[SOLVED] What's the best thing to upgrade?

mlettema

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May 18, 2020
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Hello there,

Recently I have been thinking about upgrading both my pc and monitor, but I can't decide what is the best to upgrade first. I am running a pretty old pc right now, but can still run most games as medium-high settings at 60 fps. Although, I do realize that with some newer games I experience heavy frame drops. Most of the time this is solved by lowering the quality of the game.

The pc I am using right now has these specs:
cpu: intel core i7 2600k
gpu: gigabyte gtx 1050ti
mobo: asus p67 sabertooth
ram: 16gb ddr3 1333mHz
cooler: scyte katana 3 (not super sure)
psu: corsair rm750x
ssd: samsung 256gb ssd
hdd: wd blue 1tb 7200rpm

I am currently using a 24" dell 60hz monitor overclocked to 70hz, and a tv with 60hz of which I don't know the size.

I am really not sure what the best thing is to upgrade since with a beast pc I can get high fps, but can't really use it with a 60hz monitor and a better monitor is also not a good option because I am sure I won't get to 144+ hz.
 
Solution
Graphics card should be the first upgrade, then the platform later, consisting of motherboard, CPU and memory. Power supply is probably already suitable so long as it isn't more than five years old.