Upgrade Recommendations

[Energizor]

Hi, my birthday is coming up and I was wondering what parts of my pc I should upgrade and what should I upgrade them to.

Budget: Under $300

I mostly play games like:

• Squad
• Insurgency: Sandstorm
• Escape from Tarkov

Specs:

• Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
• GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX
• Motherboard - Hawlett-Packard 2B36
• Memory - 16 GB RAM
• Power Supply - MWE Bronze 500

[Turtle Rig]

2 minutes ago, Energizor said:

Hi, my birthday is coming up and I was wondering what parts of my pc I should upgrade and what should I upgrade them to.

Budget: Under $300

I mostly play games like:

• Squad
• Insurgency: Sandstorm
• Escape from Tarkov

Specs:

• Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
• GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 AERO ITX
• Motherboard - Hawlett-Packard 2B36
• Memory - 16 GB RAM
• Power Supply - MWE Bronze 500

You should upgrade the CPU to i7. Also make sure your on SSD and what not.

[BurstSMG]

Your 1070 is overkill for a 4570 firstly.
If you don't already, try getting an SSD with that price.

If you want to stretch that $300 to something around $400-500 you could upgrade to a 7th gen Intel mobo/processor/RAM.

I'd scrounge around on PCPartPicker and see what you can find under $300 for a mobo/processor/RAM package that is faster than that 4570 of yours.

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Another thing you could do is find a used 4770 or 4790k and replace your i5 with that. It's still a solid CPU.

[Oalei]

have you consider an SSD or a ryzen?

[Energizor]

44 minutes ago, BurstSMG said:

Your 1070 is overkill for a 4570 firstly.
If you don't already, try getting an SSD with that price.

If you want to stretch that $300 to something around $400-500 you could upgrade to a 7th gen Intel mobo/processor/RAM.

I'd scrounge around on PCPartPicker and see what you can find under $300 for a mobo/processor/RAM package that is faster than that 4570 of yours.

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Another thing you could do is find a used 4770 or 4790k and replace your i5 with that. It's still a solid CPU.

You think I should upgrade my RAM from 16 GB?

[BurstSMG]

20 minutes ago, Energizor said:

You think I should upgrade my RAM from 16 GB?

16gb is sufficient to be honest. If you can find an identical cheap 16gb set though, go ahead. I'd say the CPU is more important of an upgrade rn though.

[BigRom]

Ryzen 3000 series is dropping this weekend, so hold your horses for now as the 2600 might drop further in price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($66.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $295.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-02 20:58 EDT-0400

[Energizor]

5 minutes ago, BigRom said:

Ryzen 3000 series is dropping this weekend, so hold your horses for now as the 2600 might drop further in price.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($66.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $295.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-02 20:58 EDT-0400

Why should I buy "Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory" when I already have 16 GB RAM? Are they not the same thing? I know very little about computer components so I'm a bit confused.

[BigRom]

21 minutes ago, Energizor said:

Why should I buy "Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory" when I already have 16 GB RAM? Are they not the same thing? I know very little about computer components so I'm a bit confused.

You are now currently running DDR3 RAM for a 4th gen Intel CPU. That is incompatible with newer CPU and motherboards

 

Anything newer than that no longer uses DDR3, its all DDR4 now.