Do you have a bottleneck following the upgrade? Which other components should be upgraded?
Do you have a bottleneck following the upgrade? Which other components should be upgraded?
I assembled my PC in 2013 specifically for gaming, with a £1000 budget. My goal was to maximize value without any part bottlenecks. The only minor shortcoming was my CPU. At the start of this year, my GTX 770—which I had overclocked—failed, and a friend lent me his old Titan X along with water cooling blocks to test. He was using it as a placemat, which seemed like a reasonable upgrade based on a comparison site. However, I haven’t kept up with new releases.
I’ve noticed my PC consistently running at 100% CPU usage even during simple tasks, and performance in games hasn’t improved noticeably (BF4, Civilization, GOW, etc., BF6 if it runs well). I’m also running more CPU-intensive software such as 3D modeling. Thanks to the water cooling, the system stays cooler, but not much better in gaming or overall. I suspect there’s a bottleneck now, so upgrading might be necessary. Otherwise, having such a powerful GPU wouldn’t add much value.
I’m still evaluating budget central (likely under £500, though less is preferable since I already own parts and don’t use it as much for gaming), and I’m considering used components on eBay rather than buying new.
Which components should I retain and which are worth upgrading?
Ideas for good value pairings, keeping the budget in mind?
Should I keep the Titan or is a 2016 model still suitable today? Also, I haven’t overclocked it yet—could that make it more practical?
Current System:
CPU: Core i5 4670k 3.4GHz
GPU: Nvidia Titan X Pascal
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16Gb (4Gb x 4) DDR3 1600MHz
PSU: XFX pro 750w
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 (previously had sound driver issues, now fixed with external speakers)
Keyboard: Raptor K50 (very outdated; macro software no longer works, considering a mechanical keyboard with custom macros would be better).
Basically, you are in need of a whole new PC.
There is little you can do CPU-wise, on that same motherboard.
New CPU = new motherboard and RAM.
And, might as well get a new PSU as well.
Since you've gone this far....ditch the Titan for a new GPU.
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