Time to upgrade?

[matnic76]

Dear clever people, I built the below 6 years ago and it’s lasted very well until now but I’m starting to notice it struggling now.

I’m not a massive gamer so am not looking to spend a fortune but would appreciate recommendations on what to spend my money on. I know I can over lock my pcu but have not done so as I have no clue how to do that.

You suggestions are very much welcome.

Windows 10 on ssd drive and 240gig ssd drive for main games I’m playing.
EAH6850 ASUS 1gb Graphics card
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.15063 Build 15063
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2302, 2/16/2012
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Workstation
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.15063.50
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 16.0 GB
Available Physical Memory 13.0 GB
Total Virtual Memory 32.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
Page File Space 16.0 GB
Page File F:\pagefile.sys
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not InstantGo, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

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Thanks

Matt

 

[clutchc]

For gaming, the gfx card is your immediate weak link. I din't see the make.model of your PSU listed, but it seems to handle a HD-6850 OK. So I'd recommend a GTX 1060 as max until I know the capacity of the PSU for sure.

 

[matnic76]

Corsair tx750w is my psu

 

[clutchc]

Corsair tx750w is my psu

Then you can use any gfx card you can afford and the i5-2500K won't bottleneck. Consider the RX-580 if prices ever stabilize. I see newegg has a promo on an 8GB model for subscribers. $280. $till a bit more than normal.

If your Asus board is suitable for OC'ing the CPU, you can gain some performance that way as well. But for now, grab a faster gfx card. With the 1060 you'll see a heck of a gaming performance increase.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Yea just upgrade the GPU. The CPU is getting on in years, and it might see signs of the CPU creating a bottleneck if you get a GTX 1070 or better, but extent to which it would bottleneck is debatable. It shouldn't create a serious issue though. I'd personally just do the GPU and then shoot for new CPU/motherboard/RAM in a year or two.