Should i upgrade my 5 year old pc?

[redturbomr2]

Hey guys, I built my first PC five years ago. I came here for some help on choosing my parts and had a great experience. I just got into VR and needed to upgrade my gpu. I placed an order on a evga gtx 1080 ftw two weeks ago, suppose to have it by now, but the package was lost and now the replacement is stuck on the truck or something "says out for delivery on the 2nd still", i'm sure i'll finally receive it on monday. My question is, will my cpu or anything else prevent the gpu to perform how it should?

Is there anything in my build that you guys think i should upgrade? I was thinking of maybe getting a new motherboard and cpu, but i don't know much about them.

My current setup is....

OS: Windows 10 pro 64 bit

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

CPU: Intel i7 3770k

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW

PSU: SeaSonic M12II 650 SS-650AM 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Semi-modular Power Supply

Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO

SSD & HDD: Samsung 850 evo 500gb SSD and Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 10000 RPM HDD

Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

 

[sizzling]

No, your system should do very well for VR.

 

[RCFProd]

Agreed with the above. That's just a solid system. Definitely not getting outdated yet.

 

[redturbomr2]

Thanks for the replies guys, i've been reading a bunch of threads and it seems like the 3770k is still a great cpu. What i do see people mentioning, is that I should probably upgrade to faster RAM. My motherboard doesn't support ddr4, so i'll need to still with ddr3 for now, but i'm thinking i should upgrade from 1600 to 2400. Been looking at the 2400 cards and there's soooooo many to chose from, hurts my head lol. What exactly should i be looking for and what are good brands to choose?

 

[RCFProd]

You're using a GTX 670, I doubt you're trying to go for framerates beyond 60 fps? If you're someone who wants to play at the highest possible framerate, preferably values beyond 70-80 fps, then you'd benefit from getting faster memory.

Would be better to sell your current graphics card and upgrade it to a better one if possible.

You could also look into overclocking your current RAM.

 

[sizzling]

With DDR3 and its tighter timings the difference in RAM speed makes 1-2 fps. It's not worth changing, your on a solid setup.

 

[redturbomr2]

You're using a GTX 670, I doubt you're trying to go for framerates beyond 60 fps? If you're someone who wants to play at the highest possible framerate, preferably values beyond 70-80 fps, then you'd benefit from getting faster memory.

Would be better to sell your current graphics card and upgrade it to a better one if possible.

You could also look into overclocking your current RAM.

umm, in my first post, i mention buying a evga gtx 1080 ftw. And yes, i want high frame rates.

 

[RCFProd]

Sorry I actually confused your post with another thread, and after seeing your signature I thought I was in the correct thread for that answer.

Most 2400 Mhz RAM sets are good to be honest. Look into overclocking your CPU and RAM, they'll give you some nice boosts.

 

[redturbomr2]

Sorry I actually confused your post with another thread, and after seeing your signature I thought I was in the correct thread for that answer.

Most 2400 Mhz RAM sets are good to be honest. Look into overclocking your CPU and RAM, they'll give you some nice boosts.

I just tried to do some overclocking, but i can't figure it out. I went into the asus bios and changed the setting to 40 for 4ghz but it's still saying 3500 mhz instead of 4000 mhz. I also tried switching the memory from 1600 to 1800, but my pc wouldn't post and when i would hard reset the pc, it would say overclocking failed. There must be something i'm not doing right.

edit: looks like the overclock on the cpu worked, it says cpu@3.5 ghz, but when i start up cpu-z and perform the cpu bench test, the numbers go up to 3999. As for the memory, not sure how to do that yet.

 

[RCFProd]

You can't just increase the clock speed without paying attention to other values that matter. Overclocking isn't just increasing the clock speed. When you're overclocking the CPU you need to pay attention to core voltage and clock speed. When you overclock RAM you pay attention to latency timings, voltage and clock speed.

To find ideal settings It's probably better to google which settings you could try. I haven't overclocked CPU or RAM in a while as I'm running a locked i5 processor with a locked H97 mobo.

 

[redturbomr2]

You can't just increase the clock speed without paying attention to other values that matter. Overclocking isn't just increasing the clock speed. When you're overclocking the CPU you need to pay attention to core voltage and clock speed. When you overclock RAM you pay attention to latency timings, voltage and clock speed.

To find ideal settings It's probably better to google which settings you could try. I haven't overclocked CPU or RAM in a while as I'm running a locked i5 processor with a locked H97 mobo.

I hear ya. I just don't want to mess with the voltage on my cpu. I see many people just changing the multiplier for a safe overclock, I'm sure if I wanted to overclock it a lot, that I would have to increase the voltage. As for the RAM, I'm gonna try raising the viltag3 from 1.5 to 1.6, I don't wanna risk go8ng any higher than that.

 

[redturbomr2]

I figured it out and overclocked the RAM from 1600 mhz @ 1.5V to 1866 mhz @ 1.575V. The timings that i chose was 10 - 10 - 10 - 30.

I ran a program called Maxxmem2 to do the RAM benchmarking. I'm sure i could have overclocked it some more, but i don't want to add too much voltage.

 

[redturbomr2]

Well I went ahead and upgraded my motherboard, cpu, and RAM. I have a buddy that is getting into gaming and i'm going to sell him my old stuff.

The three items that i ordered are...

- Intel i7 7700k
- Asus ROG Maximus IX Apex
- 16GB (2 x 8GB) G Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600

My question now is, are all my other components ok with this new build?

212 evo cooler
650W SeaSonic 80 plus bronze

And this might be dumb, but can i use my regular ssd for now instead of going with the m.2 boards?

Anything else you guys think I should add with this new setup, let me know. Thanks

 

[RCFProd]

What you've bought suits your system fine. And ofcourse your regular SSD will work fine aswell. As long as you have free SATA3 ports you don't necessarily need an M.2 one.

Still though, what you had was already decent, but now you're basically at the top of the line for gaming regardless of how small or big the difference might be.

 

[redturbomr2]

What you've bought suits your system fine. And ofcourse your regular SSD will work fine aswell. As long as you have free SATA3 ports you don't necessarily need an M.2 one.

Still though, what you had was already decent, but now you're basically at the top of the line for gaming regardless of how small or big the difference might be.

Ya, my pc was still very good, i see that many people still use the 3770k. I wasn't planning on upgrading, but i had a friend come over when my nephew was here with his gtx 1050ti to try the VR, and he's hooked. He now wants to build a pc, so i'm helping him out by giving him a deal on my old stuff since it's still good for todays gaming, and i'm upgrading, win win in my eyes

The thing that is worrying me a lil bit, is the cooler. I'm seeing mixed reviews about the 212 evo and 7700k. It really is a great cooler, but i hear the 7700k runs pretty hot. Even though i wanted to avoid liquid cooling, i went ahead and purchased a h100i v2. Some say it's not much of an improvement over the 212 evo. As long as it isn't worse, i'll be happy, i personally don't like the look of the 212. Some say to get the notua 15, but that thing looks extremely heavy and i move my pc quite a bit at times. Haf-x case with wheels.

 

[sizzling]

The 212 evo is a good cheap cooler but not in the league of higher end coolers. You didn't need to go h100i, there are plenty of air coolers which perform as good if not better. The only advantage of the h100i is you can set it up to dump the hot air outside the case which helps to keep everything else cool.

 

[redturbomr2]

The 212 evo is a good cheap cooler but not in the league of higher end coolers. You didn't need to go h100i, there are plenty of air coolers which perform as good if not better. The only advantage of the h100i is you can set it up to dump the hot air outside the case which helps to keep everything else cool.

Ya, that's what i've been reading. But the good air coolers are huge, double the size of the 212. I do plan on using the h100i v2 to pull air out of the top of the case. I'll have the intake at the front and side of the haf x case, and the exhaust in the back and top. Still debating if i should install the fans on top of the rad in a pull setup "pull air through the rad and out the case", or if i should put the fans under the rad "push air through the rad and out the case". Seems like there's mixed opinions on push or pull configs. Seems like things will be easier to clean in a pull setup. I guess i'll have to try different setups and see what works best.