Looking To Upgrade PC!

[Callum0857]

Hey guys, as I'm preparing for newer games to be released, I figured it was time for an upgrade since I've only been getting around 80fps on Battlefield 1 on high-ultra. Because I have a 144hz monitor I'm looking to be in that margin of framerates.

My build is as followed:
Motherboard: MSI Z97 G55 SLI
PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold 750W ST75F-GS
HDD: Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H55
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X 4GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro CMY8GX3M2A1866C9B 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

I'm thinking maybe upgrading to a GTX 980 or possibly a 1070, aswell as getting an SSD. But I'm unsure on whether a CPU and RAM upgrade is necessary. Thanks.

 

[genthug]

You can always overclock the CPU to give it more power. Don't need to upgrade there. An upgrade to 16GB of RAM wouldn't be a bad idea. The 980 would be a terrible idea, would be better to grab the 1070. The 980 wouldn't give you the increase in FPS that you want.

 

[Callum0857]

You can always overclock the CPU to give it more power. Don't need to upgrade there. An upgrade to 16GB of RAM wouldn't be a bad idea. The 980 would be a terrible idea, would be better to grab the 1070. The 980 wouldn't give you the increase in FPS that you want.

I'm definitely looking towards at 1070 now, but would 16GB of RAM be worth it? Also would it be better to go for a 500GB Samsung Evo or the 256GB Samsung Evo Pro?

 

[genthug]

Depends on what you want to do with the SSD. If you're aggravated by single player load times, then it could be useful to have a drive with your most played games on it. Otherwise, you don't get any "gaming" performance increase in an SSD, simply faster loading times; which are inconsequential when you've loaded the game. The 16GB is more of a buffer. It entirely depends on what you're running on the system, but there are times where I've used up 10 of my 16GB of RAM. You will likely be fine with 8, but 16 will not hurt. And honestly, if it were choosing between a 500GB SSD and an extra 8GB of RAM... I'd probably end up going with the RAM. But, that's personal preference.