Upgrade paths available?

[Jojamoco]

Hello I am curious what upgrades I might be able to make without doing a full rebuild. Either a new GPU processor etc. I'm a bit out of the hardware game and upgrading was never my thing I always built new when I did build PC's so I'm not sure the best way to approach this.

 

Here are my current specs(please let me know if I missed something I should add): 

Processor Name:                         Intel Core i5-4690K

Motherboard Model:                      MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Device Name:                            ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Gaming A

Memory: 4x.....                           8 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM G.Skill F3-12800CL10-8GBXL

 

 

 

Budget (including currency): 1000 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Hogwarts legacy, etc

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): 

 

[PDifolco]

7 minutes ago, Jojamoco said:

Hello I am curious what upgrades I might be able to make without doing a full rebuild. Either a new GPU processor etc. I'm a bit out of the hardware game and upgrading was never my thing I always built new when I did build PC's so I'm not sure the best way to approach this.

 

Here are my current specs(please let me know if I missed something I should add): 

Processor Name:                         Intel Core i5-4690K

Motherboard Model:                      MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Device Name:                            ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Gaming A

Memory: 4x.....                           8 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM G.Skill F3-12800CL10-8GBXL

 

 

 

Budget (including currency): 1000 CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Hogwarts legacy, etc

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): 

 

There's no point upgrading a 10 years old config, and a better GPU will be CPU bottlenecked...

You could upgrade to a 4770K (with 4C/8T) and add 8GB DDR3 RAM but it'll be mostly wasted money better spent on a new rig

[bezza...]

you can upgrade your cpu to a 4790k but even then i would not recomend getting a better gpu as you will have a cpu bottlneck. getting a better cpu should give you a significant uplift in performance

[Dedayog]

I'd keep the GTX1080 for 1080p gaming, and add this foundation.  Then you can add in a better GPU/PSU when you feel the 1080 isn't giving you what you want.

 

The 5600 is a good few tiers above you, even above the 9900K in performance. WIll serve you well for years.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Canada Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($126.58 @ iSanek) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $370.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-08 09:34 EST-0500

[Bismut]

43 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

The 5600 is a god few tiers above you

@JojamocoYou could also go for the R7 5800X3D if you want to spend more money, that CPU is even stronger (but will be held back by your GPU and is a waste at 1080p60Hz).
AM5 is an option too, it's a new platform and more expensive from what I remember, but you should have at least one generation of CPU upgrades coming.