Upgrading my (old) pc gradually over the year worth it?

[Ein0r]

Greetings

 

I want to get a new gaming PC. My Budget i want to invest is about 900 USD (~800€).

I want to play the latest games in the next ~3 years on very high to ultra settings. After that, i am ok with medium settings and gradually less. I want to record games with fraps or dxtory and edit/render the videos with sony vegas.

 

At the moment my PC can barely play the latest games and if it can then only on medium-low, mostly very low settings. Recording games with dxtory is nearly impossible if i want to maintain a decent framerate. Be it Heroes of the Storm, , Overwatch, Rocket League or Thief. I can play those games with the afformentioned settings with about 30-45fps. Recording is, of course, impossible.

 

But here is the problem: I cant afford the whole PC yet and i dont want to pay in installments.

 

My options are:

1. Wait about half a year and buy the complete PC in november/december

2. Upgrade gradually over the whole year

3. Get a (very) good graphics card now, and buy the rest at the end of the year.

 

Personally i prefer the third option. The first one is probably the best and i will just have to be patient, as annoying as it is. And with the rest: I dont know what will change over the course of one year in terms of of new products (ddr3 or ddr4 ram, better/cheaper motherboards graphic cards or cpus etc.)

With the third option, and hopefully some suggestions of you guys, i could play the games on very good quality with good/very good fps. If this is possible with my current PC at all. But then again, i have no clue what to expect this year as mentioned before.

 

This is my current PC:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vyFsbv

I picked a cpu cooler to increase the watt usage since i dont know how much my actual cooler needs. I use the stock cooler that was delivered with my parts.

I dont know what power supply my pc uses. I know it is a BeQuiet power supply but i cant seem to find the wattage . I think it is 500W but i am not sure.

 

 

 

I dont have any real preference to ASUS, AMD or Radeon, Geforce or Intel so everything is fine.

The PCs i used as orientation are these two:

1. http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/FfRscf/800-usd-gaming-pc-april-2016-v22

2. http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/mDfrxr/simple-enough-skylake-gaming-build-hqe-updated

 

Here in the planning section are probably many good suggestions for builds that follow the wishes i have but i probably didnt dig far enough yet. ^^

 

[PCgamer324]

just grab a better GPU

[icey]

15 minutes ago, Ein0r said:

Greetings

 

I want to get a new gaming PC. My Budget i want to invest is about 900 USD (~800€).

I want to play the latest games in the next ~3 years on very high to ultra settings. After that, i am ok with medium settings and gradually less. I want to record games with fraps or dxtory and edit/render the videos with sony vegas.

 

At the moment my PC can barely play the latest games and if it can then only on medium-low, mostly very low settings. Recording games with dxtory is nearly impossible if i want to maintain a decent framerate. Be it Heroes of the Storm, , Overwatch, Rocket League or Thief. I can play those games with the afformentioned settings with about 30-45fps. Recording is, of course, impossible.

 

But here is the problem: I cant afford the whole PC yet and i dont want to pay in installments.

 

My options are:

1. Wait about half a year and buy the complete PC in november/december

2. Upgrade gradually over the whole year

3. Get a (very) good graphics card now, and buy the rest at the end of the year.

 

Personally i prefer the third option. The first one is probably the best and i will just have to be patient, as annoying as it is. And with the rest: I dont know what will change over the course of one year in terms of of new products (ddr3 or ddr4 ram, better/cheaper motherboards graphic cards or cpus etc.)

With the third option, and hopefully some suggestions of you guys, i could play the games on very good quality with good/very good fps. If this is possible with my current PC at all. But then again, i have no clue what to expect this year as mentioned before.

 

This is my current PC:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vyFsbv

I picked a cpu cooler to increase the watt usage since i dont know how much my actual cooler needs. I use the stock cooler that was delivered with my parts.

I dont know what power supply my pc uses. I know it is a BeQuiet power supply but i cant seem to find the wattage . I think it is 500W but i am not sure.

 

 

 

I dont have any real preference to ASUS, AMD or Radeon, Geforce or Intel so everything is fine.

The PCs i used as orientation are these two:

1. http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/FfRscf/800-usd-gaming-pc-april-2016-v22

2. http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/mDfrxr/simple-enough-skylake-gaming-build-hqe-updated

 

Here in the planning section are probably many good suggestions for builds that follow the wishes i have but i probably didnt dig far enough yet. ^^

 

My golden rule is always save up man. If you save up and buy a PC in 6-12months, you'll be getting the same parts you could buy now for a fraction of the price. This means in 6-12months, you'll be able to spend your money on better tech and more bang for your buck. Also you never ever know what will happen in that time.

[Ein0r]

Thanks for the answers and sorry for the late reply. As it stands i will wait for the new releases of the  gpu in some month. maybe the price will drop. If not, i can still wait for december.