Dark and Light PC Specs

[jbrels76]

Hello all,

I purchased Dark and Light recently on the Steam sale event. I got into the game and unfortunately, my FPS were really low. I expected that I couldn't play in the top settings (knowing that my computer is getting a bit dated), but was really surprised at how bad it was running in medium graphics. My computer specs are below:

Video: EVGA w/ ACX Cooling 02G-P4-2773-KR GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Motherboard: ASRock ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z87 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Gaming Motherboard

Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I54570 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics

Harddrive: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250KW 2.5" TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) With Desktop Bundle Kit

RAM: G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C8D-16GTX

I guess what I am getting at is, I may not be able to upgrade all of these, but is there something that I can upgrade, in the meantime, from this list that will drastically improve my performance until I can get it all upgraded?

I guess my next question would be, looking at all of these components, if I had, lets say, $1,200 to $1,500, what should I upgrade all of these components to to get me the best performance.

Thank you all for you help!

 

[The Paladin]

Upgrading what you have (parts listed in 0.00 are kept) rest are upgraded. based on your hardware, why? cheaper for one, and a 4790K holds it own against the 6500K without a problem when it comes to gaming, so focused on video card and power supply added in there because you failed to mention which one you had. (just to cover all bases)

so it would look like this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($337.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty Z87 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill - Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Samsung - 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card ($279.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $727.47

To answer your 1200-1500 question I suggest a complete makeover (see below why)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($323.53 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($125.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card ($279.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1339.12

which should you do? your budget consideration should be that your old PC would resell pretty well on the used market or 400-600$ which would shore up your upgraded cost of 1200-1500 by that amount. but if the immediate amount you have on hand is not there you can wait, or just upgrade what you have and keep on trucking for a long time.

 

[jbrels76]

The Paladin,

Thanks so very much. This was extremely insightful. I appreciate all of your suggestions.

-Thanks