Looking for my next upgrade

[JayBones73]

Hi there, I recently bought this pc from a friend who only played league, and I was wanting to know what my next upgrade should be. At this point, I'm not comfortable with overclocking, and I'm sticking to 1080p gaming.

Heres the build:

GPU: Msi GTX 970 100ME
CPU: I5 6500 3.2 Ghz
MOBO: Msi- B150m MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX 8 gb (2x4) DDR4-2400
SSD: ADATA- Premier Pro SP600 128 gb 2.5" SSD
HDD: (Unkown 1 TB)
PSU: be quiet! - 500w 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

[Lucky_SLS]

unless its the latest demanding games, the above setup would do just fine. if u want to upgrade something, i would suggest an i7 6700. the 970 is still good for 1080p 60hz gaming.

 

[cisco001]

RAM?

CPU and GPU still ok at the moment

 

[JayBones73]

unless its the latest demanding games, the above setup would do just fine. if u want to upgrade something, i would suggest an i7 6700. the 970 is still good for 1080p 60hz gaming.

Are i7s really worth it these days? Aren't i5s just as good when it comes to most gaming?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

games r be coming more resource hungry these days. dx12 will better utilize the extra power. u r bottlecked by ur monitor there. so a 970 is enough until u upgrade to a 144hz one. a 6700 is a good choice. if u r looking at a new monitor, i would suggest u to look for a HDR Quantum dot model with freesync/gsync and decide on the gpu upgrade accordingly. the vega models will be out by this winter, so i would suggest u to wait for ur monitor/gpu upgrade till then 😉