Is it time for a upgrade ?

Chrisg1199

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So I have recently been having problems with my PC where I am playing arma 3 and it just crashes and I have problems with my GPU where I my screen randomly goes black and sometimes my PC just freezes.

Well I just Cleaned up my computer (presurized air) and I just implemented 8gb more of ram to see if my arma 3 crashes would fix.

The question I have here is, this is my build pcpartpicker.com/p/3zebL do you guys think it is time for a upgrade ? I was thinking of getting a better GPU maybe a 1070. If I upgrade my GPU would I need to get a new cpu and motherboard aswell ?
 
I would wait till you find out what the problem is before you buy a new videocard. What if you buy a new card and these things still happen because the problem is not the videocard?

I would run stress tests, for GPU, CPU, and memory. On the GPU and CPU stress tests I would monitor the temperatures too, to see if the problem might be heat related. MSI Afterburner is a good program to use for that purpose.
 


I was thinking of getting a new GPU for the gaming aspect. like upgrading up to a better GPU