Is my current system worth upgrading?

[HotRunes]

Hello all,

 

I built my PC back in June 2015 when everything was brand new and pretty much top of the range. I fell out of the loop with PC gaming for a few years and so I've not made any changes in that time, but I'm looking to get back into the fray with PC gaming this year. So I'm just wanting to know if it's worth keeping my current build and upgrading anything to give it a boost and get it to last me another year or two before needing a new build from the ground up (as I can't really afford that at the moment). My spec is as follows:

 

Intel i7-4790K CPU (Though I’ve never overclocked this)

ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Mobo

NZXT Kraken X61 CPU Cooler

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3 Memory

EVGA GTX 980 Ti GPU

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD

EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W PSU

NZXT H440 Case

BenQ XL2420T Monitor

 

What are your thoughts? Any advice, help and recommendations are welcome.

 

Thank you for your help.

[Arbiter01]

I mean, nothing here is really bad per se. Depends on the resolutions and frame rates you want to play at. Over clocking that 4790K could probably get it in spitting distance of most modern processors if you’ve got the cooling. The 980 ti certainly isn’t setting the world on fire for 4K gaming but it’ll at least match/come close to most budget/mid-range GPUs. Mid/high end are sort of an upgrade for you but I wouldn’t go for it personally. I wait until I can at least double my performance for a similar amount of money spent, and with RTX second gen and big Navi at least in the rumor mill it’s probably worth sitting with what you’ve got. 

[QuestioningGuy]

Honestly, at 1080p your system will probably deal with even the newest games without problems at high-ultra

[boggy77]

if you want 1440p gaming, get a 2070 super. it will work well with your current cpu and you can keep it for when you upgrade cpu+mobo in a year or two

[HotRunes]

I'm not too fussed about 4K, though I do want a new monitor as my current one is getting a bit long in the tooth these days and has some glitching of pixels and such. I'm looking at a 27" 1440p IPS panel if that helps?

[boggy77]

5 minutes ago, HotRunes said:

I'm not too fussed about 4K, though I do want a new monitor as my current one is getting a bit long in the tooth these days and has some glitching of pixels and such. I'm looking at a 27" 1440p IPS panel if that helps?

yeah, OC your cpu and get a new gpu like the 2070 super and you should be sorted

[boey]

 

17 minutes ago, HotRunes said:

I'm not too fussed about 4K, though I do want a new monitor as my current one is getting a bit long in the tooth these days and has some glitching of pixels and such. I'm looking at a 27" 1440p IPS panel if that helps?

980 Ti will be fine at 1440p, you'll get 60-80FPS at medium-high settings depending on the game. If you want >60FPS at high-ultra though, then 2070 super will be a better fit

[Viper9]

This PC will run most games in ultra 1080p or medium 1440p so it depends what you're looking for. New Nvidia GPUs will be announced this summer, so I would wait and upgrade my GPU for an RTX 3070.