NeutralAdrian

Good Morning! I just sold an old graphics card and am looking to update my gaming system a little. I have about $300 to throw down, I was thinking of just going with a 2tb M.2. I play a lot of newer games, Destiny 2, Total Warhammer (3), Shadow of War, and Baulder's Gate 3. But also use it for some 3d Design work using Fusion 360 and Map design for D&D. Any thoughts on what else to look into upgrading? I know I am a bit stuck for most everything else, since if i want to upgrade my CPU, which I think is my current bottleneck, i would need to upgrade my Motherboard, which would also mean the ram. I know all that together would be $800 or more. So I think better storage would be the way to go, and will at least help on load times for some things, till I can upgrade the rest of the system. Current System Specs CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz RAM: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-D3H-CF Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 TI 8GB Storage: WD Blue, 1TB, 7200 RPM OCZ-TRION 100, 240GB

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday, I sure as hell did. My in laws decided to just write me a checks this year for X-Mas, so now instead of paying down my credit card debt I am upgrading my rig. Budget: $800 US Country: USA System use: 3D Design (Blender/Fusion 360), Steaming (Twitch/Discord), and Gaming (Cyberpunk, Modded Minecraft, Baldur's Gate 3, anything else new and fun) I have been a 1080p 60pfs gamer for a long time but I think it is time to make the jump to 1080p 144fps. I am doing a near full system rebuild, the only 3 things that are staying are the power supply, graphics card, CPU Cooler, case, and peripherals. I just replaced added these to my build in the last 2 years so, no need to replace them. MSI 1070 TI, EVGA 650 BQ, NZXT S340 Black, HYPER 212 EVO So on to what I need. CPU: I am thinking of getting into AMD. I have been an intel guy since i started building systems but the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X has caught my eye. I would like to have the option to upgrade, to a 5000 chip in the future but we will see. Motherboard: I don't have any real opinion here besides color, I would prefer something black. Besides that, I have zero intention of adding anything else to the PCIE slots and i am not overclocking. So something cheap will do just fine. RAM: Based on my use case, I am looking at 16gb, i doubt I need anything more, but the option to upgrade in the future is not out of the question. Storage: I do not want to mess with any raid or multiple drives. The only thing that gets stored on my current system is games, all the design work I do is saved in the cloud, and I do not save video or pics on my system either. So I think a 1tb M.2 would be my best best, So i can keep all the games I want to play ready to go without any issue. Monitor: This is where I have the least experience, I have always bought the cheapest thing I could find. Now that i want to dive into 144hz though, I know I have to shell out a little more money. I still want to stick to HD as 4k seems a bit much at the moment. I intend to try and buy everything from Microcenter, since I have one a few miles away here in STL and love the option to bring in parts that are DOA. Let me know if I missed anything but that should cover the basics of what I am looking for. Thanks for the help everyone!

I think I have Chosen: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1070-TI-8G/dp/B076Q6HT34/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1541080700&sr=1-2&keywords=GTX+1070+TI The card looks cool and i like the 3 fan design, given i do not care about the extra noise. Hopefully i can start running AC: Odyssey at better frames.

Thanks a lot @Vasllo I do not intend to move into better monitors, as for me 1080 60fps is about all I want. Though I do intend at some point to add a TV mounted to my wall above my desk, for some couch gaming. I happen to have a couch in my office behind my desk. So a 4k TV might be in my future as well as VR. So overclocking my CPU and grabbing a 1070 (1070TI not much more) might be the best bet. Thanks again!

Hello fellow Nerds! I am looking for a suggestion for my new Graphics card. It has been recommend to me that the best way to up my FPS in gaming is to get a new graphics card. I know there are a lot of 1070/1070TI/1080 cards out there and I am not sure which one to go with. If anyone is willing, I would love some help choosing. Due to the fact that I am using my Amazon Credit Card for this purchase, I am going to be buying off Amazon only and I intend to buy New. Thanks in advanced for the help. ? Budget: $600 Current PC info: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.5ghz, not overclocked) GPU: MSI Radeon R9 380 RAM: 16gb, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series, (4x 4gb) MB: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H LGA 1150 HD: WD Blue 1TB SSD: OCZ Trian 100 120GB Cooler:Hyper 212 Evo PS: EVGA 650 BQ Monitors: 2x Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch 1920 x 1080

Thank you both for the reply! Do you think Hyper 212 Evo is going to be sufficient for the overclock or should i try and get an AIO liquid cooler to be safe? And as for the GPU upgrade, that is what I thought might be the case. I will start looking for a 1070/1080!

Hello everyone, I am new to the forums and am hoping to get some help with updating my PC. I have a decent rig as of now (see added info below) but, I am trying to see what I can upgrade to get some better results. In particular I recently stated playing Assassin Creed Odyssey however, even at low graphic settings I am hovering around 35-45 FPS. My goal is to maintain a solid 60fps during gaming, at Medium-High settings for most games. And hopefully, in the near future move to VR gaming. Not sure if I just need to upgrade my GPU to a 1070/1080 or if doing so would bottleneck me too much. I really appreciate the help and thank you in advance! Current PC info: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.5ghz, not overclocked) GPU: MSI Radeon R9 380 RAM: 16gb, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series, (4x 4gb) MB: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H LGA 1150 HD: WD Blue 1TB SSD: OCZ Trian 100 120GB Cooler:Hyper 212 Evo PS: EVGA 650 BQ Monitors: 2x Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch 1920 x 1080