Upgrade help

Hugh_Jassole · August 17, 2020

Hi everyone,

i need some help deciding on a pc upgrade. i'm currently running an old budget gaming pc:

i3 6100

1060 3GB

128GB SSD

2TB HD

500w PSU

G1.SNIPER B150 MOBO

16GB RAM

i have a little money to spend. Am i being heavily bottlenecked by my CPU? Is a 1660 super a good option? is a ssecond hand i5 7600 worth?

Thanks for any help

TheBean · August 17, 2020

what games? settings? resolution? open task manager while playing a game and screenshot the performance page. it will show us what part of your system is bottlenecking.

SupaKomputa · August 17, 2020

NO. The cpu is perfecly fine with 1060.

You should get a second hand i7, upgrading to i5 won't make any difference.

Hugh_Jassole · August 17, 2020

So get an older i7 and the 1660 super? i7 6700 okay or is it worth going for the 7700?

Hugh_Jassole · August 18, 2020

or is there a more appropriate GPU I could get? I'm happy to buy second or brand new.

Aereldor · August 18, 2020

18 minutes ago, Hugh_Jassole said:

or is there a more appropriate GPU I could get? I'm happy to buy second or brand new.

This is a good PC for now. I would wait till the new stuff is out, I'm willing to bet the RTX 3060 will ship around November 1 for Cyberpunk. It may even have a download code for free, they did that for Witcher 3 and they're partnering with Nvidia for development and launch anyway.

Several Ryzen 4000 CPUs should be out around then as well.