Looking to upgrade my 5 year old pc and some advice would be nice.

[nothraven]

Hello, this is my current build that my family friend put together for me:

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K - 3,3 GHz - Cache L3 6 Mt - Socket LGA 1155
Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H - Socket 1155 - Chipset Z77 - ATX
Memory Corsair Vengeance Performance 2 x 4 Gt DDR3-1600 - PC3-12800 - CL9
Storage: WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 3.5" - 500 Gt
Power Supply: OCZ ZT Series - 750 W (OCZ-ZT750W-EU)
Case: AEROCOOL Syclone II
GPU: Palit NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, 2GB GDDR5, 2xDVI/HDMI/DP, PCI-E 3.0

Its been working pretty well for all these years, but its time to upgrade. Like I said this was built by my family friend, so I dont have much knowledge what parts I should replace and which parts are fine to stay. Of course I know the basics, GPU needs to go and maybe CPU too, but not so sure about the rest.

I'm not looking the best possible performance you can get, just something that keeps the games running relatively well for the next 3-5 years. I dont really have a budget, I'm looking a good value for my money, but the parts dont have to be the most expensive ones, just something between.

I've done some googling of my own for possible GPU and GTX 1070 caught my eye, but there seem to be multiple versions of it that I'm not sure which one I should get. The one I've been looking is Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB. I probably want more memory too, so is another set of 2 x 4 same Corsair good enough? My CPU will most likely bottleneck with that GPU, but will it be enough bad for needing to upgrade it too?

Not sure about rest, so I'm waiting for your advice, thanks!

 

[clutchc]

You can use the i7-3770K or i5-3570K for a decent boost in CPU performance. Which revision is your board? The number should be printed in the corner near the PCI slot. (Just checking to see if you need a BIOS update)

There may be some bottleneck in some games with the GTX 1070 8GB. Do you game at 1080/60Hz? If so, not a deal breaker tho, imo.

Yes, definitely add more RAM. The more VRAM a card has, the more sys RAM is needed for its buffer. Try to match the RAM you have now as close as possible. And of course, buy in matched pairs.

 

[Sweet_3]

The i5 2500k is known to be an amazing overclocker, you might need a better cooler I’m not sure what you’re using, but that would almost certainly be cheaper than upgrading the cpu itself. Something that might be worth considering.

 

[tsnor]

Suggestion. Other than a video card + SSD you can carry forward to your next PC do not upgrade this one.

Why:
Memory, you'll need DDR4 in any new PC you use, so upgrading your DDR3 to have more or faster memory is a waste.

CPU, no modern CPU fits on the MB. You can get a small incremental improvement for a lot of money or via a used EBAY part. You cannot get a lot better than the i5-2500K

MB, no modern MB uses the i5 2500K or DDR3 memory. So don't upgrade MB until you are ready to replace CPU and memory.

Disk: You can add an SSD and carry it forward to your next build. It will make boot a bit faster.

Video: GTX 1070 is really nice, but very expensive. Do you use a normal 1080P monitor? Then that card will be loafing. Look at framerates for the games you play on Youtube running the $400 gtx1070 and $200 gtx1060 3gb. (price on 3GB 1060 is low because the crypto currency guys cant use them for etherium).

Alternative is to grab a black friday (jsut a few weeks away) combo package with CPU, MB and memory.