What to upgrade?

Snotrap · July 6, 2019

Hello!

Just wanting some opinions etc on what I should next spend my money on.

Suggestions do help.

Current specs:

CPU: i5 3470

RAM: 8GB

GPU: R7 370

HDD(s): many

I play games such as Assetto Corsa, BeamNG.drive, Minecraft and a few e-sport games like CS:GO etc etc.

I am currently looking at the following within a budget:

i7 2600k -$90 AUD (with 2 years warranty, from a local store, applies to all items, purchased basically everything from them for my pc)

RX 480 8GB - $200

+4GB RAM - $20

What do you think would make the biggest difference for these games?

I am interested to hear your opinions.

Thanks in advance.

LIGISTX · July 6, 2019

I wouldn't do a 2600k over your 3470, it really wouldn't be worth the 90 bucks IMO. Unless there is a way to see how well it will overclock before purchase. IF you can get the 2600 to say 4.4 GHz, it wouldn't be half bad. But, that said, I went from a 3770k @4.2 or 4.4 to a 8700k @5.0, and I shit you not, my battlefield V FPS almost doubled, with a GTX 1070. Obviously that game REALLY likes a lot of CPU, but point is, I don't think a 2600k over your 3470 is worth it. If you can find a newer CPU option, which would require a new motherboard..... it may be worth it. I think for your situation, the i5 isn't holding you back, the GPU is.

Snotrap · July 9, 2019

On 7/6/2019 at 5:07 PM, LIGISTX said:

I wouldn't do a 2600k over your 3470, it really wouldn't be worth the 90 bucks IMO. Unless there is a way to see how well it will overclock before purchase. IF you can get the 2600 to say 4.4 GHz, it wouldn't be half bad. But, that said, I went from a 3770k @4.2 or 4.4 to a 8700k @5.0, and I shit you not, my battlefield V FPS almost doubled, with a GTX 1070. Obviously that game REALLY likes a lot of CPU, but point is, I don't think a 2600k over your 3470 is worth it. If you can find a newer CPU option, which would require a new motherboard..... it may be worth it. I think for your situation, the i5 isn't holding you back, the GPU is.

So selling my mobo and getting a 2200g, 8GB DDR4 and a ASROCK B450M-PRO4-F is a better idea?

Comes to AUD$289 delivered

LIGISTX · July 9, 2019

I am not sure tbh.... I don't know Ryzen enough to make that call for you. Sorry man, hopefully someone else can help you there. I would think its not worth it... but I could be wrong.