Date: As soon as possible.
Budget Range: Flexible - I want to find the best and most cost efficient route.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Almost entirely for gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Unsure
Do you need to buy OS: Possibly
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon, Microcenter
Location: Orlando, Florida
Parts Preferences: Nvidia/Intel
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 3840x2160
Additional Comments: Good afternoon! I am looking to upgrade my current gaming PC build, but I have been so out of touch that I do not know what the best route is. My original intent was to simply upgrade my CPU as I have an old I5 3570k and feel I'm being bottlenecked as my GPU is a GTX 1080 Founders Edition. However, my socket is 1155 on my motherboard, and once I look into changing the CPU, any REAL upgrades seem to need a new motherboard as well. And possibly cooling. So here's where I'm at:
Current CPU: Intel Core i5-3570k @ 3.4ghz (not OC). Standard stock fan
Ram: 16gb DDR3 1600MHz DIMM
(2x 8GB Ballistix Sport sticks)
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit
GPU: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black -
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-founders-edition-8gb-gddr5x-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-black/5330600.p?skuId=5330600
PSU: EVGA 600W
Cooling: Air Cooling
Main Hard Drive: SanDisk Ultra II 480GB
Motherboard: msi z77a-g41
What I would like is to find the BEST and most efficient route to upgrade at least the CPU, while at the same time getting the most out of the GPU and the new CPU. I'm assuming that I'll have to upgrade the ram as well. While the new RTX GPUs are attractive, I just spent 519 on the current GPU within the last yearish, so I'm loathe to add that expense on, but rather maximize the use of that card.
Assume that beyond the very basics, I am completely OUT of touch and clueless on where to go and what to do, or what's available, so please explain it to me as such when replying. My current mix could be completely underutilizing my GPU and I wouldn't even know it! Thank you in advance for the help.
Budget Range: Flexible - I want to find the best and most cost efficient route.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Almost entirely for gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Unsure
Do you need to buy OS: Possibly
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon, Microcenter
Location: Orlando, Florida
Parts Preferences: Nvidia/Intel
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 3840x2160
Additional Comments: Good afternoon! I am looking to upgrade my current gaming PC build, but I have been so out of touch that I do not know what the best route is. My original intent was to simply upgrade my CPU as I have an old I5 3570k and feel I'm being bottlenecked as my GPU is a GTX 1080 Founders Edition. However, my socket is 1155 on my motherboard, and once I look into changing the CPU, any REAL upgrades seem to need a new motherboard as well. And possibly cooling. So here's where I'm at:
Current CPU: Intel Core i5-3570k @ 3.4ghz (not OC). Standard stock fan
Ram: 16gb DDR3 1600MHz DIMM
(2x 8GB Ballistix Sport sticks)
OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit
GPU: NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black -
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-founders-edition-8gb-gddr5x-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card-black/5330600.p?skuId=5330600
PSU: EVGA 600W
Cooling: Air Cooling
Main Hard Drive: SanDisk Ultra II 480GB
Motherboard: msi z77a-g41
What I would like is to find the BEST and most efficient route to upgrade at least the CPU, while at the same time getting the most out of the GPU and the new CPU. I'm assuming that I'll have to upgrade the ram as well. While the new RTX GPUs are attractive, I just spent 519 on the current GPU within the last yearish, so I'm loathe to add that expense on, but rather maximize the use of that card.
Assume that beyond the very basics, I am completely OUT of touch and clueless on where to go and what to do, or what's available, so please explain it to me as such when replying. My current mix could be completely underutilizing my GPU and I wouldn't even know it! Thank you in advance for the help.