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Do I only need to upgrade my GPU?

EIijah
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I've been looking at upgrading my GPU, as I've noticed the prices going down recently. My only concern is will upgrading to a 1070 be a good upgrade or does the rest of the system need some love? My cpu has a stable clock of 4.4Ghz

So this is my current system: 

  • CPU
    i5 4690K @ 4.4GHz
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z97-X Gaming 3
  • RAM
    Corsair vengeance 4 x 4GB
  • GPU
    Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970
  • Case
    Corsair Carbide 200r
  • Storage
    250GB OCZ SSD, 2TB SSHD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750
  • Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 evo

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.0GHz GPU: Gigabyte Gtx 970 WindForce MOBO: Gigabyte Z97 Gaming-3 CASE: Corsair Carbide 200R PSU: Corsair RM750

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4GBx4  MOUSE: CM Mizar KEYBOARD: Logitec G110

 

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The rest looks fine to me.

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You could also improve the CPU cooler as well, do you already have 2 fans on it? Stretching for a slightly higher OC would be worth it.

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970 to 1070 is a rather...meh upgrade, i guess it depends on how much you are getting the 1070 for.

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Better if you can upgrade the CPU to 4770k/4790k. 4690k will get trash by 1070 on CPU intensive games. 

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On 9/1/2018 at 4:24 PM, xAcid9 said:

Better if you can upgrade the CPU to 4770k/4790k. 4690k will get trash by 1070 on CPU intensive games. 

I don't think an i7 would make any difference 

CPU: i5-4690K @ 4.0GHz GPU: Gigabyte Gtx 970 WindForce MOBO: Gigabyte Z97 Gaming-3 CASE: Corsair Carbide 200R PSU: Corsair RM750

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4GBx4  MOUSE: CM Mizar KEYBOARD: Logitec G110

 

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On 9/1/2018 at 4:28 AM, EIijah said:

I've been looking at upgrading my GPU, as I've noticed the prices going down recently. My only concern is will upgrading to a 1070 be a good upgrade or does the rest of the system need some love? My cpu has a stable clock of 4.4Ghz

So this is my current system: 

  • CPU
    i5 4690K @ 4.4GHz
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z97-X Gaming 3
  • RAM
    Corsair vengeance 4 x 4GB
  • GPU
    Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970
  • Case
    Corsair Carbide 200r
  • Storage
    250GB OCZ SSD, 2TB SSHD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM 750
  • Cooling
    CM Hyper 212 evo

I think it would be a good upgrade though maybe get a 1070 Ti instead! Your CPU will bottleneck the GPU in CPU intensive games but I don’t think you have to worry.

 

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6 hours ago, EIijah said:

I don't think an i7 would make any difference 

Why is that?

| Intel i7-3770@4.2Ghz | Asus Z77-V | Zotac 980 Ti Amp! Omega | DDR3 1800mhz 4GB x4 | 300GB Intel DC S3500 SSD | 512GB Plextor M5 Pro | 2x 1TB WD Blue HDD |
 | Enermax NAXN82+ 650W 80Plus Bronze | Fiio E07K | Grado SR80i | Cooler Master XB HAF EVO | Logitech G27 | Logitech G600 | CM Storm Quickfire TK | DualShock 4 |

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If you’re doing a lot of gaming 32 GB of RAM never hurt. Everything else looks good to me. 

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