Question What upgrades would you make to this gaming PC?

[DreadBelch]

edit: Thanks everyone for the advice!

I have around $200-$300 for upgrades. I use the PC for gaming mostly. Battlefield and other FPS games. I also use Adobe After Effects.

I'm thinking I should wait for Black Friday and then try to upgrade the CPU, motherboard and memory to something newer. What do you think?

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
GPU: EVGA RTX 2060 XC BLACK GAMING
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Gaming 7 Z170X (LGA 1151)
Memory: G.SKILL TridentZ 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000
Storage: SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2 500GB, Mushkin REACTOR 1TB SSD, Western Digital 2TB WD Blue
HSF: Noctua NH-D15S
Case: Fractal Design Define R5


1. What YOUR PC will be used for. Gaming & After Effects

2. What YOUR budget is. $200-$300

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. U.S.

4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from. N/A

5. IF YOU have a brand preference. No preference

6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. Everything listed above

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Stock

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using? 1080p 100Hz-120Hz

9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Within a few months

 

[sandorski]

Not really an Intel guy, but the only Upgrade seems to be CPU to a 9600k, but I'm not really sure how much of a difference that would give you. Some games will like the extra Cores for sure though. That said, it looks like your Motherboard might not support it.

Black Friday idea might work better.

 

[UsandThem]

Not really an Intel guy, but the only Upgrade seems to be CPU to a 9600k, but I'm not really sure how much of a difference that would give you. Some games will like the extra Cores for sure though. That said, it looks like your Motherboard might not support it.

Black Friday idea might work better.

It doesn't.

The only CPU they could "upgrade" to is the 7700K (which is basically a slightly higher clocked version of the 6700K). Outside of that, to go with any more recent Intel CPU, they would be looking at upgrading the motherboard as well, and a $200 - $300 upgrade budget isn't going to get them anything better than what they have.

My advice would be to keep what you have for another year or two, and upgrade when the budget is higher (probably in the realm of $400 - $500).

 

[VirtualLarry]

I would save your money, and get a mid-tier (to high-tier, depending on your personal preference) X570 board, and either an 3800XT, or a 3900X. Keep the RTX 2060, the 16G 3000 RAM, and the drives, case, PSU, cooler. (Might need an AM4 adapter for the cooler, if one didn't come the box.)

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yeah man, you can do this.

You are not a highly motivated seller, so if it takes weeks to find the right buyer, no worries. You should be able to net $175-$200 at least, off of your CPU and board. Combine that with the $300 you are budgeting, and you will be able to do a performance upgrade. Especially since you do not overclock. You could afford a 10700 and Asus Strix B450-H Gaming. Rest of your system is still good to go.

If you are unable or unwillingly to sell the old stuff, or need it until the other parts arrive, and cannot front the extra cash until the stuff sells? Then the others are right, you cannot get any meaningful upgrade for $300 or less.