• Tips for an Upgrade! •

[• egor]

Msi GTX 970
i5 – 2500K
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB DDR3
Gigabyte GA-H67A-USB3-B3

Those are my main specs. I'm thinking of upgrading to the following and would like some help as to which components are holding me back the most when it comes to game performance. I doubt it's my GPU but all comments are appreciated. I also recently got a SSD and it has drastically improved my PC's speed in basic windows task, booting up and loading in, but not overall performance.

i5-9600K
ASRock Z390 EXTREME 4
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 16GB DDR4 3200MHz C16

Would this purchase be worth it and does anyone recommend I get something else?
Thank you.

[Omega]

The GPU is ok-ish. The entire system is aging.

You don't need such an expensive motherboard for this CPU. Yet the cheaper Intel boards may not work with the 9700k if the BIOS it isn't running a BIOS with supprot for this CPU.

I would recommend a Ryzen 2600x over the i5 9600k. The Ryzen is cheaper and has significantly better multi core performance. The motherboard for the Ryzen will also cost half as much while it's garanteed to work with the CPU.

And if the leaks are true you will be able to upgrade to a really nice CPU later on the AM4 platform.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

SSD alone will more or less only speed things up.

The 2nd gen i5 is good but quite old and since you wanna upgrade and wanna go with the current gen i5, nothing wrong with it. Do it.

Setup is fine, would just add a decent cooler, like the dark rock pro, cryorig h7 or so to the i5-k (if u have no current decent cooler)

Aaaand maybe a new psu, but depends on your current one.

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

You don't need such an expensive motherboard for this CPU.

The extrem is ~ 160 chocolate coins.

[Omega]

Publicado originalmente por ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

You don't need such an expensive motherboard for this CPU.

The extrem is ~ 160 chocolate coins.

If OP were to go with a i5 8600k or Ryzen 2600(x) a board costing 70-100 chocolate oranges would be all he needs.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

Publicado originalmente por ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

The extrem is ~ 160 chocolate coins.

If OP were to go with a i5 8600k or Ryzen 2600(x) a board costing 70-100 chocolate oranges would be all he needs.

Nay, not 8th gen, op is aiming for the 9600k.

If he has the money, he can buy it.
I would min. buy a asus prime which is ~ 130-140 fruity biscuits, but thats my opinion.

[• egor]

Thank you so far to everyone. The 9600k is atm $72 cheaper and thats why I'm aiming for it above the 8600k

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Publicado originalmente por • egor:

Thank you so far to everyone. The 9600k is atm $72 cheaper and thats why I'm aiming for it above the 8600k

So buy it.

[hawkeye]

The ideal solution depends on what you want to play, what your monitor specs are and what your budget is.

For example -

More or less, the purpose of the cpu is just to drive the graphics card.

I had an i7-2600, gtx970, 120hz 1080p monitor. Games I wanted to play were rpg's, WW2 shooters, strategy like civ. So those components were moslty fine for 60fps except for graphically modded skyrim and new AAA rpg's. Upgraded the 970 to a 1080ti. Now I get 80-100fps on mostly everything.

(I also have an i7-8700k, rtx2070 pc as well, but I rarely use it.)

There are several videos on youtube discussing upgrading 2500k, 2600k etc, such as -.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNjT5R5XI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chk3fWb6xI

But it all starts with identifying the games you intend playing and the monitor you will play on. You don't just go out and buy parts.

[• egor]

You can find most of the games I regularly play in my steam library. Besides for steam games. I've been holding back on buying games like Battlefield 5 and Forza H4. Simply because ive borred friends accounts and they're literally unplayable. I don't want true 4k experiences. I just want to play the games I have and maybe buy a couple more and just get a constant 60fps with a oldish samsung 1080p monitor. I don't want to just go out and buy parts. Hence asking different people's opinions. Thanks for the videos :D !

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Publicado originalmente por • egor:

You can find most of the games I regularly play in my steam library. Besides for steam games. I've been holding back on buying games like Battlefield 5 and Forza H4. Simply because ive borred friends accounts and they're literally unplayable. I don't want true 4k experiences. I just want to play the games I have and maybe buy a couple more and just get a constant 60fps with a oldish samsung 1080p monitor. I don't want to just go out and buy parts. Hence asking different people's opinions. Thanks for the videos :D !

Since your goals are not very high, stick a while to your 970 and upgrade the rest to the 9th gen i5.

[hawkeye]

BF5 is a freebie at the moment with some new gpus. Offer finishes tomorrow I think.

Note that the connectors on the old samsung monitors need to be checked against any new gpu you might buy. There shouldn't be a problem but it's a potential trap.

BF5 gpu benchmarks here -
https://www.techspot.com/review/1746-battlefield-5-gpu-performance/

FH4
https://www.techspot.com/review/1716-forza-horizon-4-gpu-benchmarks/

So both are reasonably lightweight. You could overclock the 970. Or if you wanted a big step up in gpu maybe the rtx2070 and get BF5 for free.

For cpu, you can get an i7-2700k on ebay for $200, sometimes even a complete pc with a 2700k.

Or step up -
https://www.techspot.com/review/1754-battlefield-5-cpu-multiplayer-bench/

https://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5-update-aims-to-boost-ray-tracing-performance-up-to-50-percent/

cpu, 16gb ddr4 3000+ ram, mobo, cooler, gpu can be expensive but if you have the funds the 9600k and rtx2070 would be a good setup.

There is an rtx2060 due for release soon which would be a step up from a 970 I think. So you could get the cpu now and wait. How much would a free copy of BF5 be worth?

edit -
this is what you would go close to getting with your current setup (the i5-2500k is the bottleneck)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ttBLfpxeE

[calluM]

If youre only looking for 1080p60fps I wouldn't even bother changing the GPU. The 970 is good for 1080p gaming for atleast another two years and even longer as long as you gradually turn down graphics settings as performs dips. If it were me, I'd just get the i5-9600K, the motherboard and RAM that you listed and upgrade the GPU when the 970 can no longer play the games you play at 1080p60fps