Is it worth upgrading my PC?

[TheDurbinator]

Hi guys, as the title states, my specs are: i5 - 3570k 4.4Ghz, HD 7870XT in CF, 8gb 1600mhz RAM, 1TB HDD, 500GB SSD, AsRock Extreme 4 z77 mobo and a 500Watt Corsair 80+ Bronze PSU (I think its that). Basically, I was thinking of either A) Upgrading GPU to a Titan X, along with CPU to I7 4790K (Devils Canyon?) along with a new mobo. B)Building a new PC from scratch, with the same GPU and CPU as above. No matter what option I decide to choose I'll get them on finance (0% finance if I can find it), I've found that my current set up is starting to lack in most games I play, FC4 on Med is almost unplayable (When it first came out, haven't played it since). ARK:Survival Evolved is unplayable. I've had a lot of problems on quite a few games with this build. I know its good, just not sure if its worth upgrading or not.

 

[jeremyp79]

I had pretty much the same system with a single 970 and was having no issues with any games on ultra. I would say just toss a new video card in it for now, then grab a new cpu when the next intel series comes out.

 

[Vic 40]

HD 7870XT in CF and a 500Watt Corsair 80+ Bronze PSU .

This is a bit strange. The "CF"suggests you run crossfire i.e. two of those cards which shouldn't run on one 500watt psu.Are you really having crossfire?

From what i see,if it were my build,would i keep what i had.

 

[TheDurbinator]

I had pretty much the same system with a single 970 and was having no issues with any games on ultra. I would say just toss a new video card in it for now, then grab a new cpu when the next intel series comes out.

Any Idea if a GTX 980 is worth getting? Or even a titan? Would they be bottlenecked by my system? Also, I'm pretty sure It's a 600 watt PSU not 500.

HD 7870XT in CF and a 500Watt Corsair 80+ Bronze PSU .

This is a bit strange. The "CF"suggests you run crossfire i.e. two of those cards which shouldn't run on one 500watt psu.Are you really having crossfire?

From what i see,if it were my build,would i keep what i had.

Sorry, I'm sure its 600 Watt, not too sure why I said 500 haha.

 

[Vic 40]

I still think that's low for crossfire of the hd 7870XT not to mention an overclock on the cpu as well.

When looking into the CCC is crossfire enabled?

 

[jeremyp79]

I'm using a gtx 980 and absolutely love it. Hell for about 650 you can get a 980ti, which is what I would have if i hadnt bought the 980 like a week before the ti came out :-/.

 

[TheDurbinator]

I still think that's low for crossfire of the hd 7870XT not to mention an overclock on the cpu as well.

When looking into the CCC is crossfire enabled?

Yep! I have been told 600 Watt was OK for CF but higher would be nicer..

 

[TheDurbinator]

I'm using a gtx 980 and absolutely love it. Hell for about 650 you can get a 980ti, which is what I would have if i hadnt bought the 980 like a week before the ti came out :-/.

Are they good cards? I'll have to check out benchmarks on them. From your experience have you had any problems?

 

[jeremyp79]

I'm loving mine. Havent had any issues at all. EVGA 980 superclocked.

 

[TheDurbinator]

I'm loving mine. Havent had any issues at all. EVGA 980 superclocked.

Cool, cheers mate. I'll take a look at some benchmarks etc now!

 

[Vic 40]

Yep! I have been told 600 Watt was OK for CF

Maybe if a very good one,i use 750watt for mine.You probably use molex-> pcie adapters as well to make it work.With a psu that has more rails can it give problems.I would at first get a better psu unless you're going for a (=one) new gpu anyway.

I saw that FC4 doesn't work that well with crossfire,a fix was posted at Linus Tech Tips,
http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCEQFjAAahUKEwibvLOy-I_GAhXIS9sKHQXYAEU&url=http%3A%2F%2Flinustechtips.com%2Fmain%2Ftopic%2F285335-far-cry-4-crossfire-fix%2F&ei=3Nh9VZveJ8iX7QaFsIOoBA&usg=AFQjCNELIsWggL148YamD92xKMymB5cjyQ&bvm=bv.95515949,d.bGg&cad=rja
maybe something to try.
Maybe that the other games don't support crossfire as wel? I haven't looked further.