Upgrade GPU or Complete Overhaul

[dtbishop4110]

Hey All,
Current Specs
Cpu- i7 4770k overlocked to 4.4GHz with air cooling
Mobo- Asus Maximus Hero 6
Ram-Corsair Vengeance 8gb
GPU- GTX 1060 3gb
SSD- Samsung 860 Evo 250gb
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 2tb
As the spec list shows I built this gaming pc back in 2013 when 4th gen Haswell launched. Its been good to me and I haven't experienced any troubles with running games at 1080 with high settings. However, Haswell is now 5 years old. I am really looking forward to the new Battlefield game dropping later this year. I do some light video editing and streaming as well. If I were to make upgrades this summer to last me another 2+years, would it be wise to upgrade gpus and go to 16gb ram or overhaul the system with a bump up to Coffee Lake while keeping the 1060 3gb. I wouldn't have the cash to do both. Of course going with with Coffee Lake would require me to upgrade mobo and ram as well. Going off current retails a 1070 would run about $450 and 16gb set of ddr3 on average $120 for a total of $570. i7 8700k $340 z370 board $160 and another $160 for 16gb of ddr4 coming to $660. So similar prices to compare. What would be the best route to go now for the next few years? Sorry for the long post. Thank you in advance for any responses and insight.

 

[Hoetan]

TLDR: You want to upgrade DDR3 RAM from 8GB to 16GB and your GPU from a GTX 1060 3GB to a 1070.

Honestly, Haswell is starting to age. But I wouldn't say that the platform is all that bad. I use it in an older computer, and it is still powering through.

If you don't have the money, just stick with your current platform and upgrade your GPU and RAM.

I'd recommend building a whole new PC when you can obviously tell that your computer is getting slow and can't keep up with the tasks you are giving it.

Hope this helped!
-Lachlan

 

[nico.k]

TBH my i7 4770k and DDR3 ram is bottlenecking my newly purchased 1070 by quite a bit in some games.

So if I where you (or had to make the same decision again as I was/am pretty much in the same situation) I'd go for 8th gen+DDR4 first and upgrade the gpu later on. This would also leave some time in between for the new GTX 11/20 series to be released.

 

[das_stig]

Agree with nico.k, if the 1060 is handling everything, wait for the next release and upgrade the mobo+cpu+ram, this alone will probably give the 1060 a boost.

 

[dtbishop4110]

those are some solid suggestions for sure. would 8600k be an option? at stock how much difference is 4770k compared to 8600k

 

[nico.k]

those are some solid suggestions for sure. would 8600k be an option? at stock how much difference is 4770k compared to 8600k

8600K is quite an upgrade to the 4770k for pure gaming aspects and I'm considering that one myself. But seeing as you stated you're doing light video editing and especially streaming, i'd rather look at the 8700k

 

[nerro120]

There would be minimal gains if any in games with a cpu upgrade. I'm not sure where your seeing your cpu bottlenecking your gpu as it would handle a 1080ti no problem. Your computer as it stands now will crush 1080p and 1440p with the new 1070.

 

[NightAntilli]

If you're going to stream, a Ryzen is your best option.