Recommendations on upgrade path

[MichaelQ]

Budget (including currency): N/A

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: WoW / CoD Warzone / 

Current Build : 3570k @ 4.2Ghz (Corsair H55 cooler) / 8GB 1600 Ram / EVGA GTX 970 ssc / Biostar z77 MB / 120GB SSD / 500GB HDD

 

I'm looking for recommendations on an upgrade path to take my build. My PC is showing its age when i try to run CoD Warzone atm with random stutters/freezing on all low settings. 

I play at 60hz 1920x1080p currently but would like to upgrade to 120hz+.

 

I've tried pushing the clock higher on the CPU to try and squeeze more performance from it but to no success in actual gameplay.

 

Bearing in mind the age of the platform i know i'll have to upgrade chipset to accommodate new cpu architecture but i'm at a loss at which route to take.

The new AMD Gen 3 looks promising for the price but as to which model to choose i'm at a loss.

 

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

 

[MartinKweh]

5 minutes ago, MichaelQ said:

Budget (including currency): N/A

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: WoW / CoD Warzone / 

Current Build : 3570k @ 4.2Ghz (Corsair H55 cooler) / 8GB 1600 Ram / EVGA GTX 970 ssc / Biostar z77 MB / 120GB SSD / 500GB HDD

 

I'm looking for recommendations on an upgrade path to take my build. My PC is showing its age when i try to run CoD Warzone atm with random stutters/freezing on all low settings. 

I play at 60hz 1920x1080p currently but would like to upgrade to 120hz+.

 

I've tried pushing the clock higher on the CPU to try and squeeze more performance from it but to no success in actual gameplay.

 

Bearing in mind the age of the platform i know i'll have to upgrade chipset to accommodate new cpu architecture but i'm at a loss at which route to take.

The new AMD Gen 3 looks promising for the price but as to which model to choose i'm at a loss.

 

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

 

Depending on your budget . but id say just keep you system for now. the 4th gen ryzen or even the refresh is about to come out this year and it might be a good way to upgrade . i hear some AMD/Nvidia GPU might come out this year or early next year. 

 

 

[SleepingGiant]

I think i've watch linus making a video about 3rd gen intel chips

 

They are still good for gaming (and all your parts are totally fine)

 

I saw them putting on more ram to see what was the performance was like.

 

You might want to go with dual channel ram with 2×8gb and upgrade the gpu like 1660 super and  up

[CWALD]

double up your ram and make sure its duel channel. updating your GPU wouldn't be a bad idea either and you can still use the new GPU when you upgrade to a newer platform as well.

 

4c/4t can be kinda painful if your trying to game on windows 10. If you decide to wait to upgrade your platform I might consider switching to Linux.  It takes a bit of getting used to but it will free up a ton of system resources. PopOS is a good distro for beginners trying to get into gaming. Also as long as its duel channel 8GB of ram is plenty for Linux. 

Note that if you play games that use Easy Anti Cheat then they will not work on Linux.

[Nena Trinity]

Buy more RAM & a RX 5700XT?

(but if CPU is the cause you might need a 6-core so 3600 or 10-600K depending on budget?)