i5 6600K & GTX 970, Is it time to upgrade?

[VillaiNPC]

Right now I play games at 144hz 1920x1080, Sometimes I struggle in games to reach that 144hz mark. I guess my question is would it be worth upgrading parts of my PC now or unnecessary with my current specs.

 

CPU

ɪɴᴛᴇʟ® ᴄᴏʀᴇ™ ɪ5-6600ᴋ ǫᴜᴀᴅ ᴄᴏʀᴇ 3.9ɢʜᴢ ᴛᴜʀʙᴏ ʙᴏᴏsᴛ

Motherboard

ɢɪɢᴀʙʏᴛᴇ ᴢ170-ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴋ3

RAM

16ɢʙ ᴅᴅʀ4/2400ᴍʜᴢ (ʜʏᴘᴇʀx)

GPU

ᴍsɪ ɴᴠɪᴅɪᴀ ɢᴇғᴏʀᴄᴇ ɢᴛx 970 4ɢʙ 16x ᴘᴄɪᴇ 3.0 ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴄᴀʀᴅ

Storage

931ɢʙ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ (sᴀᴛᴀ) (definetely going to be upgrading)

PSU

ᴄᴏʀsᴀɪʀ 650ᴡ

Cooling

ᴄᴏᴏʟᴇʀ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ sᴇɪᴅᴏɴ 120ᴠ ʟɪǫᴜɪᴅ ᴄᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ 120ᴍᴍ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛᴏʀ ⠀⠀⠀

 

[LukeSavenije]

well, you technicly could... but I would wait for ces to see the new zen 2 chips

[3 Lions]

First thing I would upgrade is the CPU to either an i7 6700K or 7700K (BIOS update needed), you can find good deals on Ebay.

[vK 3 1 RON]

Trust me I've been going for 144Hz constant for a long time, there comes a point where you need to say "Okay. I'm going to turn some settings down..." - usually I have Anti-aliasing off completely because I'm not that big into graphics - "... I'm getting like 120+Hz, I can just turn off the fps counter" And it's actually amazing! XD No, but seriously, your rig is most likely fine. If you want to upgrade your GPU/CPU to something newer go for it, but I wouldn't bother with RAM/PSU. And yeah, that storage needs a buff in my opinion

[r2724r16]

5 minutes ago, VillaiNPC said:

931ɢʙ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ (sᴀᴛᴀ) (definetely going to be upgrading)

Is that an SSD or a HDD? Because if you don't have an SSD, that's the first thing you should get. 

 

As for getting a higher framerate, I think you should wait until AMD's Zen 2 chips are showed off next year, and upgrade if the new CPUs look good. And as for a GPU upgrade, you can pick up a used GTX 1070 or 1080 Ti.

[VillaiNPC]

@LukeSavenije @r2724r16 I will need to upgrade my MB as well if I was to go the AMD route?

[Fasauceome]

Just now, VillaiNPC said:

@LukeSavenije @r2724r16 I will need to upgrade my MB as well if I was to go the AMD route?

Definitely, there's no motherboard that works with both AMD and Intel (obviously)

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, VillaiNPC said:

@LukeSavenije @r2724r16 I will need to upgrade my MB as well if I was to go the AMD route?

Wait until AMD's Zen 2 chips are released, and then decide what to upgrade to. 

[narrdarr]

17 minutes ago, VillaiNPC said:

Right now I play games at 144hz 1920x1080, Sometimes I struggle in games to reach that 144hz mark. I guess my question is would it be worth upgrading parts of my PC now or unnecessary with my current specs.

 

CPU

ɪɴᴛᴇʟ® ᴄᴏʀᴇ™ ɪ5-6600ᴋ ǫᴜᴀᴅ ᴄᴏʀᴇ 3.9ɢʜᴢ ᴛᴜʀʙᴏ ʙᴏᴏsᴛ

Motherboard

ɢɪɢᴀʙʏᴛᴇ ᴢ170-ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴋ3

RAM

16ɢʙ ᴅᴅʀ4/2400ᴍʜᴢ (ʜʏᴘᴇʀx)

GPU

ᴍsɪ ɴᴠɪᴅɪᴀ ɢᴇғᴏʀᴄᴇ ɢᴛx 970 4ɢʙ 16x ᴘᴄɪᴇ 3.0 ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴄᴀʀᴅ

Storage

931ɢʙ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ (sᴀᴛᴀ) (definetely going to be upgrading)

PSU

ᴄᴏʀsᴀɪʀ 650ᴡ

Cooling

ᴄᴏᴏʟᴇʀ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ sᴇɪᴅᴏɴ 120ᴠ ʟɪǫᴜɪᴅ ᴄᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ 120ᴍᴍ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛᴏʀ ⠀⠀⠀

 

 

14 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

First thing I would upgrade is the CPU to either an i7 6700K or 7700K (BIOS update needed), you can find good deals on Ebay.

i run an i5-6500 @ 4.3 ghz

asus z170 gaming pro mobo

16gb ram (forgot my speed maybe 2500mhz)

gtx 1080 ftw

1440p 144hz monitor

i get 120-130 fps in pubg with a mix of high and med setting

 

before my 1080 my 970 struggled in some titles even at 1080p

 

I'd say get a gpu

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Definitely, there's no motherboard that works with both AMD and Intel (obviously)

it's been a long time

[SupaKomputa]

Wait for Ryzen 3000 series, their lower end have 6 cores (12 threads) for around $100.

[TetraSky]

5 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Wait for Ryzen 3000 series, their lower end have 6 cores (12 threads) for around $100.

Isn't that just a rumor though? Nothing has been officially announced yet AFAIK.

[SupaKomputa]

3 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Isn't that just a rumor though? Nothing has been officially announced yet AFAIK.

if its true, RIP i3 and i5...

[Wufflez]

I probably wouldn't. I run a 970 and don't have that much problems getting high frame rates on my 144hz. Unless you got money to throw, then power to ya

[JammyCreedog]

That 6600k has some life left in it. Upgrade to a 2070.

[BlockedTheShot]

8 hours ago, VillaiNPC said:

Right now I play games at 144hz 1920x1080, Sometimes I struggle in games to reach that 144hz mark. I guess my question is would it be worth upgrading parts of my PC now or unnecessary with my current specs.

 

CPU

ɪɴᴛᴇʟ® ᴄᴏʀᴇ™ ɪ5-6600ᴋ ǫᴜᴀᴅ ᴄᴏʀᴇ 3.9ɢʜᴢ ᴛᴜʀʙᴏ ʙᴏᴏsᴛ

Motherboard

ɢɪɢᴀʙʏᴛᴇ ᴢ170-ɢᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴋ3

RAM

16ɢʙ ᴅᴅʀ4/2400ᴍʜᴢ (ʜʏᴘᴇʀx)

GPU

ᴍsɪ ɴᴠɪᴅɪᴀ ɢᴇғᴏʀᴄᴇ ɢᴛx 970 4ɢʙ 16x ᴘᴄɪᴇ 3.0 ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴄᴀʀᴅ

Storage

931ɢʙ ᴡᴇsᴛᴇʀɴ ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ (sᴀᴛᴀ) (definetely going to be upgrading)

PSU

ᴄᴏʀsᴀɪʀ 650ᴡ

Cooling

ᴄᴏᴏʟᴇʀ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ sᴇɪᴅᴏɴ 120ᴠ ʟɪǫᴜɪᴅ ᴄᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ 120ᴍᴍ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛᴏʀ ⠀⠀⠀

 

i'd try to upgrade the cpu to an i5 8600k or 9600k and upgrading to either to 1070, 1070 ti or 2070

 

6 hours ago, JammyCreedog said:

That 6600k has some life left in it. Upgrade to a 2070.

i5 6600k definetly bottlenecks at 1080p with an rtx 2070