Kind of a ball of words, sorry about that!
I got a gaming computer from my mom as a birthday gift about 5 or 6 years ago (Atleast it feels that long). And I've replaced this, or that over the years. But I'm at that point that I'd like to replace the rest and I'd really like some opinions on what would be best to replace them with. With tax returns coming soon I wanted to have what I need ready for me to use. So been looking around here and there. This is what I have at the moment.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zQ6RwV
I couldn't list the MB, Ram, Sound Card or Optical Drive probably because of how old they are.
But the MB is Asrock z77 Pro3, Sound Card is Realtek Digital Output(All it really tells me), and the Optical Drive manufacturer just says "Standard CD-ROM drives". So that's always a good sign. I couldn't find much info on my ram physically other then there are 2 of them, so I used CPU-z and it tells me I have Type DDR3 at 8192 MBs, Dual channels, DRAM Frequency is 666.8mhz. Not sure if thats good enough info or not.
And my case is NZXT Phantom 410 I believe. Looks the same anyways.
I've added the GPU, PSU, Mouse, Keyboard, Headset, Monitor, and Hard Drive.
At first I thought about upgrading my Ram because me and my brother play Ark and I run both game, and our server on this computer. Which 8gb of ram might not be enough for that.
But then I read I'd probley need to upgrade my motherboard, and with that probley my processor. So I'm where I am now. Kinda want a new Processor, Motherboard, and some more RAM. I've read the Intel I5 6600 is good, and so is the Intel I7 6700k. Kinda want to future proof my computer so thought about going with the I7 6700k. But now I have no idea about what Motherboard to get. Thought about looking on MSI's website since I like sticking to the products I already have if you can't tell. I don't know if they work better together or not. I just feel familiar with them.
So any thoughts on what kind of MB or ram I should go for would be a lot of help. In fact, any opinions on my system in general would help a lot, what would you upgrade? And to what exactly and for what reasons? Also I know I need an SSD, probley get the 500gb one from samsung, the evo.
Thanks for any and all help!
I got a gaming computer from my mom as a birthday gift about 5 or 6 years ago (Atleast it feels that long). And I've replaced this, or that over the years. But I'm at that point that I'd like to replace the rest and I'd really like some opinions on what would be best to replace them with. With tax returns coming soon I wanted to have what I need ready for me to use. So been looking around here and there. This is what I have at the moment.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zQ6RwV
I couldn't list the MB, Ram, Sound Card or Optical Drive probably because of how old they are.
But the MB is Asrock z77 Pro3, Sound Card is Realtek Digital Output(All it really tells me), and the Optical Drive manufacturer just says "Standard CD-ROM drives". So that's always a good sign. I couldn't find much info on my ram physically other then there are 2 of them, so I used CPU-z and it tells me I have Type DDR3 at 8192 MBs, Dual channels, DRAM Frequency is 666.8mhz. Not sure if thats good enough info or not.
And my case is NZXT Phantom 410 I believe. Looks the same anyways.
I've added the GPU, PSU, Mouse, Keyboard, Headset, Monitor, and Hard Drive.
At first I thought about upgrading my Ram because me and my brother play Ark and I run both game, and our server on this computer. Which 8gb of ram might not be enough for that.
But then I read I'd probley need to upgrade my motherboard, and with that probley my processor. So I'm where I am now. Kinda want a new Processor, Motherboard, and some more RAM. I've read the Intel I5 6600 is good, and so is the Intel I7 6700k. Kinda want to future proof my computer so thought about going with the I7 6700k. But now I have no idea about what Motherboard to get. Thought about looking on MSI's website since I like sticking to the products I already have if you can't tell. I don't know if they work better together or not. I just feel familiar with them.
So any thoughts on what kind of MB or ram I should go for would be a lot of help. In fact, any opinions on my system in general would help a lot, what would you upgrade? And to what exactly and for what reasons? Also I know I need an SSD, probley get the 500gb one from samsung, the evo.
Thanks for any and all help!