Upgrade help from pros :)

[terrakid]

Hello people you probably read 100s of threads like this all the time and sorry for being one of them but i done some research and cant dind a answer to clear my mind.

Ive just received my tax rebate and was thinking about upgrading my pc but dunno if its worth it or not so i will start by listing my specs.

Mobo: MSI Z87-G45
CPU: Intel I5 4670k
RAM: Corsair-DDR3 10gb
PSU: Corsair 600w
GPU: GTX 970 EVGA FTW edition
OS: Windows 7
Normal Hard Drive 500GB

No special cooling or anything and dont think anything is overclocked unless it was overclocked from new as i have no idea about these things and would not want to mess around with it.

Im thinking about upgrading my system though i have seen a decent DDR4 Bundle for about £500 on overclockers with a intell 6700k i7, 16GB DDR4 Ram, And MSI Z170A Mobo.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defcon-2s-msi-z170a-krait-configurable-overclocked-skylake-bundle-bu-073-og.html

Also a new GPU GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition which is just a little over £600

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-founders-edition-8192mb-gddr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-08g-p4-6180-gx-297-ea.html

and possibly adding a SSD.

Now am i just spending money for the sake of spending money or is this a good upgrade and will keep me happy for a few more years to come?. Ive had my parts for nearly 2 years now i game at 2k which i think is 1440p? i play a lot of open world games like WoW. Rust. GTA. Ark. life is Fudal ect: and recently my computer has been getting a little choppy. i get crashed out of some games saying i have ran out of memory. and some times my computer just has random 5 minutes freeze when watching youtube. Might be time to just wipe the hard drive and start fresh but with the money sitting there doing nothing is pushing me towards just buying new.

Now i dont plan on overclocking or nothing im one of them people what just want to put it all together and play a game i dont care about trying to push my computer to near death by getting a couple more fps. I just want to be able to play the lastest games possible on a good high setting with no fps drops and be ready / able to change parts in the future.

Thanks for reading my wall of text and to any who reply <3

 

[johnmanth]

Well an upgrade right now would be worth it for me, this bundle is awesome for 500 eu, although a gtx 970 is a pretty decent card and i don't see any reason to upgrade it, it can play most games on med-high on solid 60 fps

 

[Vetsku]

Your computer is pretty decent right now, but that upgrade would be pretty badass It would make your computer pretty much ready for the future.

 

[terrakid]

So you guys think i should upgraded then but just keep hold of my gfx card i could maybe try getting another GTX 970 and cross fire them and deffo thinking about adding a SSD.

Thanks for the replys.

 

[Vetsku]

So you guys think i should upgraded then but just keep hold of my gfx card i could maybe try getting another GTX 970 and cross fire them and deffo thinking about adding a SSD.

Thanks for the replys.

You can try getting the 1080 and sell your 970 to a friend or something.

 

[geofelt]

Your 4670K is still a very good gaming processor.
You bought a "K" suffix cpu to enable overclocking.
It is not hard or risky; that is what the "K" is for.
You can conservatively get some 20% more performance.

If you are using the stock intel cooler, spend some $30 on a better cooler like a cryorig H7.

Whatever you do, your best performance upgrade is to a ssd.
A 500gb Samsung evo is not expensive.
Samsung has a free migration app that will move all to a ssd.

I would do both things first and see how you do,

Probably the 6700K bundle is a good deal, but you may be looking at a clean windows install and possibly a new windows license.

GTX970 should be good for 1440P, but if you are not getting a steady 60fps then you can consider an upgrade.
Regardless, it will pay to wait. There will be inflated prices for pascal until the pipeline is filled.