Upgrade?

[velvetsky01]

Hi There

I hope someone will be able to help me

I am looking to upgrade my system. I purchased this brilliant pre build in 2015 (see below). It has served me well and continues to - however I am aware that I am starting to not be able to run the latest games as well. I recently bought a 1440p monitor and it really has brought new life into this system (I know who would have thought!)
However it has given me an itch and would like to look into the possibility of upgrading either what I have - or saving up and purchasing a brand new build.

I was wondering what people would recommend in terms of an upgrade? Is it possible (and easy) to upgrade the CPU and motherboard as well as GPU to be able to the other bits like water cooler, PSU etc

Just wondering what everyone would recommend - would buying or would a new system be more cost effective?

CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 780T FULL TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU	Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-6700k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto MAX 4.60GHz)
OC BIOS FIle
Motherboard	ASUS® Z170-A: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs Change to: Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)	16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card	6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 Ti - DVI, HDMI, 3 DP
2nd Graphics Card	NONE
3rd Graphics Card	NONE
1st Storage Drive	480GB KINGSTON HYPERX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive	2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	NONE
1st PCI-E SSD Drive	NONE
RAID	NONE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NONE
External Hard Drive	NONE
Memory Card Reader	NONE
Power Supply	CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 1000W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H100i GTX Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

 

[steaky360]

We can't really comment on this sort of thing here unfortunately. You can see what upgrades you're eligible for on your online account but its unlikely that you'll get motherboard/etc. upgrades (generally that is basically a new PC).

Just a thought though: if you're upgrading your motherboard, cpu, gpu and psu then you are essentially getting a new PC

 

[velvetsky01]

We can't really comment on this sort of thing here unfortunately. You can see what upgrades you're eligible for on your online account but its unlikely that you'll get motherboard/etc. upgrades (generally that is basically a new PC).

Just a thought though: if you're upgrading your motherboard, cpu, gpu and psu then you are essentially getting a new PC

Oh I am sorry I had no idea of that rule

Yes I have looked at this and it says a RAM upgrade and a GPU but I wouldnt class the GPUs offered as an upgrade if that makes sense.

But yes you are right I guess it is a new build in a way.

Just wasnt sure what was best to do - a whole system upgrade or just those components.

Not sure if I am allowed to ask this but would my CPU require upgrading? I know it is 5 years old but would a RAM and GPU upgrade be a better option in the interim?