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[carlos726811]

Hi All. This is my Old Gaming rig i bought in 2018. I Sold it to my mate. When i bought a new System.
At the moment he is using a 1080 144hz Monitor. But he wanting to upgrade monitor to a 1440 144hz. He wants to know. Is it worth upgrading the pc aswell or better of buying a complete new system. Specs Below.

Case	GAME MAX FALCON BLACK GAMING CASE (RGB LED)
Processor (CPU)	Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-7700k (4.2GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard	ASUS® PRIME Z270-P: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card	8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 Ti - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive	1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 3.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD! Change to: 250GB Samsung 850 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive	NONE Change to: 1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 3.5" SSHD
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply	CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	Windows 10 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software	NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser	Google Chrome™
Warranty	3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time	Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days

 

[polycrac]

The 1070 TI is a decent card, even for 1440p but if you find compromising on some settings an issue (or want to get onto the ray-tracing bandwagon) the 650w PSU should give you room to upgrade the card.

Is the PC struggling with anything? I'm always looking at a new build but have to keep reminding myself that the current one works fine. It could ALWAYS be replaced with something better, but if it's not frustrating you by being noticeably slow, I'd hang on. New releases of CPUs and GPUs are on the horizon and, even if you don't go for those, they'll make the last generation more affordable.

 

[SpyderTracks]

As above, that system should be maxxing 1080p with no problems, the only thing upgrading the GPU would improve would be to add ray tracing, but I would definitely hold til next gen to do anything related to that.

 

[carlos726811]

Thank you @polycrac @SpyderTracks I will let him know