Greetings from Grampa! (32 yrs old lel)
I was a gamer back in the cs 1.5/1.6 era and the bug has biten me back.. I started playing csgo basically every day for 1-2 hours with old friends and I am having a good time. My pc is old and i cannot overclock it anymore due to the motherboard. However I made a few changes recently and I am able to get 160-230 fps on a regular 5vs5 game depending on the map in windows 7 64bit.
- Motherboard: Asus M3A78 Pro
- Memory: OCZ ddr2 4gb
- Processor: Phenom ii X4 B95 (OC to 3.3Ghz) <------ recently bought used for $20
- Storage: Two SATA 3 GB/s disks
- Video card: 970 GTX 4GB founders edition <-------recently bought used for $140
- PSU: 500W EVGA 80+ certified <--------- recently bought new
- Monitor: Acer 24" 144hz <--------- recently bought new
- Thermaltake Wavemaster aluminum case
Option 1
Keep current system and do nothing.
Option 2 Spend $800
- CPU: intel i5 6600k unlocked
- Motherboard: Asus or similar Z170
- Memory: 16GB ddr4.
- Case: inwin 303
- Storage 120GB ssd Drive
- Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Triple Riing
Option 3
AM3+ Motherboard with a 970 chip ($90)
8GB ddr3 ($35)
Evo 210 cooler ($25)
keep CPU, storage, video card, psu, and storage.
Maybe overclock to 3.6Ghz to 4.0 Ghz
However, I cant hit the button for options 2 or 3 because I only play CSGO (im not a hardcore gamer) and I am not sure if upgrading everything will be worth it to obtain a little better FPS in csgo..
Any thoughts? Would I see benefits from 150fps to 300 fps?
I was a gamer back in the cs 1.5/1.6 era and the bug has biten me back.. I started playing csgo basically every day for 1-2 hours with old friends and I am having a good time. My pc is old and i cannot overclock it anymore due to the motherboard. However I made a few changes recently and I am able to get 160-230 fps on a regular 5vs5 game depending on the map in windows 7 64bit.
- Motherboard: Asus M3A78 Pro
- Memory: OCZ ddr2 4gb
- Processor: Phenom ii X4 B95 (OC to 3.3Ghz) <------ recently bought used for $20
- Storage: Two SATA 3 GB/s disks
- Video card: 970 GTX 4GB founders edition <-------recently bought used for $140
- PSU: 500W EVGA 80+ certified <--------- recently bought new
- Monitor: Acer 24" 144hz <--------- recently bought new
- Thermaltake Wavemaster aluminum case
Option 1
Keep current system and do nothing.
Option 2 Spend $800
- CPU: intel i5 6600k unlocked
- Motherboard: Asus or similar Z170
- Memory: 16GB ddr4.
- Case: inwin 303
- Storage 120GB ssd Drive
- Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Triple Riing
Option 3
AM3+ Motherboard with a 970 chip ($90)
8GB ddr3 ($35)
Evo 210 cooler ($25)
keep CPU, storage, video card, psu, and storage.
Maybe overclock to 3.6Ghz to 4.0 Ghz
However, I cant hit the button for options 2 or 3 because I only play CSGO (im not a hardcore gamer) and I am not sure if upgrading everything will be worth it to obtain a little better FPS in csgo..
Any thoughts? Would I see benefits from 150fps to 300 fps?