🍭🍭🍭What should I buy with £500?🍭🍭🍭

250 copies of Bad Rats.

Hire some people who will play your games to decrease your backlog.
Kappa. If I were you I would totally buy the Switch!

700 overwatch loot boxes.

If your gpu right now is not enough anymore for you you could go with a GTX 1070.
But if you would say, that you wouldn't need the power now, I would wait because later, when you need the power you would get more for your hard earned money. (It's always the same in hardware. Only upgrade if you need, never because you can).

I think the switch is a nice system but if you would not play it, I would not see a point in buying it.

Same for Steam games. Sure there are always some nice games out there but if you still have enough to play, finish the games you would like to and already have before buying new ones. :)

So I would say: save it, travel or buy something you wanted for a long time... In your situation I would not put any money into gaming atm.

A 1070 would be worth the upgrade, but I doubt you can find one in stock and under $500 at the moment. I suggest you put it in the bank and check again in 3 months and in 6 months until availability and price change.

Alternatively, here are a few cool things you can buy with $500:
An indoor hydroponic garden for your kitchen: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B06WWLZSK8/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?pd_rd_i=B06WWKLKTV&pd_rd_wg=3KG3g&pd_rd_r=1CXM016W2DRK8QAAMCS2&pd_rd_w=UXhr2&th=1
A good quilt: https://www.etsy.com/listing/467765486/new-handmade-pieced-queen-sized-quilt?ga_order=price_desc&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=quilts&ref=sr_gallery-1-30
The Sandman Collection: https://smile.amazon.com/Sandman-Slipcase-Set-Neil-Gaiman/dp/1401238637/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
https://smile.amazon.com/Sandman-Omnibus-Vol-2/dp/1401243142/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Cheers!

I would recommend a ps4 with Horizon Zero Dawn most definitely. I've had more fun in a play through of that than any other game in the last few years.

50 pizzas ..

a better video would be nice, yes. you could get 1080 ti for 700 quid, or something cheaper, like 1080.

The step from a 970 to a 1070 is not big enough to warrant the expense of a new GPU, especially not at your current resolution, unless you have a game (now or in the near future) where you know you're going to need the extra FPS. I'm on a 1070 at the moment, but I'm on 2560 x 1440 @ 144 Hz, and that's a new system.

If you do not already have enough savings to cover buying new hardware if it breaks, save the money for that first. Nothing is more annoying than dropping a load on upgrading some hardware, only to have something else break right after and render your machine an expensive paperweight (and having to buy a second-hand or substandard replacement to tide you over) . If you do, then consider saving up for a more substantial upgrade if there's nothing else you really want to buy right now. My current time frame for upgrading a whole system is once every 5 years (minus the PSU, as I buy only quality PSUs that last for at least twice that time).

you should buy 25 copies of Cuphead to give away

What happened to "her"? D:

300$ in headphones ヽ(ಠ_ಠ)ノ I have a 1050ti 4GB(good enough for everything i guess) i think just upgrading to that with your 16 GB
But how did that CPU cost 400$?
Edit: I didnt see you had a SSD

Save it for a rainy day.
Or a dead component ;)

Am I the first one to suggest you invest it? (like, in an index fund not games - gasp!)

Honestly, if you are buying a house, you will need more than just enough for down payment. Something always comes up!

But, right now is the worst time to buy a GPU, they are low in stock because of cryptomaniacs. Even RAM is currently higher priced than usual.

Tough choice, imo your pc is still really good and upgrading it now would cost more than it should but hey, it's your money! =D

If you really wanted to upgrade that PC, the GPU is definitely the next step, as everything else is still up to par. If I were you I'd save the money to get a full upgrade in a year or two once the next GPU cycle comes out, as the current possible GPU upgrades for you are already over 1 year old at this point and hugely inflated in price due to crypto mining.

You could definitely go with the Switch option depending on how much you and your partner want to play the games on that platform. I have to admit they have some juicy exclusives by this point :3<

No meaningful upgrade imho.
Maybe just replace for some more RAM. (if that is possible)

Maybe something else completely offtopic, a backup external disk or NAS for personal files, photo, emails etc...

GTX 1070 is good chose
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/zotac-gtx-1070-founders-edition-8gb/173096439417?hash=item284d5a0e79:g:BU8AAOSwHwJaWlHG

Your PC is still rather good, and you have plenty of games left to play. Save it.

As you have an occulus, upgrading the graphics card "might" be a good idea if it's struggling. But otherwise, save the money

Switch

That looks a lot like my rig! Sadly it's not a great time to upgrade right now, given the GPU and memory prices. Then again, I usually prefer skipping at least one GPU generation between upgrades so for me it's an easy wait and see scenario.

If you don't struggle to run the games on the Rift, I'd say save up for a concurrent monitor and GPU upgrade down the line. The 970 still does the job at 1080p after all. Or get a Switch if you want it.