Do I need to upgrade?

[Pillayer]

 

Hi, I would like to know if I need to upgrade my PC to game at 2560x1080p in 2018 at mid to high settings?

Specs are as follows: 

Intel i5 7400

Asrock B150M Pro4/D3

12GB (3x4GB) Kingston Hyper X Fury DDR3 1600 1.5V

Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Platinum

 

I don't think I need to list anything else, Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

[AdamBGames]

3 minutes ago, Pillayer said:

 

Hi, I would like to know if I need to upgrade my PC to game at 2560x1080p in 2018 at mid to high settings?

Specs are as follows: 

Intel i5 7400

Asrock B150M Pro4/D3

12GB (3x4GB) Kingston Hyper X Fury DDR3 1600 1.5V

Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Platinum

 

I don't think I need to list anything else, Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

Nah, that should be fine and if there is a problem, you were planning to get the monitor anyway so you can get the card after. the cpu is fine aswell as the ram

[Pillayer]

Thank you. Should I change my board and get DDR4 memory?

 

[dizmo]

I wouldn't bother. Upgrades would require new RAM.

A budget is usually helpful to include if you're going to ask a question like that.

 

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Welcome to the forum!

[EPENEX]

You're fine. The specs are good enough for most games.

[Pillayer]

Cool, thanks guys!

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

2 minutes ago, Pillayer said:

Thank you. Should I change my board and get DDR4 memory?

 

You already have DDR4 if you have a 7400. The RX 470 is a bit weak to play 2560*1080, and the 7400 is a bit weak for something like an RX 580

 

I'd get something like

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/spx4Bb
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/spx4Bb/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($165.99 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($409.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $929.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-07 16:28 EDT-0400

 

If you already have an SSD you can reuse that and if your PSU is Tier 3 or higher you can reuse it as well

[TetraSky]

29 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

You already have DDR4 if you have a 7400

That is inaccurate. The 7400 support both DDR4 and DDR3 so you cannot judge only on that basis. OP's motherboard is DDR3 hence they have DDR3.

Overall their system is just fine and they could easily buy something like an rx580 or better if they wanted to increase they gaming performances further.

Any bottleneck would be negligible at best compared to the best CPU they could get without buying a whole new computer. (Even if they did get a brand new system, gaming performances won't change that much either, hence not worth it)