Need help deciding what to upgrade

[250502bobby]

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with upgrading my PC.

I bought my PC nearly 2 years ago and my components are listed below:

 

CPU: i5 4690k (at standard clock)

MoBo : Asus z97-p

GPU : MSI GTX 960

PSU : EVGA 500W

RAM: Corsair Vengance 8 GB

Cooling : Standard Intel CPU cooler (I know its bad, i want a new one, any suggestions?)

               2 intake fans on front

               1 pushing out on back

 

Any help would be appreciated

[250502bobby]

I also have a 1TB HDD and a 120 GB SSD

[The Sloth]

- 4770k or 4790k is a good upgrade 

- newer psu 

- a rx580 for cheap or gtx 1070, 1080, 1080ti or wait for vega. 

for a cooler DH-14 or darkrock pro 3 or AIO- X62 or h100i. 

[Demonking]

2 minutes ago, 250502bobby said:

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with upgrading my PC.

I bought my PC nearly 2 years ago and my components are listed below:

 

CPU: i5 4690k (at standard clock)

MoBo : Asus z97-p

GPU : MSI GTX 960

PSU : EVGA 500W

RAM: Corsair Vengance 8 GB

Cooling : Standard Intel CPU cooler (I know its bad, i want a new one, any suggestions?)

               2 intake fans on front

               1 pushing out on back

 

Any help would be appreciated

The GPU either a RX 480 or GTX 1060 6Gb version. 

[Brooksie359]

Gpu for sure. Anything else won't improve your performance. 

[Demonking]

2 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Gpu for sure. Anything else won't improve your performance. 

The Ram add another 8gb for 16gb  & CPU 4770k or 4790k which ever one you can find cheapest & Hyper 212 evo for the cooler. 

[Brooksie359]

OK so are you mainly gaming or are there other things that you are doing?

[Demonking]

@250502bobby

try the xeon if your not overclocking.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E3-1231V3-3-4-GHz-processor-/291892628328?hash=item43f6280b68:g:Cc8AAOSwmLlX7SMD

[vincenta2]

1 minute ago, Demonking said:

The Ram add another 8gb for 16gb  & CPU 4770k or 4790k which ever one you can find cheapest & Hyper 212 evo for the cooler. 

I doubt another 8gb will give a major increase in performance, but a new gpu will help a lot. I'd recommend getting a new cpu if you have the budget.

[250502bobby]

3 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

OK so are you mainly gaming or are there other things that you are doing?

Its all gaming i'm doing pretty much

[Brooksie359]

6 hours ago, 250502bobby said:

Its all gaming i'm doing pretty much

Then the gpu for sure. A cpu upgrade would only be warranted if you were going to a really high end GPU like a 1080 or above or you are doing other things besides gaming that need more threads.