Currently right now im sitting on an I7-3770, 16gb of DDR3 Ram, and a GTX 970.
I keep looking at new processors and I can't seem to see much of a speed difference. I'd like to upgrade if I knew it was worth it, but at this point it just seems like I'd be throwing my money in a hole for minimal performance return.
Is upgrading worth it?
yeah video card may give you a little something but i think you're already fine for most games at 1080p unless you want maxed out at 60fps. 1070 *might* be worth it then but it's diminishing returns.
I'd wait a bit longer on the processor. There's nothing right now that your processor won't be fine with, so you might as well wait another year or two for better tech to come. GPU's have been the most impressive thing this year so far but since you're at a 970 already you don't need to upgrade. My rule of thumb is if you can get away with waiting then it's better to wait. And you can definitely get away with waiting. There's always newer and better on the horizon anyway.
I look at it like this, are you having any issues and do you plan on playing at a higher resolution? If not then stick with what you have until performance becomes an issue. Also consider if you care about vr or not.
I wish I had your processor. I have a first gen i7 950, and I feel compelled to upgrade (really almost new build) this winter. Though I have to admit, with the Titan I foolishly bought and I'm sure being throttled by the CPU, still games are running well!
I had that CPU until my rebuild two years ago now, and I would highly recommend upgrading if you can! I even dropped to an i5 rather than an i7 (4690k to be precise) but it was worth it, the 950 was really feeling old.
Everything except the GPU is still way ahead of anything any game is going to demand of your rig for some time. And even the GPU is still pretty damn good if you don't plan on playing anything at resolutions higher than 1080p and/or you don't plan on doing VR.
Get an SSD if you don't have one, I guess.
I also have a 970 but i5-2500k and 8g of ram. I put WoW on medium because it was chugging. Could it have been my CPU? I know a 970 isnt the best out there right now but cmon its WoW. Also I am rocking an SSD. This has made me want to upgrade my CPU as well. But anywhere I look people tell me games should still run fine.
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