Time to upgrade

[ruchir_ezio]

Currently my pc is 5 years old...

 

Configuration is:

i7 4790k cpu

Gigabyte z97d3hp ATX mobo

Corsair vengeance ram 8x2

WD 120gb sata SSD and 2tb HDD

Corsair VS 650 psu

GTX 760 Asus***

Cooler master k380 case***

 

I'm looking forward to upgrading the GPU and switching up to a new case along with liquid cooling. Nothing else, since I'm on a budget. But my questions are

 

a. Would this mobo support the newer GPUs like 1060 or 1660?

b. Is i7 4790k good enough to survive another generation of gaming?

c. Is it worth just upgrading the GPU in addition to better cooler and case, leaving the rest of the parts to be the same? 

d. Do I need to buy a new pc? (This would bump me down to a 1050ti which isn't really much of an upgrade or a 760)

 

 

Also please suggest me some ATX cases with a smaller form factor. Only within cooler master and Corsair. I'm not in favour of NZXT since it's insanely overpriced in India 

 

 

 

[Fasauceome]

Your CPU can handle a lot of graphics horsepower. What games do you play?

5 minutes ago, ruchir_ezio said:

Corsair VS 650 psu

This is not a particularly good PSU, you could change it out. 650 watts is plenty but VS is sorta cheap.

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4 minutes ago, ruchir_ezio said:

Corsair VS 650 psu

GTX 760 Asus***

get gpu only gtx1660ti or rx580 used

thats all

btw vs psu known to be crap, get new one if you can. but it shall still be fine for 400w pc

[HoneyBadger84]

While you won't see the "full" potential of a 1060 or 1660 Ti on that chip, it is still quite an upgrade compared to what you have now.  As others have said, you should definitely pickup a better PSU.  Corsair is a great brand, but that particular PSU is uh... not one of their finest models.

 

Then when you get around to upgrading your system later, you'll feel like you have a brand new video card again.  Same thing happened to me going from an i7 3930k to an i9 9900k with a GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid on both.  It's insane how much I've gained FPS wise in games that are CPU-dependent.

[ruchir_ezio]

2 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Your CPU can handle a lot of graphics horsepower. What games do you play?

Mainly AAA titles and a few online games, recently started playing Apex legends, I'm getting 50-60 fps on lowest textures rest everything set to high, AC odyssey locked at 30fps low texture rest everything set to high at 720p

[ruchir_ezio]

So which psu should I switch to??

[Fasauceome]

7 hours ago, ruchir_ezio said:

Mainly AAA titles and a few online games, recently started playing Apex legends, I'm getting 50-60 fps on lowest textures rest everything set to high, AC odyssey locked at 30fps low texture rest everything set to high at 720p

Well the 4790k can struggle in newer titles, I think it's worth getting something new like a 1660 ti and seeing how it does for you.

[Mister Woof]

Even a stock 4790k doesn't bottleneck a 2080ti THAT much, certainly no worse than AMDs present offerings, and especially with an overclock. Frametime isn't stellar, but I think it's liveable.

 

A 1660 ti or 2060 or even a 2080 are perfectly within reason with a 4790k.

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3412-intel-i7-2600k-revisit-2018-benchmarks-vs-9900k-ryzen-more

 

Grab a 1660/2060 and enjoy at least two more years of 1080p/1440p gaming, IMO. 

[geo3]

Is your CPU overclocked? If not you can get a lot of extra millage out of it by seeing how far you can push it. Other than that I'd upgrade your GPU and call it a day. 

[ruchir_ezio]

1 hour ago, geo3 said:

Is your CPU overclocked? If not you can get a lot of extra millage out of it by seeing how far you can push it. Other than that I'd upgrade your GPU and call it a day. 

No it isn't overclocked 

[ruchir_ezio]

1 hour ago, Plutosaurus said:

Even a stock 4790k doesn't bottleneck a 2080ti THAT much, certainly no worse than AMDs present offerings, and especially with an overclock. Frametime isn't stellar, but I think it's liveable.

 

A 1660 ti or 2060 or even a 2080 are perfectly within reason with a 4790k.

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3412-intel-i7-2600k-revisit-2018-benchmarks-vs-9900k-ryzen-more

 

Grab a 1660/2060 and enjoy at least two more years of 1080p/1440p gaming, IMO. 

You mean 2 years for the GPU or the cpu? Because I'm pretty sure that my mobo is only upgradable to 5th gen CPUs, so if I need to change the cpu then along with it goes the mobo

Edited March 8, 2019 by ruchir_ezio

[Mister Woof]

52 minutes ago, ruchir_ezio said:

You mean 2 years for the GPU or the cpu? Because I'm pretty sure that my mobo is only upgradable to 5th gen CPUs, so if I need to change the cpu then along with it goes the mobo

Yes, you can probably skip 8/9th gen Intel/Ryzen 1/2/3 completely if you have a decent GPU, and are just gaming.

[ruchir_ezio]

10 hours ago, Plutosaurus said:

Yes, you can probably skip 8/9th gen Intel/Ryzen 1/2/3 completely if you have a decent GPU, and are just gaming.

The rest is just Photoshop and premiere pro

[ruchir_ezio]

Guys, I just looked up the specs of GTX 1660. It's a GDDR6 GPU, does ga-z97-d3h-p mobo support GDDR6? 

[HoneyBadger84]

12 minutes ago, ruchir_ezio said:

Guys, I just looked up the specs of GTX 1660. It's a GDDR6 GPU, does ga-z97-d3h-p mobo support GDDR6? 

There's no lack of support for a given generation of video card in terms of VRam support. As long as your board's video card slot/s is/are PCI-e x16 Gen 3 (which 99% of boards made in the last 6-7 years are), your board can run any modern card.