New Hardware Possible PC upgrades.

[MegaPenguin]

Hey Boys. So ive been contemplating upgrading my system or buying a prebuilt, as there isnt much differance. in price i find. Though im not super tech savvvvyyy

Im currently rockin this:

I5-4670k CPU

GTX 760

Asus Sabertooth Mark 2 MOBO

8 Gigs Corsair vengance ram

650 Watt Corsair power supply.

What id be looking to upgrade to is a Asus GTX 1070, currently 530 on NCIX.
Then perhaps a I7-6700 CPU. Which range from 400-600 on NCIX (The affordable ones)

Basically what i wanna know is first, Are these plug and play compatible? And, Is it even worth it? Is the potential 1000 dollars worth the power boost or am i better off dropping 1500/1600 on a new Prebuilt PC?

Thanks lads

 

[jeff4L]

Usually upgrading parts is the better route but it also depends on the specs of the prebuilt you're comparing with. FYI, Skylake uses 1151 socket so you're going to need a new mobo as well.

 

[matt98]

Honestly you would be making a huge mistake upgrading the whole system. the 4670k is still a fairly good processor and you wont see that big of an improvement in that department unless your gonna do extreme speciality things. You would probably be better off just upgrading the 760 to a 1060 or 1070 and be happy!

Also as stated above you would have to buy a new motherboard make sure it supported ddr3 otherwise new ram to and then the processor for very little performance gain.

 

[Zer0]

You have a solid base to build on already there is no need to spend all that money when you can put the majority towards a new video card, an SSD if you dont already have one, and some extra ram. Those 3 upgrades will make you feel like you have a new computer and you will still have money left over in your pocket.

Protip: check and double check the speed of your ram before you buy any and make sure you get the same speed that you already have. Do not mix and match speeds.

 

[xDrWoody]

I'd Recommend Going with a GTX 1070 videocard and an i7 4790k or higher.

 

[MegaPenguin]

I did do some comparisons on the I7 and I5 and there wasnt a huge difference but a difference nonetheless. I may just do the GPU upgrade and look into the SSD. Shouldnt Windows be installed on your SSD? or is that wrong?

 

[Simon]

I did do some comparisons on the I7 and I5 and there wasnt a huge difference but a difference nonetheless. I may just do the GPU upgrade and look into the SSD. Shouldnt Windows be installed on your SSD? or is that wrong?

From experience, the i5 is more than enough for any video game. i7's are geared way more towards power users who do a ton of work that requires virtualization and hyperthreading. A lot of games still are not even optimized to properly use more than 2 cores anyway. So the i5 is more than enough for you.

Generally with an SSD, it is suggested you install your operating system, and any important applications to it. You should never need to do install games to it, I always install mine to my secondary drive. In very few occasions I have moved some large games (GTA 4 pretty much required an SSD to run properly), but otherwise keep the essentials there only.

 

[Nageek]

Just get a 6600k cpu.

You don't need an i7 for gaming, a i5 6600k will do

 

[C7R35]

Hey Boys.

Did you just assume my gender :/

Oh and btw for the processor, you're going to want an unlocked processor for gaming, especially with the newer games coming out nowadays. i5-6600k, i7-6700k, almost any processor with the 'k' on Intel series. Don't know much about AMD.

 

[Snipeye]

Honestly you would be making a huge mistake upgrading the whole system. the 4670k is still a fairly good processor and you wont see that big of an improvement in that department unless your gonna do extreme speciality things. You would probably be better off just upgrading the 760 to a 1060 or 1070 and be happy!

Also as stated above you would have to buy a new motherboard make sure it supported ddr3 otherwise new ram to and then the processor for very little performance gain.

This. Everyone else has chimed in, but the best advice is to not look at upgrading the CPU and just save the money and go for a new GPU where it will have a bigger impact overall. Maybe a few more years down the road, when the system is definitely ageing, you should then look at a new CPU, the new mobo standard, and RAM. A 1070/1080 will last you easily 3 years, if not 5, depending on your needs (unless you must have the best of everything, which I'm guessing you do not).

For comparison, my desktop is an i5-2500k, EVGA GTX 560 Ti, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD + 750GB HDD. I'm finally hitting a point where I definitely can use an upgrade and a refresh, but holding off as it still works for my immediate needs. My next purchase is based on an i7 as I do intend to utilize the extra cores for processing and graphics work.