How future proof I am ?

[shanchya]

Guys, I know there is nothing called future proof in these days. But I would like to know can I play the upcoming games with my Core i5 3470 CPU? My rig details are given below;
Core i5 3470
Gigabyte B75
8 GB RAM
G1 GTX 970 Graphics Card.
600 Watt TR2 Thermaltake PSU
I am not a hardcore gamer, but still love to play the recent release games.
SO should I change my CPU+Mobo ? or I can use the CPU+Mobo till the end of 2016 (I have a plan to get the latest CPU with a gaming motherboard on 2017) ?

 

[Forever Oleg]

No, you should not, at least not yet. That i5-3470 is still a very strong CPU and somewhat comparable to modern i5's.

 

[USAFRet]

You should change, only when your current system no longer does what you need it to do.

 

[zeke15]

With that set up, you should be good for a while. That GPU handles all current games on Ultra at 1080p and will continue to do so. More importantly, the biggest idea in future-proofing is in terms of CPU's. As multicore performance is optimized for, newer games will benifit from multiple cores. You should do fine in this regard until you upgrade in 2017. At that point, your rig will be able to handle most games well and after the upgrade, you will be good for another 3 years or so. Overall, don't replace anything yet. Wait until your PC's performance is not to your liking, then replace stuff. Hope this helped!

 

[bignastyid]

You may want to look at replacing that psu. The tr2s are very poor and i have seen many fry entire systems when they failed. Nothing is future proof.

 

[shanchya]

Guys... thank you very much for helping me well i got my answer .... and also looked at the Intel ARK, though my CPU has no Hyper threading, but i think i will be fine many many and many thanks once again.

Yes, i will look at my PSU, but it is only 3 months old.....

I would like to request Mod, to mark this one as "Solved"

Could you please look at this link plz ?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2951180/elitedisplay-gaming.html

 

[zeke15]

Guys... thank you very much for helping me well i got my answer .... and also looked at the Intel ARK, though my CPU has no Hyper threading, but i think i will be fine many many and many thanks once again.

Yes, i will look at my PSU, but it is only 3 months old.....

I would like to request Mod, to mark this one as "Solved"

Could you please look at this link plz ?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2951180/elitedisplay-gaming.html

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