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So Heres the Setup.

 

i5 3570

16GB DDR3 1600MHz

Asus B75M-A

GTX 780 3GB Windforce

 

I know i should upgrade at some point but where should I start? Here are my 3 possible paths

 

- Upgrade to an i7 3770k

- Upgrade to LGA1150 and an i7 4790k but keep ram.

- Upgrade to LGA1151 and get new cpu and ram.

 

What should i do? The cheapest options would be great. I currently play Fortnite, Overwatch, R6, BF4, and GTAV at 1080p60. Thanks

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Wait a week and see if Zen+ is worth it

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3770/xeon e3 123x v2 if you want a cheap upgrade, don't bother with haswell. wait and see how zen+ does too if you prefer going for a newer platform.

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26 minutes ago, LogicWeasel said:

What are you actually looking to GET out of the upgrade?  That'd be the only thing to determine if an upgrade path makes sense.

Honestly just better performance. If im watching videos and playing GTA i start to lag. 

Specs:

 Gaming PC: i5 3570, 16GB 1600MHz, GTX 780 3GB, Transcend 128GB, WD 500GB, Seagate 500GB, Thermaltake 600W Smart, S340 w/ RGB, Windows 10 Pro

 Server: Xeon E5 2650, 12GB 1600MHz ECC, 8400GS, WD 2TB + 1TB + 1TB, EVGA 500B 500W, Windows 10 Pro

 Laptop: Macbook Pro Retina 2013, i7 4558U, 8GB 1600MHz, Intel Iris Pro 1.5GB, Apple 256GB NVME, Mojave

 

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3 hours ago, newcbomb said:

Honestly just better performance. If im watching videos and playing GTA i start to lag. 

The most-likely answer to that is a faster CPU or GPU.  The best way to know in this case is look at task manager when you are lagging (or similar system-load monitoring program that can show CPU and GPU load) and figure out if the CPU cores are being maxed (100% usage) or if the GPU is. 

 

If the CPU is getting maxed, it's likely time to upgrade to a new platform (that motherboard won't take you very far unless you get the 3770/xeon e3 for super-cheap).  In that situation, I'd go for either Coffee-Lake 6 core (like 8600k) or see what Zen 2 looks like.


If GPU is getting maxed, make sure your drivers are as up to date as they can get, and prepare to enter the dreaded GPU Market.  I would target a GTX 1070 or similar performance, the GTX 1060 6GB wouldn't be bad but it's about a 19% bump in raw perf compared to your current card so may not be worth the $ (rough estimate based on userbenchmark.com)

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