Gaming Upgrade Suggestions

[xelnath]

Hello! Fallout 4 is right around the corner, and I was wondering what I should upgrade for it and other future games. I play games at 1080p and will most likely be using quite a bit of graphics and texture mods for the game. Here are my current specs:
CPU: I7 960 @ 3.2ghz
GPU: GTX 970
RAM: 12GB
Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD45

My budget is about 740$. Should I go ahead and purchase a GTX 980? Or how about a CPU with a new motherboard? I could use some suggestions!

 

[Guest]

Buy Intel i5-6600K, ASRock Z-170 Extreme4, and 16 GB OF DDR4 RAM.
Shop wherever you like to shop.

 

[Grimwinder]

I suggest playing the game first since you game at 1080p, then if you aren't happy, upgrade. I'd say your first parts would be a new CPU/mobo if you do.

 

[faalin]

I would say wait till the game comes out to see what you need. I would also try and OC that 960, my 950 ran at 4.6Ghz 24/7 and maxed out at 4.9Ghz

 

[xelnath]

For my CPU and Motherboard, I was thinking of going with an I7 4790k and an MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Z97-G45 GAMING motherboard Would those be good for a few years?

 

[Eximo]

I don't see an i7-960 having many issues running anything contemporary. About equivalent to a recent i5 in terms of stock performance. A little overclocking and it is perfectly capable.

I had my 950 sitting at a comfortable 3.67Ghz while undervolted. Never could get the memory to keep up with a better overclock.

 

[Grimwinder]

Yes, those should be good for several years, barring a major breakthrough in PC tech that makes everything current obsolete, of course.

 

[faalin]

I don't see an i7-960 having many issues running anything contemporary. About equivalent to a recent i5 in terms of stock performance. A little overclocking and it is perfectly capable.

I had my 950 sitting at a comfortable 3.67Ghz while undervolted. Never could get the memory to keep up with a better overclock.

I couldn't get my ram to post past 1800Mhz witht bios but could once inside windows. Then I did a bios update and could push a set of 1600Mhz up to 2200 something ( that was 6 years ago ) cant remember the exact speed through the bios.

That's back when I had time to play around, had a huge excel sheet that had every setting. Went from a 23 multiplier all the way down to 19 with each blck starting from 190 up to 218 where the blck would top out at. I had every ram Mhz and timing for each step as well.

 

[Alex Dorades]

Go for MOBO & CPU i7 4790K and MSI Gaming Series Motherboard or ASUS.

 

[Alex Dorades]

Go for MOBO & CPU i7 4790K and MSI Gaming Series Motherboard or ASUS.