Question Upgrading gForce 1050 Ti Budget: $ is no problem

[JaniceR]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This month BUDGET RANGE: <$1000 Before / After Rebates

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, World of Warcraft (Shadowlands and beyond)

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: MSI nVidia gForce 1050 Ti, 500W

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor, 4000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s); BIOS version/date: American Megatrends Inc. 2101, 12/2/2014; SMBIOS version: 2.5; Motherboard: ASUSTek M5A78L-M/USB3 Rev X.0x; Window 10, Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 24.0 GB; Total Physical Memory: 24.0 GB; Available Physical Memory: 19.5 GB; Total Virtual Memory: 27.5 GB; Available Virtual Memory 21.0 GB; Page File Space 3.50 GB

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any US store is fine. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

I would like help choosing an upgrade for my GPU. The current GPU installed is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. I mostly play Blizzard games. My monitor is an ASUS VG258 with G-Sync. My system info follows.

JaniceR

 

[Aeacus]

With these kind of specs, you better look towards a whole new build.

E.g this one:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-11400 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($167.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B560M DS3H AC Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 CL16 Memory ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 980 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB EAGLE OC Rev 2.0 Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 650 Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ B&H)
Total: $952.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-07-08 12:03 EDT-0400

And comparison too, your current build as base, my suggestion as an alternative:

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison

Baseline Bench: Game 27%, Desk 73%, Work 24%
CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 500GB
RAM: G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB

Alternative Bench: Game 93%, Desk 98%, Work 86%
CPU: Intel Core i5-11400
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060
SSD: Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB

Note: Since i don't know what RAM you have, i put in generic DDR3 RAM. And in 32GB in size, since comparison site doesn't have sample of 24GB set. Same goes for the disk drive. Put in generic SSD, which i think you may have with that old build. But if you use HDD as OS drive, then your build will fall behind even more.

Now, after looking this comparison, do you really want to just buy a new GPU? Or would you buy the new whole build?
Btw, PC case is personal choice and feel free to switch it out.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Due to the age of your current system it isn't worth while to just put a new GPU into there and call it a day. Therefore I would do a full rebuild and something along these lines will do quite well.

Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler ($48.08 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($49.80 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($67.79 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB MECH 2X OC Video Card ($344.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1011.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-07-08 12:07 EDT-0400

AMD Build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($174.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Steel Legend WiFi ax ATX AM4 Motherboard ($156.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($49.80 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($67.79 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB MECH 2X OC Video Card ($344.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $995.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-07-08 12:13 EDT-0400

You can swap out on SSD for the extra cost for an RTX 3060 quite easily. Only reason for the two SSDs is to have a set OS drive and then one for games. The Phanteks PSU is a rebadged Seasonic Focus GX so high quality.

 

[Eximo]

This impressive deal is still sitting over at Newegg:

i7-11700K + MSI MEG Z590 Unify for $418 (Basically getting a high end board for the price of a more regular Z590 board)

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb...99830&cm_sp=Dailydeal_SS-_-4499830-_-07072022

Doesn't really fit into the budget exactly.