I've been out of the gaming scene for quite a while, and I wanted some advice as to how to upgrade my system. Built it in late 2017, set up to basically let my son play Minecraft. I've since gotten some interest in playing some of my old school games (Halo, Battlefield 2, etc), and got Halo on Steam. No issues so far, but I was thinking of upgrading somewhat.
I'd prefer to keep the cost to upgrade in the area of $300-350ish.
Current specs:
Asus H270 Prime motherboard
Intel I3-7350k processor
8gb ram
Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics card
Corsair 450w power supply.
Asus monitor 1080p (I normally run in 1080p, upgrading to a 2k monitor isn't in the cards right now)
I had been considering one of the Nvidia GTX 1660 Super cards - looks to be a decent upgrade, but I wasn't sure if the rest of the system would be able to keep up with it.
2 caveats: I am not set on Nvidia, so if there is a good AMD option, I'd be willing to consider it. I really don't plan on playing the latest and greatest games (I'm old and slowing down, so I doubt I'd be able to keep up with the kiddies these days ), so a uber-card isn't necessary. Secondly, I had looked at upgrading the CPU from an Inten I3-7350k to perhaps a I7-7700k (20-25% increase in scores), but that didn't look like the best bang for the buck option.
Thoughts?
I'd prefer to keep the cost to upgrade in the area of $300-350ish.
Current specs:
Asus H270 Prime motherboard
Intel I3-7350k processor
8gb ram
Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics card
Corsair 450w power supply.
Asus monitor 1080p (I normally run in 1080p, upgrading to a 2k monitor isn't in the cards right now)
I had been considering one of the Nvidia GTX 1660 Super cards - looks to be a decent upgrade, but I wasn't sure if the rest of the system would be able to keep up with it.
2 caveats: I am not set on Nvidia, so if there is a good AMD option, I'd be willing to consider it. I really don't plan on playing the latest and greatest games (I'm old and slowing down, so I doubt I'd be able to keep up with the kiddies these days ), so a uber-card isn't necessary. Secondly, I had looked at upgrading the CPU from an Inten I3-7350k to perhaps a I7-7700k (20-25% increase in scores), but that didn't look like the best bang for the buck option.
Thoughts?
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