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MGrimm
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I have been upgrading my pc with the objective of getting at least 2 more years of 1080p gaming on high settings.

i got more ram, an ssd and a new graphics card.

my question is should I upgrade my cpu? if so what options do i have?

on the manufacturers site the compatible cpu list has not been updated and that leads me to believe that i have no upgrade options, but i would like confirmation since this pc is my first and only build and its almost 8 years old i i haven't kept up with hardware info. 

im posting a speccy pic with my specs.

 

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I do not see any reason to upgrade your CPU, especially after you have added more DDR3 RAM.

Even jumping to a 4790K would make little sense to me.

 

I think the 3770 and the 1060 6GB are a good combo.

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6 minutes ago, MGrimm said:

I have been upgrading my pc with the objective of getting at least 2 more years of 1080p gaming on high settings.

i got more ram, an ssd and a new graphics card.

my question is should I upgrade my cpu? if so what options do i have?

on the manufacturers site the compatible cpu list has not been updated and that leads me to believe that i have no upgrade options, but i would like confirmation since this pc is my first and only build and its almost 8 years old i i haven't kept up with hardware info. 

im posting a speccy pic with my specs.

 

my specs.jpg

You've got an 1155 socket motherboard, so if I recall you're at the top end of that one already.

 

Unless you're actually suffering from CPU bottlenecks, it's not really necessary.

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if all you're after is 1080p60@High gaming, you've got a good system by today's standards. Hard to say what requirements will be like in 2 years time, they might jump exponentially, they might not. All we can do is buy the best we can with what we can afford and give homage to the PCMR Gods that they are merciful.

 

However, if you ever decide one day that you want to stream or record your gameplay, you're gonna feel that pain.

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1 minute ago, knightslugger said:

...give homage to the PCMR Gods that they are merciful.

May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low.

 

Amen.

DAEDALUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 - 1600 @ 3.7Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo Black Edition // Motherboard: Asus RoG Strix B350-F Gaming // Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce 6GB GDDR5 // Memory: 2 x 8GB DDR4 Corsair LPX Vengeance 3000Mhz // Storage: WD Green - 250GB M.2 SATA SSD (Boot Drive and Programs), SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (GTA V), WD Elements 1TB External Drive (Steam Library) // Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W // Case: BeQuiet Silentbase 600 with SilentWings Mk.2 Internal Fans // Peripherals: VicTop Mechanical Gaming Keyboard & VicTsing 7200 DPI Wired Gaming Mouse

 

PROMETHEUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO // Motherboard: Foxconn 2ABF // Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450 (For Diagnostic Testing Only) // Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Mushkin Memory // Storage: 10TB of Various Storage Drives // Power Supply: Corsair 600W // Case: Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower - Black

 

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