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I have had my PC now for 5 years, it is a Overclocked I5 Lynnfield Socket 1156 LGA based at 2.8Ghz running at 3727.7 MHz, With a GeForce GTX970 Graphics card, with 8 Gigs of DDR3 memory.

 

The CPUZ report for the entire spec of my PC is attached to this post.

 

Now what I want to know to get a better PC now what would be the best way to go with the upgrading.

 

Would I get anything out of getting brand new Motherboard, CPU, Memory set and keeping the GPU or would upping the GPU to a 1080 bring a better result.

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Upgrade the CPU, mobo and RAM. Maybe the PSU as well.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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If you play at 1080p that GPU is fine.

Your CPU and mobo is old as balls though, upgrade that shit. Yout GPU is severely bottlenecked.

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I would go either to Ivy Bridge or Haswell, that way, you could still use your memory.

Quote me so I can reply back :) 

MY PC-> PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1000W 80 Plus Titanium MOTHERBOARD: ASUS X370 Crosshair VI Hero CPU: RYZEN 7 3700X RAM: G.Skill 32GB (4X8GB) DDR4 3200MHz C14 GPU: EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 HYBRID STORAGE: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVMe SSD; 2TB WD Caviar Blue; Crucial MX500 500GB SSD CUSTOM LOOP: EK-Velocity Nickel + Plexi CPU block, EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Acetal + Nickel GPU Block w/ EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Backplate, EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 240 w/ 2x Noctua NF-F12 Chromax fans, EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm Nickel, Mayhems UV White tubing 13/10mm, 3x Noctua NF-S12A Chromax case fans

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3 minutes ago, Telenikros said:

I have had my PC now for 5 years, it is a Overclocked I5 Lynnfield Socket 1156 LGA based at 2.8Ghz running at 3727.7 MHz, With a GeForce GTX970 Graphics card, with 8 Gigs of DDR3 memory.

 

The CPUZ report for the entire spec of my PC is attached to this post.

 

Now what I want to know to get a better PC now what would be the best way to go with the upgrading.

 

Would I get anything out of getting brand new Motherboard, CPU, Memory set and keeping the GPU or would upping the GPU to a 1080 bring a better result.

DESKTOP-12F5LF1.txt

Well personally I think your GPU is fine. Unless you really want to get into 1440p/144FPS gaming.
You could do with a CPU upgrade, however the new intel 8000 Coffee Lake ships are coming in October, so I would wait for those. Even if you aren't getting a Coffee Lake, the prices of Kaby Lake would go down. Otherwise you might want to take a look at some of AMD's options, which also might go down in price.

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OK cheers, I thought it would be the CPU, Motherboard and Ram, and the PSU, just wanted a second opinion. I have been looking at the AMD options and the new Intel options coming in October as that is more likely when I will be upgrading my system.

 

Thanks for the confirmation, just didn't want to spend the cash and then find out it was the other option.

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