Shall I Upgrade?

[Passion_1]

i currently game on i7 3770, 12g ddr3 ram, gtx 680, 1080p 60hz monitor, planning to upgrade but need help. Planning to get a 144hz monitor, gtx 1060 6gb, 16g ddr4 memory, my mobo only supports ddr3 memory and i can not remember the speed at the mo but its not the fastest ddr3 ram. What mobo do you guys recommend, £90 price limit! i currently play, quantum break (not at 60fps & not at high), overwatch (high but only 60fps due to monitor), la noire, pes2018. i want to be able to play upcoming games like, fifa19, metro exodus, anthem, tomb raider, overkills twd, just cause 4, dead island 2 etc. not 4k gaming, 1080p gaming! if you was to upgrade my rig what would you upgrade first? second? & third? is a gpu upgrade enough? links appreciated...

 

[daswilhelm]

The i7 3770 uses ddr 3 @ 1600mhz. Since you already have 12gb, i wouldnt spend money upgrading to 16gb. I would upgrade the GPU, the 1060 6gb would be a nice upgrade. Also would recommend getting an SSD if you dont already have one.

 

[Lutfij]

Even if you did drop the amount on a new board that supports your existing DDR3 ram you will need to buy a new processor which, for all intents and purposes, will be Haswell refresh or Skylake at the best(though motherboard support will be horrendous).

You should invest in a more current platform instead of dealing with hardware that have been phased out.

1| The CPU, motherboard and ram to something like Ryzen 2
2| I don't know the specific of your build but I'm guessing your PSU isn't of a reliable build and if it's as old as the processor then it's probably on it's way out.
3| Getting and SSD.

Download CPU-Z and parse what you see in each tab.

 

[Passion_1]

thanks guys! think ima just upgrade my gpu gpu for now...

 

[Passion_1]

btw i have an ssd with windows 10 on

 

[daswilhelm]

btw i have an ssd with windows 10 on

Great, just upgrade your GPU and enjoy your system. No need to upgrade anything else at the moment.

 

[Passion_1]

my build is now, dell 990 mobo, i7 2600, 4x4gb ram, gtx 1060 6gb (1 fan), 1tb hdd, 120gb ssd. is This good enough for the games i mentioned earlier & thoughts on thia build..? if so then my next upgrade will be a desktop case! my cpu temp when idle is 52 and goes to 58-60 when i have overwatch loaded but not playing (high settings).i was not expecting my pc case to be as warm at it was but i read heat rises up. gpu fan, cpu fan, psu fan & one more fan, do i need to add another? does this pc sound ok?

 

[Passion_1]

(this is my first pc)