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I need to do more research about it. First idea is great that I can reach the same clocks, but the 1800x can be O/C'd higher and another metric is power which will cost more in the long run, because apparently boosted 1700 draws more power over all. I'm seriously considering buying graphics first and see the actual performance with the stuff I have already and then decide whether I would be buying Razen with new mobo or putting that away for later. Read that PCIe 2.0 x16 is virtually equal in performance in games to 3.0, so this is not an issue. I would just need to get more RAM and different SSD setup that I was planning to buy originally, but this can be worked out. Then in 2 - 3 years I would probably replace everything and who know, maybe even graphics again as well. Another thing is that I spoke to a friend of mine and he said that it I want to play 1440p on ultra with high refresh rates I would actually need 1080 Ti, so I guess I need to look into benchmarks a bit more.

Thank you all for the suggested part lists! That 64GB is defo overkill - I wouldn't use all of this for long time all the VMs I run concurrently don't exceed 4GB altogether and I doubt they will exceed 8 in a long time, so 32 is already more than enough This is actually very interesting idea. I didn't know they use the same socket. However I would need to spend at least £200 for a used 6-core than has comparable speeds to mine (I think my old one is actually better for OC) and 24GB is quite enough for the time being. If I were to buy CPU, I'd rather buy a new architecture with high clocks and new mobo, but thanks for suggestion. I like the name of the build, but I'd like to question a couple of bits and pieces: 1. Mobo - why Asus Crosshair VI Hero? I really don't see anything special about that mobo and I can easily save more than £50. All I really need is PCIe for my graphics; AM4 for Razen; M2 for new NVMe; SATA for storage SSDs, a couple of USB ports (one 3.1 in front and a few at the back (camera, mouse, keyboard) and... I guess that's it! Please correct me if I'm wrong, but what else this mobo gives? 2. Storage - you said 500GB this is 250GB you linked, I want at the very least 500 on my main disk, but I think 1TB would be better as it has built in RAID for better IOPS. 3. Storage again - I don't actually have that much data, if I were to keep my old 1TB + new fast 1TB I think that would be enough. 4. Graphics - once again - is £200-300 (~50%) worth to go over regular 1080? I think the benefit would be more like up to 20% or so. I plan to play on 1 screen on 1440p (no need for 4K just yet). It offers some extra performance that I don't quite need and I would need to pay premium for it. The value of Ti just doesn't feel high enough. 5. PSU - Why would I need 1kW? I think my old Corsair 750 is more than enough 6. Keyboard - I have been on this subject for quite some time. The main choice was switch type and although I don't think it says in the link on my list I wanted to go for for orange ones - tactile, but silent. I have tested those switches and they really work for me. The only thing left is do I need Chroma, or just use green LED from Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth

What I'm really looking for is help to confirm or deny whether it's viable option to reuse some of my old components right now

I fixed the link since. The list is not comprehensive yet. It's more like a guidance right now, there's CPU cooler missing, PSU, case etc.. My original plan was to buy everything new, but now I'm questioning the reason for that - I might be able to save few hundred on motherboard, PSU and case. 1080 will last for a while just like 1080Ti... I think the Ti is too expensive for what benefits it offers right now. I actually didn't, but I think this is smaller of an issue, 1080 is just what I will probably go for and then it's detail to find the precise model I want and make sure it fits

I know it's one of the best, but I don't want to waste money on stuff that I don't need and the one I listed has everything I need Right now I'm playing WoW but would love to play with high details and fps (need high FPS for competitiveness). On top of that would like to play some new FPS like Overwatch, Doom, upcoming Quake Champions etc.

Not sure what happened, but I corrected it now

My first post on this forums, so big HELLO! There's a lot to this thread, but I'll try to keep it short. I'm software engineer by profession and gamer by heart and I want machine that I can reliably do both on. I have an old 7.5 years old PC! but it's still very reliable and does most of what I need (apart from the games running beautifully). Here's the list what I have now: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/oshsama/saved/FVQvK8 To say shortly what I need the most is new graphics card, storage and more memory. Here's more or less what I'm looking to buy: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/oshsama/saved/GPKD3C Why am I thinking of buying those? - Ryzen 1800X I know that CPU can last long time and I hope with those 8 cores this will (heopfully) last long time for me. I want those extra cores for multitasking while I'm working etc; - motherboard is simply to satisfy my IO needs. Not sure why I would spend twice as much or more for features that I don't think I would ever need; - I want fast memory for great performance in games and running multiple VMs when needed - 32GB for now with option to upgrade to 64GB if needed in few years; - if you looked at my current part list you probably noticed I still use HDD *cries*. I want a really fast disk for changing branches in repositories, reindexing symbols etc. (work) and over-all great performance. I read that apparently those M2 drives deliver such great IOPS numbers, because they have built-in RAID controllers and I can achieve virtually the same using regular, much cheaper SSDs in RAID mode - is this really the case, is there no bottle-neck on either of those options?; - graphics this is mainly for gaming and I think there's no real reason to pay premium for Ti or even new Titan (btw, I want to run my games on nearly max settings, I hope this will be enough) - monitor of choice is either Acer Predator XB271hu vs Asus ROG PG279Q (27" 1440p IPS with G-sync and high refresh rate) I think you get a drift of what am I looking to get. Now the real question is what do I do with all these parts that I have and what am I looking to get. I started questioning buying half of the new parts - maybe there's no need for that. I was thinking that I would probably try to sell the old computer in one box rather than in parts, somehow it feels better, but then again I potentially lose even more value this way. Then I was thinking of what else can I do and I started thinking of building on top of my existing PC. What a crazy idea! mixing 7 y/o parts with some of the market newest, but maybe it's not that crazy after all. Here's what I need help with - will it even work and if so - is it worth it? So I would stick to my CPU and motherboard (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P6T_SE/specifications/). I can get better cooling and fairly easy OC my PC to 4GHz stable (got i7 920 d0). I actually played with it already and I'm running 3.6Ghz right now on simple cooler and the temps are stable around 45-50 deg. It does get up to around 80 under stress-test, but while playing it hardly ever goes above 55. I guess, this would be enough for a while. The question is - am I able to install Nvidia 1080 in this? I have PCIe 2.0 x16, but apparently this is backwards compatible. I'm quite a nub with this, so Idk what performance am I actually losing? I imagine in gaming data is being loaded from disk to the graphics card, rendered over there and put through to display and CPU has not much to do with that. So the slowest part would be the initial load of the data. Am I correct (probably not)? Another incompatible part is the storage, cause I obviously don't have M2, but this is details - I can either RAID SSDs or use PCIe. Memory I can get up to 24GB 2 x 3-channel (OC to 2GHz) which should be enough for a while. PSU I have good, case as well, would just probably buy USB 3.1 adapter or something. One last thing I want to mention is that I consider to start streaming, but I don't think that would have a massive impact even on my old skeleton? What do you guys think about this? Please advice Best regards, Osh