Which upgrade should I do first?

[Xtreme Gamer]

Which upgrade should I do first? Cpu motherboard and possibly ram? Or the GPU? Some of the games this year say that it needs a minimum of a 4th Gen cpu and a gtx 760 or something like that. All I want to do is be able to play the game at 1080p and a minimum of 40-50 fps hopefully 60fps. I currently have a i7 3770k and a gtx 960 strix. I do want to upgrade but I don't know if I should do the gpu first and go 970, 980 or wait for pascal. Or go for a newer cpu. I am hesitant on skylark because of the price of i7 skylark and the ram. What do you guys think? Besides gaming, I am also gonna do premiere pro after effects and photoshop. And general stuff too.

[dizmo]

Your CPU is fine, I'd upgrade the GPU. It's definitely the weakest part of your system.

Just wait for Pascal, it's just around the corner.

 

Also it's SkyLAKE, not lark

[Starelementpoke]

4 minutes ago, Xtreme Gamer said:

Which upgrade should I do first? Cpu motherboard and possibly ram? Or the GPU? Some of the games this year say that it needs a minimum of a 4th Gen cpu and a gtx 760 or something like that. All I want to do is be able to play the game at 1080p and a minimum of 40-50 fps hopefully 60fps. I currently have a i7 3770k and a gtx 960 strix. I do want to upgrade but I don't know if I should do the gpu first and go 970, 980 or wait for pascal. Or go for a newer cpu. I am hesitant on skylark because of the price of i7 skylark and the ram. What do you guys think? Besides gaming, I am also gonna do premiere pro after effects and photoshop. And general stuff too.

What specifically is your whole build? Your 3770k is fine. I´d probably wait for Polaris and Pascal.

[DisconnectedYT]

On 4/4/2016 at 10:36 AM, Xtreme Gamer said:

Which upgrade should I do first? Cpu motherboard and possibly ram? Or the GPU? Some of the games this year say that it needs a minimum of a 4th Gen cpu and a gtx 760 or something like that. All I want to do is be able to play the game at 1080p and a minimum of 40-50 fps hopefully 60fps. I currently have a i7 3770k and a gtx 960 strix. I do want to upgrade but I don't know if I should do the gpu first and go 970, 980 or wait for pascal. Or go for a newer cpu. I am hesitant on skylark because of the price of i7 skylark and the ram. What do you guys think? Besides gaming, I am also gonna do premiere pro after effects and photoshop. And general stuff too.

The i7 is fine, the 960 will get high settings in new games and if you had to upgrade then get a GTX970

[Xtreme Gamer]

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Your CPU is fine, I'd upgrade the GPU. It's definitely the weakest part of your system.

Just wait for Pascal, it's just around the corner.

 

Also it's SkyLAKE, not lark

 

I meant skylake. I just didn't read what I typed.

[aeroencychris]

4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

What specifically is your whole build? Your 3770k is fine. I´d probably wait for Polaris and Pascal.

Read his signature. 

[dizmo]

3 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

The i7 is fine, the 960 will get high settings in new games and if you had to upgrade then get a GTX970

I wouldn't with new cards coming out very soon...

[Starelementpoke]

6 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Read his signature. 

1000W psu isn´t very descriptive my friend.

 

6 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I wouldn't with new cards coming out very soon...

Also I wouldn´t get the 970 over the 390.

[Xtreme Gamer]

3 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

What specifically is your whole build? Your 3770k is fine. I´d probably wait for Polaris and Pascal.

 

Currently my build is a i7 3770k, h100i gtx, asus 960 strix, 16GB hyperx Savage ddr3 1600MHz, 3 ssd's on of them being the boot drive, a 1tb wd black, a 4th Seagate expansion desk hard drive, pcie wireless ac wifi card, sound blaster zx, and about to be a asus maximus v extreme.

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

1000W psu isn´t very descriptive my friend.

 

The psu is a ocz 1000w 80+ gold

[DisconnectedYT]

On 4/4/2016 at 10:45 AM, dizmo said:

I wouldn't with new cards coming out very soon...

Yeah but The GTX970 will drop in price by just under $100 (confirmed by Nvidia :3)

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, Xtreme Gamer said:

 

Currently my build is a i7 3770k, h100i gtx, asus 960 strix, 16GB hyperx Savage ddr3 1600MHz, 3 ssd's on of them being the boot drive, a 1tb wd black, a 4th Seagate expansion desk hard drive, pcie wireless ac wifi card, sound blaster zx, and about to be a asus maximus v extreme.

 

The psu is a ocz 1000w 80+ gold

What specifically is the PSU´s name?

[Xtreme Gamer]

2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Also I wouldn´t get the 970 over the 390.

 

I stick with the nvidia cards because of games team to my shield tv.

[Starelementpoke]

4 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

Yeah but The GTX970 will drop in price by just under $100 (confirmed by Nvidia :3)

How when and where?

 

3 minutes ago, Xtreme Gamer said:

 

I stick with the nvidia cards because of games team to my shield tv.

That is fair enough.

[Xtreme Gamer]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

That is fair enough.

 

I hope you know I meant gamstream.

[DisconnectedYT]

On 4/4/2016 at 10:49 AM, Starelementpoke said:

How when and where?

Reddit post by a staff member and i cant find the link sorry ;c (im surprised linus hasent covered this subject yet?)

[Technous285]

The 3770K is still a decent chip for most things - provided you're not trying to run a Rift or Vive headset - so the GPU would be the weakest point in your system currently.

I'm still rocking a 3770K myself paired with a 6GB GTX780 (yeah, it was technically overkill on RAM for most games, better have and not need than need and not have IMO), and I'm waiting until Polaris & Pascal launch before deciding on if/when to move to newer hardware.

[Xtreme Gamer]

4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

What specifically is the PSU´s name?

 

All I know besides that is that the PSU has the name OCZ on it. Any more info and I will have to check when I get home.

[dizmo]

7 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Also I wouldn´t get the 970 over the 390.

Unless you like to use Nvidia specific game features

7 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

1000W psu isn´t very descriptive my friend.

It also doesn't really matter...

4 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

Yeah but The GTX970 will drop in price by just under $100 (confirmed by Nvidia :3)

Eh, it likely won't compare to the newer cards. The shrink in Nm should net some pretty nice improvements.

The GTX 970 is nice, but it's no beast.

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

Reddit post by a staff member and i cant find the link sorry ;c (im surprised linus hasent covered this subject yet?)

Was that on April 1st? Because if so...

[Xtreme Gamer]

Just now, Technous285 said:

The 3770K is still a decent chip for most things - provided you're not trying to run a Rift or Vive headset - so the GPU would be the weakest point in your system currently.

I'm still rocking a 3770K myself paired with a 6GB GTX780 (yeah, it was technically overkill on RAM for most games, better have and not need than need and not have IMO), and I'm waiting until Polaris & Pascal launch before deciding on if/when to move to newer hardware.

 

I am not planning on running any vr for a while so that's gonna be an automatic no since it's too expensive for me.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, dizmo said:

Unless you like to use Nvidia specific game features

It also doesn't really matter...

Eh, it likely won't compare to the newer cards. The shrink in Nm should net some pretty nice improvements.

The GTX 970 is nice, but it's no beast.

Arguable does matter. Could be some no name 1000 Watt psu.

[DisconnectedYT]

23 hours ago, dizmo said:

Unless you like to use Nvidia specific game features

It also doesn't really matter...

Eh, it likely won't compare to the newer cards. The shrink in Nm should net some pretty nice improvements.

The GTX 970 is nice, but it's no beast.

?? The GTX970 Runs Every Single game in 1080p max settings 45FPS+ with some AA

[Xtreme Gamer]

2 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

?? The GTX970 Runs Every Single game in 1080p max settings 45FPS+ with some AA

 

I try to go full AA because I record game play to use in my GMVs.

[dizmo]

4 minutes ago, FrozenSpark said:

?? The GTX970 Runs Every Single game in 1080p max settings 45FPS+ with some AA

Haha, no it doesn't. It struggles with some.

[DisconnectedYT]

On 4/4/2016 at 11:00 AM, dizmo said:

Haha, no it doesn't. It struggles with some.

I have one and its OC'd to 1556Mhz and runs every single AAA game i have (including Mad Max, GTA V, BF4, Tomb Raider, And Almost Max In ARK Survival oh and also Witcher 3).