What should I upgrade?

[MrTRM]

Hello, 

I have some cash laying around and was wondering what component I should upgrade next.

 

Here is my build.

 

 

CPU: Intel core i5 4690k (currently no overclock, planning to soon)

GPU: MSI r9 380 Gaming 4g (also no overclock)

MOBO: MSI Z97s SLI Krait Edition

RAM: 8gb (2x 4gb sticks) of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (1333 MHz I think?)

CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7

HDD: Western digital blue 7200 RPM (1 TB)

SSD Samsung 850 EVO (250GB)

Case: NZXT S340

Fans: Stock (the ones that came with the s340

 

[Crosseyed Sniper]

Your system looks pretty decent to me. Why do you feel the need to upgrade?

[UGame_]

Well.... How much space does your HDD have?

 

Also, things I would upgrade

 

S'more RAM

980 Ti

CPU Cooler (Liquid CPU cooler? H100i or X61?)

 

That's about as much as I would upgrade.  

 

[Low_Battery]

9 minutes ago, MrTRM said:

Hello, 

I have some cash laying around and was wondering what component I should upgrade next.

 

Here is my build.

 

 

CPU: Intel core i5 4690k (currently no overclock, planning to soon)

GPU: MSI r9 380 Gaming 4g (also no overclock)

MOBO: MSI Z97s SLI Krait Edition

RAM: 8gb (2x 4gb sticks) of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (1333 MHz I think?)

CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7

HDD: Western digital blue 7200 RPM

SSD Samsung 850 EVO (250GB)

Case: NZXT S340

Fans: Stock (the ones that came with the s340

 

How much do you have laying around and what do you use your computer for?

[MrTRM]

2 minutes ago, Crosseyed Sniper said:

Your system looks pretty decent to me. Why do you feel the need to upgrade?

The main reason I'm looking to upgrade is because in some of the games I play, I experience stuttering and frame drops.

[MrTRM]

1 minute ago, Low_Battery said:

How much do you have laying around and what do you use your computer for?

About 300 but I can wait a bit to make more money to upgrade.

And my PC is a gaming rig.

[MACGYVR]

Your build is almost exactly like mine.. But i have the r9 390, I would say either upgrade to the r9 390 or if you have enough a gtx 980ti

OOOORRRRR upgrade the size of your ssd... also get some noctua fans bro... 

 

I personally am waiting for the corsair spec alpha case,because honestly I find it amazballs

check out the case because its sweeeet...

 

i see no reason for a cpu upgrade 

 

hope i gave you some ideas

[Low_Battery]

1 minute ago, MrTRM said:

About 300 but I can wait a bit to make more money to upgrade.

And my PC is a gaming rig.

Well, since you have actual issues occurring, then first off I would try and isolate your bottleneck rather than just randomly guess.  Try using some utilities, like GPU-Z or MIS Afterburner, to monitor your system while you are playing and see whether its your CPU or GPU or RAM that is maxing out. 

[MrTRM]

2 minutes ago, MACGYVR said:

Your build is almost exactly like mine.. But i have the r9 390, I would say either upgrade to the r9 390 or if you have enough a gtx 980ti

OOOORRRRR upgrade the size of your ssd... also get some noctua fans bro... 

 

I personally am waiting for the corsair spec alpha case,because honestly I find it amazballs

check out the case because its sweeeet...

 

i see no reason for a cpu upgrade 

 

hope i gave you some ideas

I'm not planning on upgrading the CPU, just overclocking it, and the extra fans were a good idea, think I might just get those for the time being and get a 980 or something later down the road.

I think before the 980ti I will be switching cases, because the s340 dosen't have many places to put fans

[Crosseyed Sniper]

5 minutes ago, MrTRM said:

The main reason I'm looking to upgrade is because in some of the games I play, I experience stuttering and frame drops.

What resolution are you gaming at? If you haven't already done so, try lowering some of the game settings until things smooth out for you.

 

Also, how good is your Internet speed? Is it sufficient for online gaming? 

[Guest]

Just wait for enoguh $ to get a 980 Ti or a GTX 1080 (if it's out in time for you to get $300)

[calebr28]

980/980ti sure fix to stuttering.

[MrTRM]

I would like a 980ti but 

A: I'm just buying the case fans for now

B: Where can you guys find a 980ti for under $450?

Please let me know as I'd love to know for later.

[MACGYVR]

7 hours ago, MrTRM said:

I'm not planning on upgrading the CPU, just overclocking it, and the extra fans were a good idea, think I might just get those for the time being and get a 980 or something later down the road.

I think before the 980ti I will be switching cases, because the s340 dosen't have many places to put fans

the s340?! it has 4 fan mounting areas...2 in the front an one in the back and one on the top

if you get a 980ti i dont think you will need or find a decent case with more fan options, the h440 might work, idk

[MrTRM]

On 2/12/2016 at 3:50 AM, MACGYVR said:

the s340?! it has 4 fan mounting areas...2 in the front an one in the back and one on the top

if you get a 980ti i dont think you will need or find a decent case with more fan options, the h440 might work, idk

My main problem with the s340 is that if you want to install a liquid cooler you HAVE to mount the radiator on the ONLY filtered fan intake, which is a problem for case flow/pressure.

I think if I'm going to get a new case, it'll be a fractal design, corsair or cooler master case, the NZXT cases aren't really my favorite, And I bought the s340 because it was cheap and it looked good.

[MrTRM]

I should also mention that I did buy the noctua fans, they should be here by monday.

[jol159]

i personally wouldn't get a water cooler in case it leaks. i would recomend getting something like the hyper 212 evo.

[MrTRM]

3 minutes ago, jol159 said:

i personally wouldn't get a water cooler in case it leaks. i would recomend getting something like the hyper 212 evo.

I was talking about a self-contained water cooler, such as the corsair h100i, and even still, if you do custom water cooling right, it shouldn't leak.

and it CAN leak, but I am willing to take that risk.

[jol159]

Just now, MrTRM said:

I was talking about a self-contained water cooler, such as the corsair h100i, and even still, if you do custom water cooling right, it shouldn't leak.

ok well that's fine.

[MACGYVR]

On 2/13/2016 at 3:00 PM, MrTRM said:

My main problem with the s340 is that if you want to install a liquid cooler you HAVE to mount the radiator on the ONLY filtered fan intake, which is a problem for case flow/pressure.

I think if I'm going to get a new case, it'll be a fractal design, corsair or cooler master case, the NZXT cases aren't really my favorite, And I bought the s340 because it was cheap and it looked good.

same, looks and semi cheap good luck on your endevours...