Help upgrading a friends PC

[monkeyman7444]

Hey guys, my friend wants to upgrade his PC from an old build.

His specs are:

Intel core i5 4690

Intel stock cooler

Gigabyte - GA-Z97P-D3 ATX

8GB of DDR3 RAM (unknown model)

1TB Hard-drive (unknown model)

Radeon R9 270X

Unknown case

Unknown PSU (However i'm assuming it is the case PSU)

 

His budget is ~£1000, however i'm not sure if it would be best for his money to upgrade his current build and save some money, or create a completely new one from scratch.

He uses his PC mostly for gaming.

He currently has a 1080p/60hz display, but is looking to get a new monitor, however if he does, it comes out of his £1000 budget

He already has KB+M

He wants to run recent games as well as he can by spending his money as smartly as he can

 

Thanks for the help in advance

[Thermosman]

nevermind

[monkeyman7444]

Just now, Thermosman said:

where are you in europe?

UK

[Thermosman]

Just now, monkeyman7444 said:

UK

just confused pound symbol with euro, sorry

[Thermosman]

this is what i would reccomend

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/B9CqD8

playing at 4k, the cpu will not be a bottleneck

upgrade with another 8gb of ram ASAP

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Dual Video Card  (£409.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.15 @ Box Limited) 
Monitor: AOC - AG241QG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  (£419.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £878.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-25 13:55 GMT+0000

and upgrade the CPU to this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-i7-4770-3-40-GHz-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor/162771166086?epid=165742379&hash=item25e5eae386:g:AIQAAOSwZlZZ~1Vn 143.98 pounds

then, sell off the old parts and maybe get another 8gb of ddr3 and a 240gb ssd.

[KenjiUmino]

6 minutes ago, monkeyman7444 said:

Intel core i5 4690

Intel stock cooler

Gigabyte - GA-Z97P-D3 ATX

8GB of DDR3 RAM (unknown model)

1TB Hard-drive (unknown model)

Radeon R9 270X

Unknown case

Unknown PSU (However i'm assuming it is the case PSU)

this is what i would do:

• get i7 4770k (and maybe overclock it)
• get better CPU cooler
• throw in another 8gb of RAM if there are 2 slots left unused or replace the whole kit with a 16 gb kit
• get SSD for boot drive (128gb or bigger) 
• get a better graphics card (1050ti or better) 
• replace the PSU if the one he has now is bad quality or just too weak for the 

if he is happy with the case then there is no need to change that. otherwise a new case is also in order.