Help, upgrade time! first since 2011

[it_dont_work]

Hi guys!

 

It's finally time for me make the choice to update my current system, or go for a complete new system. Most of what I do with my computer is good and I've no real issues, audio DAW, little bit of photo shop, mainly typing now and web other than that. Gaming has been letting me down a bit, little bit of lag in Fallout 4 and Elite, but otherwise fine...so I'm not sure if it's worth upgrading my gpu atm, or wait a little while longer and go a complete new system.

 

Mobo: Asrock 990fx extreme 3

CPU: fx-6100 3.3 OC 4.1ghz (55-60c under full load, and banshee sounding fans)

Cooler: Thermaltake frio (covers first ram slot)

ram: 8gb g.skill sniper 1600

gpu: Sapphire radeon hd 6970 2gb

case: V9 (cheapy I know, tower cooler scraps on side window)

 

So as a side upgrade I'm thinking a Samsung Evo 850 (240gb or 500gb), and 16gb (2x8gb) since pro tools is starting to tax my ram. But that brings me to a gpu, a gtx 970 4gb is around $460 in Australia and from what I can tell anything else isn't really much of an upgrade and would leave me buying something better with a new system.

 

My cpu has a little more oc left in it i think, and with a ram upgrade it could be just relegated to the studio pc. So I'm more inclined to put the pennies away and build a full system in 6 months or so, since my board only supports ddr3, doesn't have m.2 and only 2x usb 3.0.

 

An upgrade including gpu is around $800 bucks, and locks me into this pc for another few years, could probably do $1100 in 6 months and go a complete new box and migrate over an ssd. So if anyone has some insight into or ideas i'd appreciate hearing them. Since besides this tower, the last time I was really into enthusiast stuff oc'ing required changing dip switches and soldering in new resistors and killing Pentiums, and screwing with making two voodoo2's work.

[Xaring]

Complete new system, if i have to be honest, the 6100 will bottleneck any decent GPU.

 

Id grab an i5 and a 1070 (comming out in 2 weeks), you can reause cooler, case and PSU to save some money.

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

Right now it's best to wait a couple weeks since we're looking at a new generation of graphics cards to be available mid-june. I'll throw together a list that capitalizes on the stuff you already have. I'll also throw in a good PSU although if you tell me its model (not just its wattage) I can tell you whether you can keep that for the new build.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio Silent 14 71.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.74 @ Amazon)
Total: $505.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 01:11 EDT-0400

[Hunched]

Wait for the new GPU's from AMD and Nvidia, even if you don't get them, currently released GPU's will go down in price when they release.

Don't get a 970 if you can get the 390 in your country for a good price.

Get the 1070 if you aren't willing to wait for the AMD 490 and find out how good it is.

 

The best i5 is the 6600k

[another random person]

depending on the age of the psu i dont think it would be the best idea to reuse it

when the 1070 comes out the price of current high end cards will drop so maybe get a 980 ti

[Xaring]

13 minutes ago, another random person said:

depending on the age of the psu i dont think it would be the best idea to reuse it

when the 1070 comes out the price of current high end cards will drop so maybe get a 980 ti

1070>980ti

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Xaring said:

1070>980ti

I'm surprised you say that with such confidence considering we don't have official benchmarks on the card.

[Xaring]

3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I'm surprised you say that with such confidence considering we don't have official benchmarks on the card.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/05/the-first-benchmarks-for-the-nvidia-gtx-1070-have-appeared/

[Energycore]

Just now, Xaring said:

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/05/the-first-benchmarks-for-the-nvidia-gtx-1070-have-appeared/

1) it's a single benchmark

2) it's a leak

3) it's from videocardz

4) it's a 3DMark benchmark

 

If you haven't, please read the heated discussion that ensued on the thread here in LTT tech news and reviews. In short, 3DMark benchmarks don't always represent relative gaming performance, leaked benchmarks are shady because we don't know how the tests were conducted and forged tests are easy to concoct, and videocardz has a reputation of releasing benchmarks that show results outside of the real performance values.

 

So while it's not unlikely that the 1070 will trade blows with the 980 Ti, we don't know if it'll land just on top, just below, or somewhere else. Many times, confidence is a result of misinformation.

[Xaring]

Dude, its a benchmark, better than thin air and expectations. Stop hating. 

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Xaring said:

Dude, its a benchmark, better than thin air and expectations. Stop hating. 

False information is worse than no information.

 

Take this as an example. Would you rather have someone at a repair shop say that yeah, they can fix your thing, even though they don't know how to and will have to look up a guide on the internet and do it for the first time, risking damage to your thing because of inexperience; or instead have said repair shop person tell you that they don't know how to fix your thing.

[Xaring]

Im not even gona bother feeding the fire

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Xaring said:

Im not even gona bother feeding the fire

I was just about to say, let's not clog OP's thread. Either way when the cards are available we'll know for sure.

[it_dont_work]

Psu is a cm gx750, and tbh fine for my next build. The ssd is definitely on the go, a 390(8gb) and 970(4gb) cost the same here. It's all speculation on at this point what to buy. And my gpu is kinda old, my system skill plays most stuff at 1440 with mostly high settings so it's got a little life left yet.

 

Does an i5 out perform an 8 core fx in mult-ithreaded work loads? As an upgrade path that mobo looks kinda small, and lacks raid support. If I go a full upgrade, it needs to be my pc for work as well as gaming. 

 

 

[it_dont_work]

Well not to double post, but to bump!

 

Picked up the evo850, another 2tb drive, and a hot swap bay. So will be holding onto this system a little longer, and it's not like the ssd and hdd wont get re used.