[SOLVED] $1000 budget. Upgrade or start anew?

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An i7-3770 is still a solid CPU - you could get by with a GPU upgrade, and should probably invest in a new PSU.

If I were you, I'd look to upgrade the PSU + GPU, and see how your performance looks. Either way (upgrade or rebuild), a new GPU and PSU are going to be needed.

Something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $317.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-15 11:54 EDT-0400


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Barty1884

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An i7-3770 is still a solid CPU - you could get by with a GPU upgrade, and should probably invest in a new PSU.

If I were you, I'd look to upgrade the PSU + GPU, and see how your performance looks. Either way (upgrade or rebuild), a new GPU and PSU are going to be needed.

Something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($37.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $317.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-15 11:54 EDT-0400


Would leave you a sizeable budget for CPU/MB/RAM/Case/Storage IF you found performance to still be lacking.

If that were the case, I'd probably look to something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($119.00 @ B&H)
Total: $448.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-15 11:57 EDT-0400
 
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