Most Noticable Upgrade.

[AdamSuh]

Hello everyone.

 

I would like to ask you, what do you think, is the best way for me to upgrade my PC? Had it like this for about 4 years now. Planning on giving it to my GF and I will probably build a new rig soon.

My specs are below:

MB: Asus B85M-G

CPU: i7-4770 3.4GHz

Graphics card: ASUS GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5

RAM: 8GB RAM - 1600MHz

OS: Windows 10 Home edition - installed on SSD

 

I can run most games at High/Medium presets at 60FPS but let's say, I would like to have a bit more FPS, prepare the PC for new 27", 1440p, G-sync,144hz monitor(not sure which yet) and make it all a bit more smoother experience. What I would like to improve on it, is that it can handle a lot (I mean a lot) of chrome tabs. She does this a lot, slows the PC with it and only way to make it all go back to full speed is a reset of the whole PC. More RAM could probably work but I would just like to check this with you, if it is true that 16GB can make it all a bit better. Although, that quantity of tabs is probably not going to be handled anyway... Will have to unlearn her this habit.

 

If new GPU won't help due to bottleneck of the CPU... Please suggest a combo of CPU and GPU that could improve the performance substantially, otherwise I wouldn't like to spend a lot of money on it.

 

Thanks for your suggestions!

 

[The Sloth]

a gpu, get a rx480/580 if you are on a budget, or if you have a bigger budget wait for Vega or get a gtx 1070 or 1080. 

[Guest]

CPU wise is fine

If you want something noticeable then deck your room with RGB strips

Or get a gtx 1070/1080

 

[Morgan MLGman]

With your current CPU, most I'd get in the GPU department would be a GTX 1080.

 

A GTX 1080 will easily handle 1440p, however I'd wait a bit more for Vega. You will probably be able to get a faster Vega GPU + 1440p FreeSync monitor for less than what the 144Hz 1440p G-Sync + 1080 cost combined.

 

Oh, and add more RAM, you need at least 16GB.

[Memorizer]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

If you want something noticeable then deck your room with RGB strips

I agree with this one, it would be 100x more noticeable

[Ordinarily_Greater]

A GPU and RAM upgrade can be nice, I agree with @nerdslayer1 and @deXxterlab97. Get gtx 1070

[MercuryRain]

4770 is a'ight.  Like said above, go for a GPU. RX 580 is the minimum I would go with for an upgrade. 1080 Ti > 1080 > 1070 > RX 580.  Slap another 8GB of RAM in it for 16.  

 

13 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

With your current CPU, most I'd get in the GPU department would be a GTX 1080.

 

My 4770K is on a very modest overclock and keeps up with my 1080 Ti without breaking a sweat whether I'm running full 4K resolution or just a 1080p quadrant.

[AdamSuh]

Thank you all for your replies. Exactly what I was looking for. My CPU is fine, I should look for GPU update as stated above and possibly get 16GB of RAM. Wait for Vega and decide after that. Just in case...

 

Have a great day everyone!