[SOLVED] Upgrading my PC

[xionaide]

Hello,
A few years ago I built this gaming computer, and it has worked almost perfectly until recently. Its power supply got fried and I had to change it and since then I have been looking into upgrading more of it.

Currently, the computer is running on:

Component		Selection
CPU	Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard	ASRock - Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage	Crucial - MX100 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
		Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB STRIX Video Card
Power Supply		EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 80+ GOLD 750W

Therefore, I was considering adding some RAM, but in doing so I was considering DDR4 RAM sticks which would mean I would need a new motherboard. With this in mind, I don't know if it makes sense to "modify" this build instead of just building a new computer.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Imacflier]

Neither your motherboard nor your cpu support ddr4 memory, but you really would be better off with a 2 x 8 GB kit....you might also consider a used I7-4790k: 4 cores, 8 threads total, 4 GHz...(mine runs at 4.8GHz overclocked!)...that gives you the most you can get with out basically building a new system.

Larry