Hardware & Technical Hi there. Have a question of "Is it worth it?"

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You can see my current specs in orange in my signature.

My question today is, would a, I suppose we could call it "mid-life" upgrade, for my hardware be worth it?

Specifically, would getting a 4690K, emphasis on it being the K-model, and a GTX 1060 6GB, represent a worthwhile investment in my system?

My thoughts are that the CPU could be OC'd a bit, and obviously the 1060 speaks for itself.

Do you guys think it would be worth it? Would it be a really worthwhile thing to go to from my current specs?

Cheers. Yet again I had another thought and figured I'd post the question. :)
 

Porina

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CPU, personally I wouldn't bother unless you know it is limiting you in some way. You have 4 fast-ish cores already. The heat from overclocking might need an upgrade to cooling also.

The GPU would make more of a difference. If by not upgrading CPU you might even look higher up, although if that is worth it depends on resolutions/frame rates expected.
 

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Porina said:
CPU, personally I wouldn't bother unless you know it is limiting you in some way. You have 4 fast-ish cores already. The heat from overclocking might need an upgrade to cooling also.

The GPU would make more of a difference. If by not upgrading CPU you might even look higher up, although if that is worth it depends on resolutions/frame rates expected.
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1080p, 60fps. So I didn't think the CPU would be essential, given what I already have. But it never hurts to ask. :)

1060 on the other hand, that seems like a much simpler choice.
 

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I'd forget the CPU upgrade, unless want to overclock it a lot, which brings in all the heat, cooling issues, and possibly PSU upgrade as well.
And put the pennies into the GPU, and look at possibly going higher than the 1060.
 

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winterknight said:
I'd forget the CPU upgrade, unless want to overclock it a lot, which brings in all the heat, cooling issues, and possibly PSU upgrade as well.
And put the pennies into the GPU, and look at possibly going higher than the 1060.
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Indeed. A 1070 comes to mind?
 

MickyG1982

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V8UC ALICORN said:
Indeed. A 1070 comes to mind?
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If you can afford both but only need one I would pile the money into the GPU. The 1070 can be had for around the price of the processor and a 1060, your current processor won't bottleneck it either. As good as the 1060 is the higher level card will absolutely outstrip it, think 980Ti / Titan levels of performance.
 

Straha Yeagar

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MickyG1982 said:
If you can afford both but only need one I would pile the money into the GPU. The 1070 can be had for around the price of the processor and a 1060, your current processor won't bottleneck it either. As good as the 1060 is the higher level card will absolutely outstrip it, think 980Ti / Titan levels of performance.
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I'm running an i5 2500k@4.3ghz, and it chews through this game. The 32 GB RAM and gtx 1080 doesn't hurt either :) Point being, your CPU is currently way more than enough for just about anything out there, especially Elite.

My secondary system is also a 2500k with a gtx 1070 in it, and it runs Elite on 1080p @144hz and keeps up with 144 fps on ultra.
 
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Well I think going for a 1070 is the best bet, especially if I want to give VR a go.
 
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