PC Upgrade Decisions

[frag_bait]

Hi guys, just curious about what everyone is running nowadays. I am stilll playing on the same machine I built in 2011 or 12. It's pretty ancient with its AMD Phenom II 945 processor and Geforce GTX 560. It's a manual crank, and tbh my shoulder is not what it used to be. I have upgraded this machine all the way to Win10 with a SSD but the old girl is getting a little long in the tooth.
I do have a budget so I am thinking probably a ryzen 5 2600x and maybe a Geforce 1070, but I'll probably opt to save some money and go with the 1050. Also thinking 16 gb of ram. Thoughts?

[dyn]

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1070-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/3609vs3649

Go with 1070, it is much faster, and perhaps upgrade RAM in 2 steps, first 8 GB, which will run stuff just fine, and then add another 8 GB with same specs, so they can both work a bit faster in dual channel mode. Or go with 2x2 4 GB modules in case you don't plan to upgrade over 16 GB.

[frag_bait]

Thanks guys! A lot of great info here. Thanks for sharing.

[GR1T]

Hey Frag,

I've built several gaming PC's over the years.
My current rig is:
CPU Intel i7-7700K
Mobo Asus Z270 Prime A
Ram 16gb G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200
GPU MSI GTX1070 Gaming X 4G
SSD Crucial MX 300
plus more
And a glorious 27 inch IPS G-Sync monitor Asus ROG Swift PG279Q

All that with a blazing fast fiber internet. (just to spend my time playing COD4)

[frag_bait]

Hey Frag,

I've built several gaming PC's over the years.
My current rig is:
CPU Intel i7-7700K
Mobo Asus Z270 Prime A
Ram 16gb G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 3200
GPU MSI GTX1070 Gaming X 4G
SSD Crucial MX 300
plus more
And a glorious 27 inch IPS G-Sync monitor Asus ROG Swift PG279Q

All that with a blazing fast fiber internet. (just to spend my time playing COD4)

No wonder. Thanks for the specs.

[frag_bait]

Ok and so it begins. I just ordered the ASUS GTX 1070. I will use that for a while before upgrading everything else. Thanks again for your help.

[GR1T]

You know Nvidia just released the GTX1660Ti that is as fast or faster than the GTX1070 and is currently running a little cheaper.