To Upgrade or Build New

[Garetek]

Greetings,

My current set up is as follows:

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk2 750w High Performance 80 Plus silencer SLI
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB 256 bit GDDR5 PCI Express
Cooler Master Hyper Evo CPU Cooler
Intel Core I5-2500k Sand Bridge Quad Core 3.3 Ghz
Gigabyte GA-Z68x-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 intel z68 ATX intel Motherboard
Corsair Vengenace 4gh 240 pin DDR3 1600 x2
Windows 7 64bit

And it works pretty good for a computer that I built in 2012 but is starting to show its age with some of the newest games on the market. I usually build computers with a degree of upgrade room on the MB and such but with the current prices I'm wondering just pulling it all out and starting new with the case.

What do you all think would be the best option. Start new and recycle the case or look for the upgrade room on my current set up?

Thanks for any help.

 

[chilly2468]

It all really depends on how much money your willing to spend. If your trying to save money then just get a gpu upgrade, the rest of your system isn't that bad. However, if you are willing to spend the money then you might as well rebuild the whole system.

 

[Victorion]

[Keep] PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk2 750w High Performance 80 Plus silencer SLI
[Upgrade] Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB 256 bit GDDR5 PCI Express
[Keep] Cooler Master Hyper Evo CPU Cooler
[Keep] Intel Core I5-2500k Sand Bridge Quad Core 3.3 Ghz
[Keep] Gigabyte GA-Z68x-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 intel z68 ATX intel Motherboard
[Keep] Corsair Vengenace 4gh 240 pin DDR3 1600 x2
[Keep] Windows 7 64bit


- Overlock the CPU to 4.2-4.7 Ghz (depending on your chip, most 2500k cpus will go within this margin)
- Get a new GPU
- Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10 (for free)
- Add another 4 GB of excactly same type of ram.

Then you have a great pc. Recommend GTX 970 for videocard at 1080p and 980TI for higher res.

 

[Garetek]

I would endeavor to keep it around the 1k range maybe less. I plan on recycling my hdds/ssds etc.
The reason for this upgrade is that I am starting to get memory errors while playing games, sometimes during start ups etc. (BSOD)

 

[Victorion]

I would endeavor to keep it around the 1k range maybe less. I plan on recycling my hdds/ssds etc.
The reason for this upgrade is that I am starting to get memory errors while playing games, sometimes during start ups etc. (BSOD)

There´s absolutely no reason to kick the 2500K for gaming purposes.

Get the GTX 970, buy 2 x 4 GB new rams and throw out the faulthy one. Look for DDR3-1600 Mhz with CL 9.

GTX 970 and 2 x 4 GB ram is about $350.

Overclock CPU, upgrade windows 10 and you´re ready to play all newer tripple A titles in high/ultra - including Blade and Soul which comes out tonight

 

[Garetek]

I would endeavor to keep it around the 1k range maybe less. I plan on recycling my hdds/ssds etc.
The reason for this upgrade is that I am starting to get memory errors while playing games, sometimes during start ups etc. (BSOD)

There´s absolutely no reason to kick the 2500K for gaming purposes.

Get the GTX 970, buy 2 x 4 GB new rams and throw out the faulthy one. Look for DDR3-1600 Mhz with CL 9.

GTX 970 and 2 x 4 GB ram is about $350.

Overclock CPU, upgrade windows 10 and you´re ready to play all newer tripple A titles in high/ultra - including Blade and Soul which comes out tonight

Do you have a specific brand of 970 that you prefer? also how do I determine which one is bad?
I know how to assemble a computer and do some basic things but while reading other posts on the form i get lost when people start throwing technical specs out there lol.

 

[Victorion]

Asus Strix is my preference. Most of the GTX 970 cards are good though, Zotac has reports of coil whine though.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-strixgtx970dc2oc4gd5

Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX
SuperBiiz $308.49

Reasons I prefer this in the GTX 970 series, is that it´s one of the most silent cards, with a nice factory overclock that you can take even further and still on the lowend price range of that series.