Seeking upgrade advice

[chrisperg11]

I would like some insight on ways to make my Setup run games at high FPS and either on ultra settings or close to it, I currently cannot do that. Do I need to replace my Mobo ram and CPU, or is there something else that I can do to make this thing perform better? I dont want to spend an Arm and a leg. Thank you, specs below



Approximate Purchase Date: I built this about 4 years ago

Budget Range: not sure

System Usage from Most to Least Important Gaming to porn

Are you buying a monitor: no


Parts to Upgrade:

Mobo: Gigabyte 970a-UD3P AM3+
Ram: 16 gb/4 sticks of Kinston HyperX Genesis KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX
Vid: Nvidea GeForce GTX 780Ti
Power sup: Thermaltake TR2 Rx 850
CPU: AMD FX 8350 8 core 4.0GHz
HDD: 1tb Seagate Mechanical


Do you need to buy OS: No, I have win 10 64 home.


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No pref

Location: Minneapolis Mn.

Parts Preferences: Intel and Nvidea are my only preferences.

Overclocking: Maybe.

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 4096x2160 Im using a 40" Vizio 4k TV 60hz

 

[Philballer17]

the AMD FX 8350 is where your slowness is coming from. It's slower than the i7 2600k even when overclocked. Your monitor resolution at 4096 x 2160 is also not recommended for the GTX 780 TI, and that card is mainly a 1920 x 1080 card with occasional 2560 x 1440.

an Upgrade to an Ryzen 5 2600x with AMD new B450 motherboard would be sweet and not very expensive upgrade for you.

 

[Philballer17]

If Intel and Nvidia are you're only preferences, then you can get the Core i5 8400 for a cheap price and it will triple your performance. It is probably best to keep the GTX 780 TI for now and pick out a new card when the next Nvidia generation chips drop this year.

 

[coozie7]

No matter what CPU you have ( within reason ), at that resolution the graphics card is going to be the restriction, especially if you want to play at high game settings.
Right now, we're all waiting on Nvidia to make some sort of formal announcements on its upcoming cards, word is, they'll lift the lid in the next few weeks so I'll say hold off and keep an eye on the news before making any purchases.
With current hardware, you'll need to look at the GTX1080 as bare minimum for that resolution, with the GTX1080Ti as being preferable and by the time you factor in the CPU/MB/RAM upgrades it'll be generally better all round to start from scratch and sell the existing system ' as is ' to help fund the new build.