Want to upgrade gaming computer

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So while my system isn’t ‘old’ perse… It is old because it is running a 2070 nvidia card… It handles Warcraft fine, but i’ve been taking a serious look at upgrading because it seems that chip prices are finally starting to come down. That said this is what I came up with on part picker. It has been forever since I’ve done serious research on hardware but what do you all think? I know it will run wow fine, but is there anything you would change…

Oh and I’m purely an nvidia, Intel person… so don’t suggest AMD they burned that bridge a lot of years ago.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gndgVw

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are you struggling to run any games?

a 2070 should still be fine.

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Not really… but I would like a faster system for graphics editing and other things.

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So here is my honest feedback if you want a top of the line computer you are wasting money on a 4070 you need to save up for an 80 or 90 series to really be top of the line like you want. In this economy, I wouldn’t waste the money going from a 2070 to a 4070… Pc parts are still way too much right now.

Some other nitpicks… I wouldn’t go with 3200 for ram speed 3600-4600 IMO

also, for the love of god, don’t buy Windows 11 pro for 150… just go to a key website and get it for 10 or 20 bucks

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Good specs, imo. This PC will last you for at least another 5 years

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I appreciate everything you wrote, but am keying in on this… as going to a 40 series was the reason for the upgrade… Why?

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As a general rule - you should not upgrade unless you need to.

So if you mostly play WoW, then a 2070 is plenty. If the other games you play, you are ok to keep at 1080p and/or 1440p with medium/high settings - you are probably still fine.

Basically use afterburner and/or just task manager and see your metrics while you play.

If your CPU/GPU aren’t pegged, you can probably hold off. Every year there will always be something new.

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It has a subpar memory bus paired with only 12gb of vram that costs way more than it should and won’t age well. Your cost to performance will be substantially lacking. You get more bang for the buck with an 80 series with the higher vram.

I don’t know your situation, I just know from being a techie myself and being caught up in the space what i’d do.

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The 80 or 90 isn’t out of reach money wise… But the thought of paying almost 2k for a video card for the 90 kind of makes my stomach curdle… But the 80 seems reasonable. Its only around 1,200…

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Do whatever is in your budget, of course. I just hate seeing people make bad tech decisions that 5 months to a year down the road you start regretting.

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I appreciate the input, it is why I posted and asked… and honestly I’ve gotten older and lazy and don’t want to do the research… So it is much appreciated.

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Dont know if this is an upgrade for you or not, but its what we bought…on sale for lot off right now
https://www.microcenter.com/product/663720/lenovo-ideacentre-5-17acn7-gaming-pc

Plays WoW and ESO with settings on max pretty smoothly

edit…the down side is you will need to add another SSD…we put in some Samsungs that were on sale for $65…1TB.

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Really depends on what games you’re shooting for, but mostly for WoW (and other general tasks outside of that) I’d be inclined to drop the video card, swap out the mobo and ram for DDR5 equivalents, and see how it feels once you’ve got it together… you can always pick up the card later if the old card with the new rig feels insufficient.

For anything else then yeah, the 40 series would be a massive jump, so I’d grab it along with the DDR5 swap.

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eh…with as fast as the tech changes one could literally hold out upgrading for all eternity waiting for the next big thing in a few months. lol.
I had to stop even considering that way back when because it was moving so fast.
Just decide on what one needs here and now today with ones budget and needs.
edit…because we’re all gonna be upgrading again soon enough anyway, lol

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Try use Borg cube computer