Looking for upgrade

[Logan finch]

So my birthday is soon and I get some money and I am looking to upgrade my cpu mainly but want some help first

Here is my current set-up

http://prntscr.com/f9tg91

The mobo I think is a H81M-E

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your running a 480 with a 4460 , no need to change the CPU.

 

[Logan finch]

Your running a 480 with a 4460 , no need to change the CPU.

Any upgrade for another time or just to improve 1080p gaming or even if I upgrade to 1444p if that's what it is, will I be able to run it or?

 

[Dunlop0078]

That motherboard is HOT if that program you are using is right. I am not sure if thats PCH temp or VRM temp but 116c is too hot for either. I would get something like HWmonitor and check your temps to see if that 116c reading is correct.

As for your question, what would be your budget for a cpu? Are you looking to upgrade to skylake/kaby lake or ryzen? They would require a new mobo, ddr4 ram, and the cpu.

 

[Logan finch]

That motherboard is HOT if that program you are using is right. I am not sure if thats PCH temp or VRM temp but 116c is too hot for either. I would get something like HWmonitor and check your temps to see if that 116c reading is correct.

As for your question, what would be your budget for a cpu? Are you looking to upgrade to skylake/kaby lake or ryzen? They would require a new mobo, ddr4 ram, and the cpu.

Birthday money budget so maybe £100 maybe if upgrading a mobo or monitor I can sell it and get little extra onto this budget

about the mobo temp I just think my mobo is that bad its not reading properly

 

[kaptainkuftic]

I'm not seeing any one-component upgrades you can make that'll really be a significant change. I think your next step up is either more SSD space (not exactly an upgrade but you'll have more high speed storage), or DDR4/CPU/graphics card.

 

[Logan finch]

I also play games like Rust Dirty bomb Arma 3 but seem to struggle highest settings a little bit?

 

[kaptainkuftic]

I also play games like Rust Dirty bomb Arma 3 but seem to struggle highest settings a little bit?

Like, for example, you could get an i7 4790k, and that would be fine, but that's on a dying platform. it's an upgrade, sure, but in the next 2 years you might want to upgrade again, and now you're at the same place.

I would save the money, start banking your money now, and sometime in the near future, maybe you'll be able to make the jump to DDR4's platform