Is it even worth upgrading????

[Jskin]

Budget (including currency): $500-$2000 usd

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FPS games 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

Below is the current setup.  Is it even worth trying to upgrade or add parts?? I would like to get back into FPS games and know that a video card is a must.  How would my performance be if I dropped in a ASUS Phoenix RTX 3060?   Any help would be greatful.

 

thanks 

 

Case: Fractal design R4 silent ATX midtower

MB: ASUS Sabertooth z97 mk1 LGA 1150 intel z97

Chip: i7-4771

Cooling: Corsair Hydro h100i 

Ram: G skill ripjaws z series 2x8gb ddr3 1866

PSU: Seasonic SS-66xp2 660w 80 plus platinum

Storage: 2x SSD & 2x HDD

[krakek]

What is the current GPU?

 

Otherwise yes, this is pretty old.

[Pixelfie]

Do you already have a GPU in the current system? What does that 3060 cost?

 

If you don't have a GPU then adding the 3060 will make it much better, but you will probably be CPU bottlenecked (this isn't bad, but it means you get as many frames as your CPU can handle, not your GPU). You may benefit from upgrading CPU, RAM and motherboard, but I would first get a GPU to see if that will give you enough performance, because if you buy a new CPU etc while the old one is good enough you're just wasting money.

[Jskin]

Just running onboard video.  I have a friend selling a Phoenix RTX 3060 for $600.

[Tech87]

40 minutes ago, Jskin said:

Just running onboard video.  I have a friend selling a Phoenix RTX 3060 for $600.

I'd go for it. You'll see a massive difference.

 

Then if you decide to upgrade later, you can bring the 3060 with you.

[Pixelfie]

41 minutes ago, Jskin said:

Just running onboard video.  I have a friend selling a Phoenix RTX 3060 for $600.

And how much can you get a 6600 XT for? They are quite a bit faster and often ~$6-700.