3770 - Upgrade now or wait for BF...or next year?

NeoMatrixJR · July 25, 2019

Dropping in today to get some feedback. I'm running a 2012 system sporting an i7 3770. (Specs in sig). This old workhorse has been running my everything for a long time. I finally started seeing some lag so I bought a server and started moving my 24x7 services to that, freeing up my rig. I'm finding that it wasn't enough though and I think she's just showing her age. It's been running great, doing everything from browsing, to programming, to gaming...CS:GO to PUBG & Overwatch at 4k....kinda. Recently I've been noticing a lot of stuttering and lag in PUBG (go figure). This fixed a lot of my stuttering issues, but then I tried to stream. Big mistake. She just can't hack it as a single game/stream rig. CPU gets PEGGED and PUBG lags like no other.

I'm a pretty high-tech person, but I do rock a budget as a Husband and Father....my hobbies take a backseat, so I'm always eyeing to get the best prices. I do, however, like to buy future-proof items where I can. I'm willing to pay for quality and longevity. Note my rig last rebuilt in 2012 (GPU added later...coming up from a GTS 450!). I've been reading conflicting information on the direction of RAM and Flash prices, and I'm seeing deals right now on Ryzen Gen3 CPU + x570 combos and I'm wondering if NOW is the time, or if Black Friday will bring better deals....or if I could even hold off until next year sometime. Mostly I'll be looking for a new Motherboard, CPU, and RAM...and any other required upgrades. Not sure if my 2012 CPU AIO will fit an AM4...or if it's wise to keep running it.... Might like to spring for an NVMe SSD.... Case, GPU, Power Supply and all peripherals will remain as-is for now. Also...like all good PCMR's I like my RGBezzzzzz.... So... Following that I have an ASUS ROG Strix GPU, I'd like to pair that with an ASUS motherboard and possibly AURA compatible RAM. Assuming ASUS's software doesn't nearly kill my PC again. (story for another time). I've liked my ASRock, but I'm hearing they're not as good? Haven't had ASUS in YEARS before buying the 1070 and used to have tons of issues and support sucked. Hoping that's better now. Haven't had AMD in years either...so this will be a shift for me.

EmoChipmonk · July 25, 2019

If you are worried about ram prices then i would get atleast the ram some time soon and wait till cyber monday to get the rest. Mabey a new psu while your at it.