Help with upgrade choice

[matthewes]

So I am looking to either A: upgrade my cpu or B: upgrade my graphics card. 

 

Currently I mostly play Dota 2, Witcher 3, Overwatch, and random other games. I run at 1080p with a 144hz monitor and a second 1080p monitor for dsicord or youtube or the sort while playing.

 

My current setup is 16 gigs of ram (2x8), core i5 4690K (Not overclocked, I tried but I guess I am jsut bad at it or missed something) cooled by a corsair h100i, a gigabyte gaming 7 z97x motherboard, a 750w power supply, and a reference gtx 980. Not sure if this is too much information or not.

Idealy I just want to hit at least a more constant fps in games, especially dota where I sometimes drop below 80, and more fps in games like skyrim with my heavy mods and future games with mod support.

 

I was thinking of going to either a 1070, or upgrading to a new 8th gen cpu/mobo/and ram. If I go for the new cpu, I plan to wait until ram prices come down a bit more. 

My price range is around 350 to 400 dollars, unless I go for the graphics card which I will save a little more for.

 

I don't know if this is enough information, but any tips would be nice

[Jurrunio]

save a bit more for the 1070ti, currently the best value deal for a high end card.

 

Meanwhile, try overclock the CPU.

[matthewes]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

save a bit more for the 1070ti, currently the best value deal for a high end card.

 

Meanwhile, try overclock the CPU.

I have tried a few times, using a few different guides around the internet. I am just worried about pushing more voltage through.

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, matthewes said:

I have tried a few times, using a few different guides around the internet. I am just worried about pushing more voltage through.

With an H110i you should be able to push 1.3V CPU core voltage (Vcore)

 

Also, keep the CPU input voltage (Vccin) 0.5V above Vcore. If it crashed, set it to 2V instead (which increases heat output, but increases stability without hurting the CPU itself)

[matthewes]

22 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

With an H110i you should be able to push 1.3V CPU core voltage (Vcore)

 

Also, keep the CPU input voltage (Vccin) 0.5V above Vcore. If it crashed, set it to 2V instead (which increases heat output, but increases stability without hurting the CPU itself)

What about uncore voltage? I read it needed to be set to a value

[Praxis727]

If you can get a good price on a 4790k then it is definitely worth the upgrade.  What everyone here fails to see is our games have a lot more overlays and addons then what we used to work with.  If you are going to stream or run multiple intensive things simultaneously then the 4 core no hyperthreading i5 loses it's preformance.  For the record every CPU since the 2500k can overclock to a 4.4 comfortably with the right cooler.  then it from top to bottom is 8700k to 6700k to 4790k to 7700k.  for performance.  Unless you are going to delid because the 7700k has the same issue with the thermal paste as the 4770k did.  Wont go much past 5ghz.  Used 4790k 150 to 200 US if you find the right seller.Easy no hassle upgrade.  16g of ram is plenty.  SSD help games load faster for sure but I am not sure that it goes any faster for frames.  Then tweaking the settings.  I would even attempt an overclock to 4.7  on the 4790k.  Unless you go right to 8700 with the 2 extra cores then it isn't worth the upgrade.  There is some scaling with ram and physics engines but not enough to make the difference.  That scaling is the only reason the 6700k beat the 4790k.  It is a forgivable margin I assure you.  

[Jurrunio]

53 minutes ago, matthewes said:

What about uncore voltage? I read it needed to be set to a value

Leave that on auto, its effect is nowhere near as significant as CPU core.