Does My PC Need Upgrades ?

[sHaM3z]

specs:
i5 4460 3.4 GHz
msi gtx 960 gaming 2g (2gb)
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5
Corsair 500W
16gb 1600 hyperx ram
hyper 212 evo cpu cooler
1tb hdd western blue digital blue

 

[elbert]

Yes once the coffee lake 6 core i5's come out in about 2 months. The video card may be ok if it wasn't for the cards you need are all overprice due to bit mining. The 960 is an equal to the 1050ti so you need a 1060 6GB ~ 1070. The 1060 6GB's are mostly over $300 and the 1070 over $450.

 

[WildCard999]

"Does My PC Need Upgrades ?"

Depends, are you happy with the gaming performance of your system? If your happy with the gaming performance but want to upgrade something then I'd consider a 240gb+ SSD for the OS and a few games with longer loading screens.

If you would like to increase gaming performance then like elbert suggested I would wait for Coffee Lake, the 6-core 8400 looks pretty good for the price if you don't care to overclock.

 

[sHaM3z]

Yes once the coffee lake 6 core i5's come out in about 2 months. The video card may be ok if it wasn't for the cards you need are all overprice due to bit mining. The 960 is an equal to the 1050ti so you need a 1060 6GB ~ 1070. The 1060 6GB's are mostly over $300 and the 1070 over $450.

will the new coffee i5 be using the lga 1150 socket

 

[kraelic]

1150 is dead, 1151-v2 it seems. Need a new motherboard z370 (rebadged z270) and ddr4 ram with the 6 cores... but there is also another z390 coming shortly after and then icelake for the new architecture. coffeelake is a transitional cpu and would have been better served as an upgrade path for 200 series or maybe even 100 series owners.

 

[sHaM3z]

1150 is dead, 1151-v2 it seems need a new motherboard and ddr4 ram with the 6 cores

so knowing the fact that 1150 is dead would you say the upgrade to a 1151 mobo is worth it?

 

[elbert]

Nope its the 1151 gen2 and you will need new DDR4 RAM. All the old quad cores will only equal an i3 as the i3-8350k is a threaded quad core fast as the 7700K. Here is the leak info on the CPU's.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-coffee-lake-retail-pricing,35266.html

You could get the i3-8350k, z370, and RAM to blow away your old system for the cost of a i7-4790k.

 

[kraelic]

Honestly there is not enough to compel an upgrade to the 6 or 7th gen from 4th, if my 2nd gen had not crapped out I would not be in the market either.

 

[WildCard999]

1150 is dead, 1151-v2 it seems need a new motherboard and ddr4 ram with the 6 cores

so knowing the fact that 1150 is dead would you say the upgrade to a 1151 mobo is worth it?

I wouldn't call it dead, I just picked up a 4590 for $100, pairing it with a 780 6gb variant I had the system will be a great mid range gaming rig. While I wouldn't spend a lot, if the OP was able to find a 4790(K) for under $180 it would be a noticeable improvement over there current CPU. Even my 4770K (stock) barely gets to 60% usage under heavy gaming/multitasking.

 

[sHaM3z]

so i should stay with the 4gen cpu unless it becomes a pile of shit

 

[WildCard999]

so i should stay with the 4gen cpu unless it becomes a pile of sh*t

I would, save your money for a worthwhile CPU, MB, RAM & GPU upgrade.

 

[kraelic]

I say dead because they are end of life, no new pieces and stock is dwindling. 1150 is still a stout performer.

 

[Rapajez]

Grab an SSD large enough for Windows and most of your game library. Your life will never be the same again.

(Or at least your game loading times.)

 

[tolejh]

Leave all as it is. Upgrade GPU to 1080gtx or vega. Dont invest more. Play games for another 5 years.