What should I upgrade?

[Caleb SF]

I built my computer around August of 2014. It's been a few years and I was wondering if I should upgrade anything in my build. What do you think and what would you change it to?

 

My Build:

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/HFPscf

 

 

[bgibbz]

I would add in an ssd and upgrade the Gfx card. 

[Caleb SF]

Just now, bgibbz said:

I would add in an ssd and upgrade the Gfx card. 

To what? and wat ssd would u recommend.

[deleted_member_030719]

get:

• SSD
• 1070 or 1080

Personally:

• Switch to Skylake
• Switch to higher frequency  DDR4 RAM 

2 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

To what? and wat ssd would u recommend.

Samsung 850 EVO SSD

 

1070 or 1080 GTX GPU

[bgibbz]

Just now, Caleb SF said:

To what? and wat ssd would u recommend.

I would recommend a Samsung 850 evo, capacity depends on your budget. 

 

As as far as gpus go, you can get the rx480 from team red, definitely an excellent card for the price.

 

for a little bit more money, the Gtx 1060 will perform slightly better. 

 

 

Beyond that if you have ~400$ to spend on a gpu, the Gtx 1070 is a great option, and for 250$ more the Gtx 1080 will be pretty much top of the line. If your made of money you can always go for the titan XP, though it is a terrible value (the Gtx 1080 isn't that great of a value either)

[gtx1060=value]

what's your budget???? 

[bgibbz]

4 minutes ago, Jed M said:

get:

• SSD
• 1070 or 1080

Personally:

• Switch to Skylake
• Switch to higher frequency  DDR4 RAM 

Samsung 850 EVO SSD

 

1070 or 1080 GTX GPU

That is essentially creating an entirely new system. The 4690k that the op has currently is a great processor and the difference between that and a skylake processor with ddr4 ram would hardly be noticeable, but the ~500$ Cost would be very noticeable. 

 

 

Op- your CPU, ram, and motherboard are fine for now. Add an ssd and a better gpu and you will be set for a few years at least

[deleted_member_030719]

1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

That is essentially creating an entirely new system. The 4690k that the op has currently is a great processor and the difference between that and a skylake processor with ddr4 ram would hardly be noticeable, but the ~500$ would be very noticeable. 

 

 

Op- your CPU, ram, and motherboard are fine for now. Add an ssd and a better gpu and you will be set for a few years at least

That's why it's listed under "personally", I am just saying those are the changes I'd make.

[Castdeath97]

So, at what resolution do you game?

2 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

 

As as far as gpus go, you can get the rx480 from team red, definitely an excellent card for the price.

 

for a little bit more money, the Gtx 1060 will perform slightly better. 

 

Well I don't think the 1060 and the RX 480 provide much of improvement to be a worthwhile upgrade. The R9 290 isn't too far behind them.

[Caleb SF]

Just now, Jed M said:

get:

• SSD
• 1070 or 1080

Personally:

• Switch to Skylake
• Switch to higher frequency  DDR4 RAM 

Samsung 850 EVO SSD

 

1070 or 1080 GTX GPU

is the 1070 worth the upgrade?

[deleted_member_030719]

1 minute ago, Caleb SF said:

is the 1070 worth the upgrade?

It's a good one. It sells for less than 9xx models and it's faster.

[Caleb SF]

5 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

I would recommend a Samsung 850 evo, capacity depends on your budget. 

 

As as far as gpus go, you can get the rx480 from team red, definitely an excellent card for the price.

 

for a little bit more money, the Gtx 1060 will perform slightly better. 

 

 

Beyond that if you have ~400$ to spend on a gpu, the Gtx 1070 is a great option, and for 250$ more the Gtx 1080 will be pretty much top of the line. If your made of money you can always go for the titan XP, though it is a terrible value (the Gtx 1080 isn't that great of a value either)

how does the 480 compare to the 1070. Also wat 480, 1060, 1070 would you recommend. The founders addition looks amazing.

[bgibbz]

3 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

 

Well I don't think the 1060 and the RX 480 provide much of improvement to be a worthwhile upgrade. The R9 290 isn't too far behind them.

Correct!

 

i was thinking of the r9 280 performance for some reason

 

the rx 480 and Gtx 1060 would offer ~10% gain in performance over an r9 290, so probably not worth the cost. 

 

 

Thanks for the reminder, long week

[bgibbz]

4 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

how does the 480 compare to the 1070. Also wat 480, 1060, 1070 would you recommend. The founders addition looks amazing.

I wouldnt recommend the 480 or 1060, as someone above reminded me, the performance increase is minor. The 1070 is a great card, it will dominate every current title at 1080p and do very well at 1440p as well. As far as which model to get, I wouldn't recommend the founders edition as its more expensive than most aftermarket coolers and for no performance gain. Buy whoever card looks best to you. Personally, I would recommend the evga superclocked or the msi gaming x 

[Thinkfreely]

15 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

I would add in an ssd and upgrade the Gfx card. 

 

15 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

To what? and wat ssd would u recommend.

I agree with this. Get a new GPU and a SSD for start up and most played games if nothing else.

 

For SSD go Samsung or Mushkin. Samsung offers better performance but are more expensive.

 

If your not going 4k get either a AMD 480 or a GTX 1060, best value cards right now.

[Caleb SF]

14 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

what's your budget???? 

Maybe $400-500, I have 2 7870's (like new) to sell and once I buy a new gfx I have then an r9 290 to sell. So that money would be put towards upgrades.

[Caleb SF]

2 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

 

I agree with this. Get a new GPU and a SSD for start up and most played games if nothing else.

 

For SSD go Samsung or Mushkin. Samsung offers better performance but are more expensive.

 

If your not going 4k get either a AMD 480 or a GTX 1060, best value cards right now.

Don't get me wrong, the r9 290 is playing most games I have very well on high. Personally I might look into the 480 with vulcan coming out, but is the 1060 that much better to a 1070? How do they differ for games in the upcoming years?

[Thinkfreely]

7 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

Don't get me wrong, the r9 290 is playing most games I have very well on high. Personally I might look into the 480 with vulcan coming out, but is the 1060 that much better to a 1070? How do they differ for games in the upcoming years?

So the 1060 out performs the 480 in all benchmarks, unless it's DX12 or VR which is what the 480 was built around. Thing is developers are still dragging heels with making DX12 titles so for the foreseeable future there isn't  a lot of benefit with it. 1060 should perform fine for a few years if you play at 1080p or even 1440p, as long as you optimize settings. The 1070 is a great value card, and if you want to upgrade to a 4k rig, two of them in SLI show to perform well so you could buy one now then get another in a while if you make that change.

[Castdeath97]

26 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

is the 1070 worth the upgrade?

Yes, but if you still play at 1080p 60Hz you won't gain much really. If you still have a 1080p 60Hz monitor, consider upgrading that (or down sample a higher resolution to 1080p).

 

13 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

Don't get me wrong, the r9 290 is playing most games I have very well on high. Personally I might look into the 480 with vulcan coming out, but is the 1060 that much better to a 1070? How do they differ for games in the upcoming years?

The GTX 1060 is good for 1080p 60fps, something which the R9 290 can still achieve if you turn down some settings. The 1070 is better for high refresh rate 1080p and 1440p.

 

If you want a clearer image of the differences:

 

[Caleb SF]

2 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Yes, but if you still play at 1080p 60Hz you won't gain much really. If you still have a 1080p 60Hz monitor, consider upgrading that (or down sample a higher resolution to 1080p).

 

The GTX 1060 is good for 1080p 60fps, something which the R9 290 can still achieve if you turn down some settings. The 1070 is better for high refresh rate 1080p and 1440p.

 

If you want a clearer image of the differences:

 

Hmm, by the look of it, the 1070 is miles above the 1060. And it seems that in a few years the 1070 would decrease down to 60 fps while the 1060 would go down to nearly 30fps. I only run games at 1080p (i have 2 1080p monitors but am not sure if that affects any frames). Seems like the 480 is on par with the 1060 which is dissapointing. So I might look into a 1070, but theyre quite a bit still.

[Caleb SF]

7 hours ago, Thinkfreely said:

So the 1060 out performs the 480 in all benchmarks, unless it's DX12 or VR which is what the 480 was built around. Thing is developers are still dragging heels with making DX12 titles so for the foreseeable future there isn't  a lot of benefit with it. 1060 should perform fine for a few years if you play at 1080p or even 1440p, as long as you optimize settings. The 1070 is a great value card, and if you want to upgrade to a 4k rig, two of them in SLI show to perform well so you could buy one now then get another in a while if you make that change.

will my i5 bottleneck the 1070?

[Thinkfreely]

38 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

will my i5 bottleneck the 1070?

No I think your fine, plus if its the i5 6600k you can get stable over clock of 4.0 so it performs like a stock 6700k.

[Castdeath97]

44 minutes ago, Caleb SF said:

will my i5 bottleneck the 1070?

Not a big deal at 60Hz

8 hours ago, Caleb SF said:

 I only run games at 1080p (i have 2 1080p monitors but am not sure if that affects any frames).

If you use both monitors at gaming yes, if only one you might not be getting much of a benefit since the display will only display 60Hz anyway. But, that depends on you.

[Caleb SF]

10 hours ago, Thinkfreely said:

No I think your fine, plus if its the i5 6600k you can get stable over clock of 4.0 so it performs like a stock 6700k.

I have a i5 4690k and an h100i cooler, but I don't have it overclocked atm.

[Thinkfreely]

Should be just fine.