[SOLVED] Upgrade GPU or CPU - max 400€

[Marzl91]

As many here, i would like to upgrade my PC. I am not sure what to use/buy. my price range is about 400€.
All specs are down below.

Approximate Purchase Date: the closer the better

Budget Range: 400€ for a new pc obv more

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies, working

Are you buying a monitor: planned on, but with the system atm not worth



Parts to Upgrade: i upgrade whats needed, i mostly play now
Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: -
Location: Italy/Southtirol
Parts Preferences: -
Overclocking: Maybe (never done it, so i don't know if its' worth it)

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 (60Hz) upgrading to 144HZ if its worth

Additional Comments: I mostly use it to gaming, some tripple A games too

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Problems to get stable and nice looking games (CoDMW atm)

Please do not post only links. No parts included yet


My PC specs:

HDD: WD Blue Desktop WD10EZEX 1TB
SSD: Samsung EVO 250GB
Monitor: ASUS VX238H
Casing: Zalman Z11 Plus schwarz
Power supply: XFX P1-650G-TS3X 650 Watt
GPU: Nvidia GTX970
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K Boxed
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(2*16) DDR4 3000MHZ C16 XMP 2,0
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 Sockel 1151 ATX

Thanks everybody for your Comments below and all your Help!

Greetings, Marzl!

 

[tennis2]

To start, some modern day comparisons - an R9-390 is roughly equivalent to a GTX1060 6GB, RX480, RX580, GTX1650 Super.

MSI RX5700 Gaming X = €390 would be roughly2x faster than your current card, and is well suited for 1440p resolution gaming.

I'm linking both charts using the GTX1070 as a commonality.

 

[Marzl91]

To start, some modern day comparisons - an R9-390 is roughly equivalent to a GTX1060 6GB, RX480, RX580, GTX1650 Super.

MSI RX5700 Gaming X = €390 would be almost 2x faster than your current card, and is well suited for 1440p resolution gaming.

I'm a honk, i have the gtx 970 in here, wanted the other one, was remebering wrong. *facepalm

Does that change a lot? you consider something else?
Should i switch cpu too?

Ty for the fast Answer, good sir/lady!

 

[logainofhades]

For 1080p 144hz, in modern titles, you are going to need more, than what your budget will allow. 4c/4t gaming is essentially dead, so you would need CPU and GPU. Problem, CPU side, is your only real upgrade is a 7700k, which can cost as much, if not more than, as the similar performing Ryzen 3 3300x, and an MSI B450 max series motherboard.

 

[Marzl91]

For 1080p 144hz, in modern titles, you are going to need more, than what your budget will allow. 4c/4t gaming is essentially dead, so you would need CPU and GPU. Problem, CPU side, is your only real upgrade is a 7700k, which can cost as much, if not more than, as the similar performing Ryzen 3 3300x, and an MSI B450 max series motherboard.

So better building a new pc? I prefer to build a long lasting system where i can upgrade it in case, even if it means to build a whole new pc.

 

[tennis2]

Indeed, [especially] for multiplayer games, 4 cores/threads is starting to produce a sub-optimal experience.

Your RAM, PSU, HDD, SSD, and Case are all reusable, so for a full refresh, you're looking at a new CPU+mobo+GPU.

IF you're going to do a CPU+mobo upgrade, I'd wait for AMD B550 boards to launch on June 15. We can re-assess at that time.

 

[Marzl91]

Ty Tennis for the info, so i guess we postpone this to the 15. -20ish June, and let's see there,

ty for your help guys


so i guess we close this for the time being