What to upgrade?

[Sir Asvald]

I'm getting paid today and I wanted to know what I should upgrade. I'll upgrade to Ryzen or Coffee Lake later down the line. I don't want spend a lot of money right now.

 

My specs are here: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rHWMRB

[WereCat]

Unless you upgrade your GPU there is no reason to upgrade your CPU.

[Sir Asvald]

Just now, WereCat said:

Unless you upgrade your GPU there is no reason to upgrade your CPU.

I'll get a 1060 6gb. I want to change the case, max budget will be around £100.

[WereCat]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

I'll get a 1060 6gb. I want to change the case, max budget will be around £100.

4690k is still good enough for GTX 1060 6GB

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

4690k is still good enough for GTX 1060 6GB

I've got the locked version.  Which case should I get? £100 max.

[Morgan MLGman]

5 minutes ago, WereCat said:

4690k is still good enough for GTX 1060 6GB

Depends on the game. My buddy plays BF1 at 1080p with an i5-4690K @4,6GHz & GTX 1060 6G Gaming X and he noticed his GPU usage drop to even 55% when playing multiplayer maps

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Depends on the game. My buddy plays BF1 at 1080p with an i5-4690K @4,6GHz & GTX 1060 6G Gaming X and he noticed his GPU usage drop to even 55% when playing multiplayer maps

Yeah, but since the OP is limited on money the GPU upgrade will still be way better for most games than going for CPU first.

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

Yeah, but since the OP is limited on money the GPU upgrade will still be way better for most games than going for CPU first.

I agree

8 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Which case should I get? £100 max.

With that budget I'd get one of these: NZXT H440, Be Quiet Silent Base 800 or the CM MasterCase 5. Or the Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass if you want something a little cheaper.

[Guest]

The AM4 platform will be supported until 2020 and going with ryzen provides better upgradability in the future. Since that AMD is promising backwards compatabiltiy with their motherboards, you have the option of upgrading to a newer ryzen processor or newer architecture. I suggest the ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 motherboard. For the GPU upgrade, the GTX 1060 6GB variant will do just fine for 1080p/1440p gaming over 60fps high settings.

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if you want more fps go witha used gpu. you can get 980tis cheap. everything else is overpriced atm.

[Sir Asvald]

21 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

With that budget I'd get one of these: NZXT H440, Be Quiet Silent Base 800 or the CM MasterCase 5. Or the Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass if you want something a little cheaper.

Thank you I'll take a look at the case later.

19 minutes ago, TheBeastPC said:

The AM4 platform will be supported until 2020 and going with ryzen provides better upgradability in the future. Since that AMD is promising backwards compatabiltiy with their motherboards, you have the option of upgrading to a newer ryzen processor or newer architecture. I suggest the ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 motherboard. For the GPU upgrade, the GTX 1060 6GB variant will do just fine for 1080p/1440p gaming over 60fps high settings.

I'll probably upgrade within 2 weeks.

15 minutes ago, Reece Leu said:

if you want more fps go witha used gpu. you can get 980tis cheap. everything else is overpriced atm.

I completely forgot at about the 980ti. I've checked Ebay.. They are selling at £300+  

[Guest]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

I'll probably upgrade within 2 weeks.

Nice

[Morgan MLGman]

3 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

I completely forgot at about the 980ti. I've checked Ebay.. They are selling at £300+  

I'd try to spend a little more for the 980Ti as it's definitely worth it. It does draw more power but it can even match a stock GTX 1080 (at least mine can )

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, TheBeastPC said:

Nice

 Actually, I can sell my motherboard CPU and memory for around £300. It'll be £600-650 for Ryzen CPU motherboard ram and GPU.

 

3 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

I'd try to spend a little more for the 980Ti as it's definitely worth it. It does draw more power but it can even match a stock GTX 1080 (at least mine can )

Really? How much of a bottleneck would happen if I paired my CPU with a 1070? I've checked online. Most of them say no and then I look at the videos and it clearly does..

[Guest]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

 Actually, I can sell my motherboard CPU and memory for around £300. It'll be £600-650 for Ryzen CPU motherboard ram and GPU.

Yep, thats the way to go. Upgrading to this will be a significant improvement over your current hardware.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Really? How much of a bottleneck would happen if I paired my CPU with a 1070? I've checked online. Most of them say no and then I look at the videos and it clearly does..

Yeah, it's actually that fast once overclocked, which makes it a great deal considering the price.

 

Well, as for the bottleneck it depends on the game - it will be terrible in games like BF1 and you'll be forced to lock your FPS but not every game is as CPU demanding and in those games the performance should be good

[Sir Asvald]

19 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Yeah, it's actually that fast once overclocked, which makes it a great deal considering the price.

 

Well, as for the bottleneck it depends on the game - it will be terrible in games like BF1 and you'll be forced to lock your FPS but not every game is as CPU demanding and in those games the performance should be good

I'll probably get an i7 and pair it up with a 1070.  

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43 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Thank you I'll take a look at the case later.

I'll probably upgrade within 2 weeks.

I completely forgot at about the 980ti. I've checked Ebay.. They are selling at £300+  

 

980tis cheaper in canukistan dafuq