Thinking of upgrading or building a new PC.

[tlmills82]

I've had my PC for a few years now and it's been good to me.  But I feel the GPU and maybe  few other things are starting to lag behind.  I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading or if I should just salvage a few pieces (case, PSU, Hard drives etc) and build a new one.  I'm only playing 1080p and I have the 144hz monitor which isn't exactly being utilized in most games.

 

What are your thoughts?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.90 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($55.62 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($55.62 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.09 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" 1920x1080 Monitor  ($109.99 @ Walmart) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($259.99 @ Best Buy) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($159.82 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse  ($34.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1212.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-30 12:57 EDT-0400

[brob]

Are you overclocking the cpu?

 

Are you unhappy with gaming or other program performance?

[tlmills82]

1 hour ago, brob said:

Are you overclocking the cpu?

 

Are you unhappy with gaming or other program performance?

not OC as I couldn't really dial in a decent enough OC to make it stable.  I'm only unhappy with the gaming performance.

[dizmo]

You missed the most important part; your budget.

If you're on a tighter budget, look into a 2600x/B450/16GB of RAM.

Video card, the 1660Ti would work, but there are other options as well depending on the games you play.

And, of course, wait until Black Friday.

 

[tlmills82]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

You missed the most important part; your budget.

If you're on a tighter budget, look into a 2600x/B450/16GB of RAM.

Video card, the 1660Ti would work, but there are other options as well depending on the games you play.

And, of course, wait until Black Friday.

 

Right, but my original question was:  Is this PC worth upgrading say just the GPU in to make it worth saving or should I start from scratch?

[dizmo]

25 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

Right, but my original question was:  Is this PC worth upgrading say just the GPU in to make it worth saving or should I start from scratch?

Neither.

You don't need to scrap your storage, case, PSU, etc, but you're not going to get a great improvement from just the GPU alone as 4 cores are starting to fall behind and you're aiming for high refresh rate gaming.

[tlmills82]

3 hours ago, dizmo said:

Neither.

How's something like this look?  I'm not sure what budget will look like as this will likely be a tax time thing once it rolls around.  Just gauging what I'll be looking at needing once it rolls around.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($80.23 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.11 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $838.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-30 21:40 EDT-0400

[Herman Mcpootis]

9 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

How's something like this look?  I'm not sure what budget will look like as this will likely be a tax time thing once it rolls around.  Just gauging what I'll be looking at needing once it rolls around.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($80.23 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.11 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $838.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-30 21:40 EDT-0400

get a B450-A Pro instead of the B450-F and use the money for a 5700XT instead.

[dizmo]

15 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

How's something like this look?  I'm not sure what budget will look like as this will likely be a tax time thing once it rolls around.  Just gauging what I'll be looking at needing once it rolls around.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($194.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($80.23 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Helix-L 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($63.11 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB DUAL OC Video Card  ($379.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $838.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-30 21:40 EDT-0400

I'd probably look for a 2060 Super if you're spending that much, or potentially the 5700XT.

And a proper cooler.

Other than that, looks decent.

[tlmills82]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I'd probably look for a 2060 Super if you're spending that much, or potentially the 5700XT.

And a proper cooler.

Other than that, looks decent.

Are red team cards really better than green?  Also I thought the default cooler in AMD was good?

[Herman Mcpootis]

27 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

Are red team cards really better than green?  Also I thought the default cooler in AMD was good?

the reference coolers on the 5700 and XT both suck, if you really can't spend any more for a better cooler than an XFX AIB card is around the price of a reference card and still much better.

[tlmills82]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the reference coolers on the 5700 and XT both suck, if you really can't spend any more for a better cooler than an XFX AIB card is around the price of a reference card and still much better.

I was talking CPU cooler

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, tlmills82 said:

I was talking CPU cooler

 

oh. the stealth is good enough at stock, if you're gonna overclock then might be worth spending $30-40 for an aftermarket cooler.