Greetings to anyone reading this.
This is my first post, I'm completely new on the thread, but these are my questions -
1. "Best" upgrade path for new gaming components (bang for buck wise)
2. Trying to maximize (reaching for an impossible achievement, I know) the shelf life of above mentioned components in point #1.
3. Working with (roughly) a budget of $1000 USD (maybe 1300 at an absolute squeeze, although I'm from South Africa, so saving that cash and keeping up with ever-changing hardware costs in today's market is daunting of course)!
4. End "goal" - to play AAA games going forward for at least 4-5 years @recommended specs and I'd prefer assuming 1440p res. (methinks 4k is far out of reach to be fair *any corrections?
5. I'm thinking of keeping the CASE, PSU, and SSD + HDD in my current setup, so only looking to upgrade rest (and possibly try sell off components too, to recoup a little).
My current system:
Cpu - Intel core i5 - 4690k Devil's canyon 3.5ghz O/C
MBoard - Msi gaming 5 DDR3 BOARD
RAM - Corsair vengeance 4gb x2 DDR3
GPU - MSI 970 gaming 4gb DDR5
PSU - COUGAR 700WATT PSU
SSD - OCZ ARC 100 SERIES 240GB 2.5
HDD - SEAGATE 2TB 7200RPM 64 MB
Case - Cooler Master Cosmos SE - ATX
I'd appreciate any helpful input from the TechPowerup community. Thanks in advance!
This is my first post, I'm completely new on the thread, but these are my questions -
1. "Best" upgrade path for new gaming components (bang for buck wise)
2. Trying to maximize (reaching for an impossible achievement, I know) the shelf life of above mentioned components in point #1.
3. Working with (roughly) a budget of $1000 USD (maybe 1300 at an absolute squeeze, although I'm from South Africa, so saving that cash and keeping up with ever-changing hardware costs in today's market is daunting of course)!
4. End "goal" - to play AAA games going forward for at least 4-5 years @recommended specs and I'd prefer assuming 1440p res. (methinks 4k is far out of reach to be fair *any corrections?
5. I'm thinking of keeping the CASE, PSU, and SSD + HDD in my current setup, so only looking to upgrade rest (and possibly try sell off components too, to recoup a little).
My current system:
Cpu - Intel core i5 - 4690k Devil's canyon 3.5ghz O/C
MBoard - Msi gaming 5 DDR3 BOARD
RAM - Corsair vengeance 4gb x2 DDR3
GPU - MSI 970 gaming 4gb DDR5
PSU - COUGAR 700WATT PSU
SSD - OCZ ARC 100 SERIES 240GB 2.5
HDD - SEAGATE 2TB 7200RPM 64 MB
Case - Cooler Master Cosmos SE - ATX
I'd appreciate any helpful input from the TechPowerup community. Thanks in advance!