Question Upgrade dilemma

[Jivivibibee]

I am currently on i5-6400, h110m-d asus mobo, with a GTX950, 16gb ram,600w psu and 1tb hdd.

I am planning on upgrading my gpu to atleast gtx1070 or 2060 or 2070 and i think that my current card doesn’t support that much?

I have 2 choices:
1. Upgrade my 6400 to i7-6700
2. Upgrade procie+mobo to i310100F+ H510m-K
3. Get board from 2nd option and find another i5

With 3 being the most expensive, while 1-2 being cheaper and doesnt differ that much.

Thanks for your suggestion!

 

[punkncat]

I am not sure of what is meant when you say the "current card doesn't support that much". Do you mean motherboard and graphics card compatibility?

What is your current budget and target use for the PC? Where are you shopping?

 

[Jivivibibee]

I mean I want to try out newer games with a higher setting, with a fix 60fps.

Based on other builds, gtx950 can hardly achieve that.

Im from ph, and i already canvassed the pricing of these particular items.

 

[CountMike]

I mean I want to try out newer games with a higher setting, with a fix 60fps.

Based on other builds, gtx950 can hardly achieve that.

Im from ph, and i already canvassed the pricing of these particular items.

Where's "ph" ???
#1, would bring you next to nothing for newer. complex games.
#2. for gaming up to 1080p should bring better performance but for higher resolutions it should be coupled with better GPU. RTX 2060 would do for most gamesif you don't push game too high.

 

[DSzymborski]

What's the *exact* PSU we're talking about here? "600W" means little and it's the key information that will tell us what's safe to upgrade to.

 

[Jivivibibee]

Ph is philippines )

Thermaltake tr2 S 600w (80+rated version)

Games in mind that would like to try would be, nba2k,tekken, apex, overwatch,gtaV…
I think i wont even play AAA level games since i dont have much time to enjoy it as well. 🤣

 

[DSzymborski]

Ph is philippines )

Thermaltake trs2 600w.

Oof, brutal. I would not upgrade to anything that requires supplementary power unless the budget included a PSU upgrade.

 

[Jivivibibee]

Oof, brutal. I would not upgrade to anything that requires supplementary power unless the budget included a PSU upgrade.

Sorry, I don’t completely understand what “supplementary power” is? Can you please clarify it? Thank you

 

[DSzymborski]

Sorry, I don’t completely understand what “supplementary power” is? Can you please clarify it? Thank you

A GPU that isn't powered solely through the PCIE slot, but has its own PCIE power connector.

I would use none of the GPUs you mention above with this PSU.

 

[Tac 25]

@Jivivibibee

you need a better power supply if you want to upgrade to the gpu's that you mentioned.

 

[Jivivibibee]

Noted, this have 2 6+2 pins connector in which my current card only uses 1 6pin with the spare 2pins disconnected. Thank you!

 

[Jabber92]

So you may run into a CPU bottleneck with a newer card in some games, which means you'll have to OC the new CPU. I'm talking mainly on an RTX 2000 series card and much newer games, less of a problem on older ones usually (depending on the game). If you only plan to game, an OC'd i5 is going to be very similar to an i7. So I would look for a K series i5 for that socket to save some and put the extra towards the GPU. With a 600W PSU you might be a bit limited especially when OC. I'd probably want a 750W to be safe.

 

[DSzymborski]

Noted, this have 2 6+2 pins connector in which my current card only uses 1 6pin with the spare 2pins disconnected. Thank you!

It's not just the total output; the Thermaltake listed here is a cheaply made, group-regulated PSU, that you should not use with a GPU you value.

 

[Jivivibibee]

Thanks for the insights, will take these into consideration.

 

[Jivivibibee]

In terms of these 2 options:
1. Gigabyte H410M-H V3 + i3-10100
2. MSI Z170A Gaming Pro + i7-7700
3. Asrock B365M Pro4 + i5-8400
4. Asus Prime B365M-A + i5-9400