Upgrade or build new

[silverjay928]

Hello i have a system with my little bro, i5 3570k, r9 270x, 16gb ddr3 some ASUS board i cant remember and a 500 gb kingston ssd and some hard drive i cant remember, he had the i5 OC to 4.8 on a 212 evo and ran good probably caused it to die early but beside the point
If i upgrade ill go to a i7 3770k and a 580 4gb (or 8gb since he does 1080p?) 
which will run me roughly 500 -550 
some local and ebay option show $90-$200 for the i7
and online a 580 is about 250-400, im aiming in the 300 range
or a new rig that can do high - ultra 1080p, AAA, fps, cpu intensive strategy. etc
build list and prices?

[nick name]

Well the only things you will be able to keep are the drives and probably case. The PSU I won't guess on. In my opinion you're gonna be throwing away money with buying components that old and or weak and I would encourage you to decide a budget. Then see what you can build within that budget. From there see what you can reasonably expect in performance from that build. That is the order of steps I would take when trying to decide. If your budget can't build a PC that will satisfy your wants then decide to wait and save or buy used components for your current build. 

[Spotty]

If you wanted to build new, you would be looking at a new motherboard, new RAM, new CPU, and new GPU. Would end up being quite expensive, especially due to the current high prices of DDR4 RAM.

What games do you normally play and how do they perform on the current system? The system you have isn't bad, and should be good enough for most 1080p gaming. An R9 270x is roughly about a GTX 1050 in terms of performance if my guesstimates are right.
I personally wouldn't spend the $100-$200 on the 3770k as all you're really gaining is by going from 3570k to 3770k is hyperthreading. You've got a K series already, so maybe just try overclocking the heck out of the 3570k to give it a bit more power.

 

Edit:

2 hours ago, silverjay928 said:

he had the i5 OC to 4.8 on a 212 evo and ran good probably caused it to die early but beside the point

Is the 3570k dead? Is that the reason for the upgrade?

Edited July 25, 2018 by Spotty

[silverjay928]

10 minutes ago, Spotty said:

 

Is the 3570k dead? Is that the reason for the upgrade?

yes exactly everyhting else in the system is fine and pretty new besides the gpu