I've had my PCS PC for a few years now. I've made a few changes over the years with the most significant being a new graphics card (GTX 970). I was wondering how hard it would be to upgrade the mother board so I can get DDR4 RAM and a new CPU.
Any advice? Would it be worth it or is there anything I can do to upgrade it with what I have? I ask as the PC is dated now, I have a GTX 970 but the rest of the hardware is getting old and holding back the card.
Current specs:
Case: COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU: Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard: ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM): 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card: GTX 970
1st Hard Disk: Samsung 850 SSD 500GB
2nd Hard Disk: 750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£48)
Memory Card Reader: INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply: CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU
Processor Cooling: COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER)
Thermal Paste: ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO
Any advice? Would it be worth it or is there anything I can do to upgrade it with what I have? I ask as the PC is dated now, I have a GTX 970 but the rest of the hardware is getting old and holding back the card.
Current specs:
Case: COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU: Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard: ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM): 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card: GTX 970
1st Hard Disk: Samsung 850 SSD 500GB
2nd Hard Disk: 750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£48)
Memory Card Reader: INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply: CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU
Processor Cooling: COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER)
Thermal Paste: ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO