Hello,
I have a 6 years old PC I am considering to upgrade. My main goal is to be able to play Borderlands 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 with highest settings @1080p ~60fps and benefit from the ray tracing.
My current config is:
MOBO: ASUS Z87 PRO, LGA1150, SLI/CFX, WLAN (LGA 1150, Intel Z87, ATX)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 BOX (LGA 1150, 3.20GHz)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX-760 WindForce OC 2GB GDDR5, PCI-E x16 3.0 (2.05GB)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x, 4GB, DDR3-1600, DIMM 240)
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Basic (128GB, 2.5")
HDD: WD Green (1TB, 3.5", Desktop)
PSU: Seasonic G-650 (650W)
Tower: Corsair Carbide 200R (Midi Tower)
Screen: AOC E2450SWHK, 24" LED Wide (1080p)
As a "minimum" upgrade, I am contemplating to upgrade the GPU to a RTX 2060 Super and add 2x4GB of the same RAM. I understand that I will likely run into some CPU bottleneck issues, but not sure how much it would matter. I looked for possible CPU upgrades, but considering the socket LGA 1150 is rather old, the prices I found were pretty high for a minor performance improvement.
Considering I only want to keep 1080p, I thought it should be a good upgrade for <500 $. It seems to me than any other further upgrade would require a new mobo+ram+cpu, which then basically means building a new machine. Would you recommend such an upgrade or do you have any further advice? I would be ok so spent ~700 $ for an upgrade, beyond that I guess I should better start from scratch.
Last side note: I live in Switzerland, hence the market is more limited and expensive than in the US.
Thanks for the help!
I have a 6 years old PC I am considering to upgrade. My main goal is to be able to play Borderlands 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 with highest settings @1080p ~60fps and benefit from the ray tracing.
My current config is:
MOBO: ASUS Z87 PRO, LGA1150, SLI/CFX, WLAN (LGA 1150, Intel Z87, ATX)
CPU: Intel Core i5 4570 BOX (LGA 1150, 3.20GHz)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX-760 WindForce OC 2GB GDDR5, PCI-E x16 3.0 (2.05GB)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x, 4GB, DDR3-1600, DIMM 240)
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Basic (128GB, 2.5")
HDD: WD Green (1TB, 3.5", Desktop)
PSU: Seasonic G-650 (650W)
Tower: Corsair Carbide 200R (Midi Tower)
Screen: AOC E2450SWHK, 24" LED Wide (1080p)
As a "minimum" upgrade, I am contemplating to upgrade the GPU to a RTX 2060 Super and add 2x4GB of the same RAM. I understand that I will likely run into some CPU bottleneck issues, but not sure how much it would matter. I looked for possible CPU upgrades, but considering the socket LGA 1150 is rather old, the prices I found were pretty high for a minor performance improvement.
Considering I only want to keep 1080p, I thought it should be a good upgrade for <500 $. It seems to me than any other further upgrade would require a new mobo+ram+cpu, which then basically means building a new machine. Would you recommend such an upgrade or do you have any further advice? I would be ok so spent ~700 $ for an upgrade, beyond that I guess I should better start from scratch.
Last side note: I live in Switzerland, hence the market is more limited and expensive than in the US.
Thanks for the help!