Looking to upgrade my rig for VR use.
Hey gang,
I am looking to upgrade my board, processor, GPU and RAM from the hardware it’s had since I bought it in 2017. The current set up that I have is as follows:
Board: Asus Prime h270
CPU: Intel i5-7600K
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
RAM: 8gb (I certainly want more)
The primary things I use my PC for is for using Steam VR ti play Elite Dangerous while running 2 3rd party apps to assist me and keep the immersion as while as possible. I also quite drill for marching band using the program Pyware v9 (which is also outdated) and very CPU heavy.
It handles this with relatively no problems but something the CPU will bottleneck and bug everything down.
Obviously being nearly 10 years old it’s a bit underpowered but it handles just about everything I throw at it. There main thing That needs immediate attention is the CPU I would like to bring that a bit closer to the modern day quality but the h270 will only support up to an i7-7700K. At least with the research I’ve done to this point.
The main thing I think would be most beneficial is getting something that can handle WiFi 6 or 7. My connection through stream link is usually 2/4 arcs so not the greatest and I would like that to be better. The router is about 20 ft away and through two walls so that also may be an issue.
I know next to nothing about motherboards so really I want to ask if anyone could guide me in the right direction of what to get that could handle what I use it for. I don’t think in necessarily need state of the art or the latest tech that’s out there so something that can get me at least to a point that it can hassle what it takes with relative ease.