Upgrading my existing system

[Reckerbroski]

Hey guys just won some money on the lottery so I thought I'd upgrade my existing rig into a gaming monster!

My current setup is

i5 4690k
h100i liquid cooler
Gigabyte Z-97x Gaming 5 was never really sold on the board in the first place
8gb ram
Gigabyte wind force GTX 970
250gb SSD
EVGA SuperNOVA 650W psu

Basically what I want to do is move up to a i7 add another GTX 970 to SLI them get a better motherboard, bigger PSU obviously seems adding another GPU add a 500gb ssd and possbily a 120 or 144hz monitor. Want to turn my existing setup into a beast of a machine.

The problem is there are so many different boards and cpu's out there that I'm not too sure on what to pick hence why I'm here as i don't want to waste my money

Thanks in advance

James

 

[Nordiga]

Hello mate.

As your machine is kinda beast already, upgrading them wont give you the results expected for the money you gonna spend. I think you gonna be bottlenecked by your monitor. So you must upgrade your monitor first of all.
The best choice on the market right now and a monster of a monitor is the new Acer Predator XB270HU 27" G-Sync IPS 144Hz Gaming monitor.
After that you can go with a second 970 to go near the 120hz average mark.
Of course you gonna need a 850watt power supply for that, a platinum one. I wouldn't upgrade the motherboard tho, no gaming benefits are gonna come off, (already supports SLI, has many pci-e, its a fine mobo).
Just wait fot the Skylake cpus that are gonna come and upgrade your CPU-Mobo-RAM that time....
Good luck with your system mate!

 

[Reckerbroski]

so basically upgrade to a 120 or 144hz monitor then add the extra 970 plus bigger psu? and that monitor you suggested is way over what I was thinking on spending on one haha

 

[Nordiga]

Yeah, its currently the most expensive of all the 144hz ones, as it has all the latest technologies combined, plus the 1440p resolution. 😉 Cant get better that this. And since youalready got a 970 playing all the games on ultra, there is not a point spending money upgrading an already fast machine.
Unless you go for 1440p resolution, 144hz, and SLI to support these... And G-sync of course. All these are a gamers nirvana dude xD
Cant really think of a better way to spend money and get better gaming quality and performance that does difference.

 

[Reckerbroski]

the monitor ive decided on is Benq XL2720Z 27 144hz monitor for £333 its right up my ally for the price and I think its pretty good what you think?

 

[Nordiga]

Its a good choice of course, but i think if you gonna buy a monitor that you gonna have for the next 5 years or so, it must have a frame-sync technology in it...
Choose one with G-sync.
I'm also gonna upgrade my monitor this year, im waiting for new and more affordable G-sync/IPS/144hz options to come out...
If you think you gonna be ok without it, just buy whatever you can afford and suits you best xD

 

[Reckerbroski]

haha okay thanks for your help Nordiga i appreciate it