Thinking about upgrading my PC.

[DustyFrost31]

Hello!
Here's my PC specs-

https://gyazo.com/cc48a6f553cd430f281cc32092157781
Watercooler : Corsair H60
Power : FractalDesign 750W 80+ Bronze
And the RAM show's 15 GB in the pic , but i have 2x8GB G.Skill Ripjaws - DDR3 -1600.

I've been noticing some bottlenecking in the PC while it's using my CPU for 99% and GPU only about 50-70%.

I've thought about upgrading my RAM (that seems to be broke), CPU,Motherboard and PSU


CPU https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KPRWB9G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A16X3FHDD1CBXR

RAM 2 of these : https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00339X1EM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Motherboard: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K8KJ6Y8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Will my CPU still bottleneck the R9 290 ?

Give me ideas of if these parts aren't as useful as some other part might be for same price or cheaper...

 

[mapesdhs]

With a new spec like that, it's highly likely the GPU will become the bottleneck. One suggestion though, don't buy 1600MHz RAM, you should easily be able to get a GSkill 1866MHz, 2133MHz or 2400MHz kit for the same or not much more (and by that I mean a 2x8GB kit, not 4x4), eg. the excellent 2x8GB TridentX/2133 kit is only about 80. Or for other brands, much though I prefer GSkill, I just bought a 32GB Corsair 2400MHz kit (4x8GB) from CCL for only 116 (destined for an X79 setup for a friend).

Or you could consider used parts for even more bang-for-buck. I bagged an i7 3930K for only 90 quid last week. 😀 The SR0KY editions should all handle 4.7GHz+. People seem be listing them for about 130 BIN. However, buying new does mean proper warranties, etc., something to bare in mind. Depends on your adventurous nature.

Ian.

 

[DustyFrost31]

With a new spec like that, it's highly likely the GPU will become the bottleneck. One suggestion though, don't buy 1600MHz RAM, you should easily be able to get a GSkill 1866MHz, 2133MHz or 2400MHz kit for the same or not much more (and by that I mean a 2x8GB kit, not 4x4), eg. the excellent 2x8GB TridentX/2133 kit is only about 80. Or for other brands, much though I prefer GSkill, I just bought a 32GB Corsair 2400MHz kit (4x8GB) from CCL for only 116 (destined for an X79 setup for a friend).

Or you could consider used parts for even more bang-for-buck. I bagged an i7 3930K for only 90 quid last week. 😀 The SR0KY editions should all handle 4.7GHz+. People seem be listing them for about 130 BIN. However, buying new does mean proper warranties, etc., something to bare in mind. Depends on your adventurous nature.

Ian.

Have u got anything to suggest for me ? I'm pretty confident of going with that CPU and Motherboard but what abot the RAM or a new PSU ?

 

[mapesdhs]

For the RAM, like I said, just find at least a GSkill 2x8GB (16GB) 2133 kit instead (if you can that is; many places have stopped selling them now), and it doesn't matter if you buy 2nd-hand because GSkill has lifetime transferrable warranty, so some good deals can be had (luck of the draw what's listed though of course).

But if you prefer all-new, the GSkill TridentX 2133MHz 16GB kit is only about 80 (the 2400MHz kit is 85), or a 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 2400MHz kit is just 60 from CCL (with a free shipping option):

http://www.cclonline.com/product/156420/CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R/Desktop-Memory/Corsair-Vengeance-Pro-16GB-2-x-8GB-Memory-Kit-PC3-19200-2400MHz-DDR3-DRAM-Unbuffered-Red-/RAM1959/

You'd be fine with the Corsair I'm sure. For comparison though, here's the TridentX/2400 kit (it has better latency than the Corsair kit, but I doubt you'd ever notice the difference):

http://www.cclonline.com/product/81273/F3-2400C10D-16GTX/Desktop-Memory/G-Skill-Trident-X-16GB-2400MHz-Dual-Memory-Kit/RAM0569/

I've always used GSkill, but I gather Corsair has a decent rep too.


Re PSUs, I'm not the best person to ask, as I just keep buying used Thermaltake Toughpower units. 😀

Just don't buy anything cheap, that's the main thing. Especially important for a stable overclock.

Ian.

 

[Tollman]

Your current CPU is definitely a bottleneck for your GPU.
The i5 you chose is decent but you could consider the i5 6500. https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-6500-s-1151-skylake-quad-core-32ghz-36ghz-turbo-6mb-cache-1050mhz-gpu-32x-ratio-65w-cp

It is a bit cheaper and is meant to be the sweet spot for price and performance for the Skylake CPUs. Here it is trading blows with the i5 4690k:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q39V3Y-sSFQ

The i5 6600 (non k) has a higher base and boost clock than the 6500 for the same money at the i5 4690k you list.
A Skylake motherboard (socket 1151) will allow support for the fastest types of SSD now available which I don't think the Haswell (socket 1150) does. DDR4 RAM too, though that is admittedly not a strong factor. (Ideally 3000Mhz RAM)