Hey There!
I have been on the same rig for about 5 years and I am ready to upgrade. Or start from scratch and get a whole new system. I will go ahead and list what my current rig has (I was new please dont judge;) and what i am hoping to get out of my system. Looking for a recommendation of upgrading or starting over and what parts you would suggest for both.
First, the 5 bullets.
1. Budget & Location
~$1000 US. There is a little bit of leeway over and under for performance but that is about where my budget currently is.
2. Aim
This is going to be a daily driver. I recently started work from home due to, well, you know and that also means i am gaming more. My current system just inst performing as well on newer titles and i would like to do some VR eventually so a system that can at least be future proof for VR gaming would be ideal.
3. Monitors
I have 2, 22" monitors. I plan on using those for now but eventually upgrading to an ultrawide.
4. Peripherals
I have a mouse and Keyboard already, The current system has Windows 10 but I lost the product key so If i need a new hard drive or if it no longer recognizes this as the same ps then I will need a new license.
5. Why are you upgrading?
My current system just isnt up to snuff anymore (and its a heater. Literally, In the winter I do not need to run the heat, I just play video games and the house heats right up.)
My current Rig: (Why are product names so freakin long?!)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor
GPU: ASUS DirectCU II Radeon R9 280 DirectX 11.2 R9280-DC2T-3GD5 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R (Red)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive Series 850W Modular Gaming Power Supply, 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, Single +12V Rail, Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready, SLI & CrossFire Ready - Hive-850
Hard Drive: yes.
(My actual Hard Drive): Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
SSD: It was a gift from my parents so i dont have any model info but I have a 250 gb samsung SSD
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-02-A - Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
This system has served me well over the past 5 years as my gaming side has gone up and down but its time to put her to rest and upgrade to something better.