Looking to upgrade; Need help

[randylahey]

Hi all, new here. I bought a box store iBUYPOWER about a year ago. It serves its purpose well, but like most PC gamers I want more performance. Some notes:

-This PC is solely for gaming. No capture editing, photo editing, streaming, etc.
-Not doing everything at once; budget will be $1000 at most each purchase cycle. Purchase cycle every 3 months until finished
- I just want to be able to play games at higher end settings with a target 144fps
-Mostly play FPS games and some battle royales.
-I want hardware that wont be completely outdated by this time next year

Thanks in advance for any help, I read a lot of guides online but it never really leads me to make a decision on what to buy. Specs below

My Rig (2-9-19)

01 - Operating System

Operating System : Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Memory : 16384MB RAM

02 - Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz x8 ~3601MHz
Current Clock Speed : 3601MHz

03 - Video Adapter

Card Name : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Display Memory : 4095 MB

04 - Memory

Total Memory : 15.967 GB
Free Memory : 11.448 GB
Total Pagefile : 18.327 GB
Free Pagefile : 9.1000 GB

05 - Motherboard

Model : H110-PLUS
Manufacturer : ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

06 - Harddisk

Model : WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0(Western Digital)
Media Type : Fixed hard disk media
Size : 931.523 GB
Interface Type : Serial ATA

Model : ADATA SU650
Media Type : Fixed hard disk media
Size : 111.806 GB
Interface Type : Serial ATA

 

[tennis2]

What resolution? What make/model is your monitor?

What is the make/model/wattage of your PSU?

A 500GB SSD upgrade for $55 (Crucial MX500) would be a good purchase also.

 

[randylahey]

Sorry about the delay in response, third shift life lol. Anyway, the monitor now is a ASUS VG248 QE. It's running at 1920x1080 @144hz.

I'm pretty new to computer parts, so i think i found the PSU, buti may be looking at something entirely different. Allied al-d500exp, i believe it said 500W but it was difficult to make out without having to teak the whole case apart.

When you say SSD upgrade i assume you're talking about adding another drive entirely and not replacing one of the HDD's, correct?

Thanks for the feedback, sorry again for taking so long to get back to ya. I usually only have time to answer on the weekends since i generally have to research everything I'm saying as I'm saying it lol.