Arron AcE
Member
Hey guys,
Ordered myself a custom built PC some 5 years ago now, still going strong with no major issues (touch wood) i have of course upgraded it along the way with natural things like a new graphics card (8gb GTX1070 MSI GAMING x) and some new RAM (2x 8gb DDR3 VenganceLP 1600mhz).
My query however, is what is next?
I have very limited knowledge about upgrading PC's and the components, and that of what i do know is mainly from google searches and reading endless amounts of forums etc. Which often leads to me having to google more things that i don't understand.
After reading numerous posts, and looking up multiple different gaming setups etc. It seems that the next upgrades for my PC would be the motherboard and mainly the CPU. I just have no idea what to go with or even if its actually necessary or i will just be wasting coin.
This is my current setup;
(this is pretty much just copy paste from my order receipt apart from the upgrades i made so please excuse any useless info)
Any advice from you guys with more knowledge than i, would be really appreciated.
P.S. My goal isn't to have a super computer that obliterates all, i understand i could pretty much go and buy the best of everything an tah-dah, i just want to know if what i have needs or will need upgrading soon in terms of gaming.
Thank you in advance.
Ordered myself a custom built PC some 5 years ago now, still going strong with no major issues (touch wood) i have of course upgraded it along the way with natural things like a new graphics card (8gb GTX1070 MSI GAMING x) and some new RAM (2x 8gb DDR3 VenganceLP 1600mhz).
My query however, is what is next?
I have very limited knowledge about upgrading PC's and the components, and that of what i do know is mainly from google searches and reading endless amounts of forums etc. Which often leads to me having to google more things that i don't understand.
After reading numerous posts, and looking up multiple different gaming setups etc. It seems that the next upgrades for my PC would be the motherboard and mainly the CPU. I just have no idea what to go with or even if its actually necessary or i will just be wasting coin.
This is my current setup;
Case | CM STORM TROOPER-GAMING ENTHUSIAST |
Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770k (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache |
Motherboard | ASUS® Z87M-PLUS: m-ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6.0, XFIRE |
Memory (RAM) | 2x 8gb DDR3 VenganceLP 1600mhz |
Graphics Card | 8gb GTX1070 MSI GAMING x |
2nd Graphics Card | none |
3rd Graphics Card | none |
1st Storage Drive | 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW) |
2nd Storage Drive | 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE |
1st M.2 SSD Drive | NONE |
RAID | NONE |
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM |
Power Supply | 650W FSP RAIDER SERIES RA-650 80 PLUS® BRONZE |
Memory Card Reader | INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT |
Processor Cooling | Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler |
Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
Wireless/Wired Networking | WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (Special Offer) |
USB/Thunderbolt Options | MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS |
(this is pretty much just copy paste from my order receipt apart from the upgrades i made so please excuse any useless info)
Any advice from you guys with more knowledge than i, would be really appreciated.
P.S. My goal isn't to have a super computer that obliterates all, i understand i could pretty much go and buy the best of everything an tah-dah, i just want to know if what i have needs or will need upgrading soon in terms of gaming.
Thank you in advance.
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