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Gaming PC upgrade advise

  • 22-11-2018 06:41PM
    #1
    beanzoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭


    Thinking of keeping my eyes open over this week end for some updates to my PC. I build this rig with help from boards in the spring of 2014. I mainly play fps games but play most sorts of games.

    Current Build
    i5 4670k (no overclock was never able to get it stable think i got a bad one)
    as rock z87 killer
    16 gig 4x4 ram corsair vengance (cant remember the speed)
    asus GTX 780 3 gig (card died one on me 6 months ago and i baked it and it worked surprisingly so is first to be replaced most likely)
    850 evo ssd main drive
    h100i GTX cooler (stock fans are crazy noisy)

    Monitor is a dell s2417dg so 1440p 144hz g-sync

    Because of the gsync monitor I am thinking of staying with nvidia to get the most out of it. If for example i was to put a rtx 2070 in how much would the cpu or ram be a bottleneck.


    https://www.scan.co.uk/products/evga-geforce-rtx-2070-xc-ultra-gaming-8gb-gddr6-vr-ready-graphics-card-2304-core-1725mhz-boost

    Thanks Bean


Comments

  • #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,034 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    RAM: not a bottleneck

    CPU: only in titles like Battlefield that have lots of players (i.e. 32+)

    Get yourself some nice Noctua fans while you're at it.


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Get a 2nd hand i7-4770 or 4790 for €120-150, then get a new GTX1070Ti for £370.

    Sell i5-4670 for around €70 and GTX780 for about €120.

    An i5-4670, especially at stock, would be a terrible bottleneck in the latest games, but as KO said your ram is fine, but obviously with a 144hz monitor, every component makes a difference towards the highest FPS possible.

    An i7 though for that motherboard will still deliver strong stable minimum framerates versus the i5.

    A GTX1070Ti + 2nd hand i7 will be a way more balanced ugprade than just an RTX2070 or whatever and give much better gameplay.


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