, this is why I came here before so I don't go throwing money about when it is not necessary.

You could also save 100 by getting the lesser GTX 1080 wich will still be perfectly fine for that monitor.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£305.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Macho Direct 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£43.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£706.86 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: BitFenix Whisper M 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£94.75 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1150.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-20 15:42 BST+0100

[Herman Mcpootis]

12 minutes ago, Louie7300 said:

Would an air cooler suffice? I really really do not want to go near water cooling.

 

Is it difficult to update the BIOS?

it'll work just fine, there are many air coolers that match aios for less/same price. 

not really, no. look up instructions on google, it's not really hard. just don't cut power to the board while it's still updating.

[Louie7300]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

it'll work just fine, there are many air coolers that match aios for less/same price. 

not really, no. look up instructions on google, it's not really hard. just don't cut power to the board while it's still updating.

Will do.

 

Thanks for the help.