Upgrade time!

[Andy23]

Hi guys.

It’s time to upgrade, I’m looking for more frames per second solely, the 1060 has served me well but she’s starting to struggle. I’m looking for opinions on what to upgrade first, and if anyone could point out any bottlenecks that would be great! I usually play the like of Warzone, Battlefield, PUBG

Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7600K (3.8GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z270H GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX PREDATOR DDR4 3200MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Cable Management
3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

 

[AgentCooper]

I think the power supply is going to be your biggest issue, 450w doesn’t leave you with an awful lot of room to play with and it’ll be operating at its upper limits. An RTX 2060 would give you noticeable improvements in your frame rates and visuals but their minimum power requirements state 500w (and I’d want a bit more headroom than that, personally).

 

[MrWilson]

Are you sure you’re GPU limited? You’ve got a fairly old 4 core CPU by today’s standard, and especially Warzone is quite demanding on the CPU side.
If you are limited by the 1060 you might just have enough room in the PSU to fit a 2060 in, I don’t think you’ll be able to fit a more powerful (and power demanding) GPU in than that, and it will likely be throttled by the CPU anyway.
Unfortunately the CPU upgrade path with Intel isn’t great, you would really need a new motherboard to go with a new CPU, and at that point it would probably be better economy to start from scratch.
If you haven’t already I would strongly advise completely removing Bullguard, it’s been known to cause issues and might net you a couple extra frames.
Edit: Seen AC’s post above, seems the PSU sadly might be more limiting than I thought.

 

[Andy23]

Thanks guys, I was thinking of a 2060. I did suspect my CPU could be lagging behind too. I’ll see what CPU’s are compatible with my motherboard first then maybe go for the 2060.

 

[Andy23]

Morning chaps, sorry to bump this again. I've found Currys are stocking motherboard/CPU bundles built by PCSpecialists! I'm thinking about going for this bundle, obviously upgrading my power supply and using my old RAM, does this seem OK? https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/compu...id-cooler-components-bundle-10223144-pdt.html

 

[Martinr36]

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[AgentCooper]

That actually seems a bit overpriced for my liking. I've just done a quick bit of calculating and you could get a better upgrade for less if you source the parts separately (I won't put any links in as there's some that are competitor sites).

- RMX 750w PSU
- ASUS Tuf Gaming Plus (WiFi)
- AMD 5600X
- 16GB 3200MHz Corsair Vengeance RAM
- CoolerMaster MasterLiquid 240

They'd set you back around £660 and be a superior proposition for gaming than the i7 bundle. Cheaper, includes the PSU and leaves you with money to put towards a GPU or a second M.2 drive for fast storage.

EDIT - Just seen that your own RAM is already speedy... so you can knock off £80 from that! £580!

 

[JUNI0R]

Morning chaps, sorry to bump this again. I've found Currys are stocking motherboard/CPU bundles built by PCSpecialists! I'm thinking about going for this bundle, obviously upgrading my power supply and using my old RAM, does this seem OK? https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/compu...id-cooler-components-bundle-10223144-pdt.html

Aside from the fact Intel is lagging far behind as outlned in @Martinr36 's post, I don't think it makes alll that much finanial sense. By the time you've upgraded the Motherboard, CPU, CPU cooler, PSU and maybe GPU, you're only a Case, storage (which you could transfer over) and RAM away away from an entirely new build which I think would be a more sensibe route to go down. You'd get a brand new build and a full warranty on everything, should anything go wrong.

Oh, looking at your current RAM, you already have 16GB @ 3200mhz is the sweetspot for AMD/ gaming and wouldn't need replacing!

That's my 2 cents, although I see that Cooper has created a part list that seems of pretty good value if you're really trying to avioid the GPU situation right now.