WookWook249

Cheers for the heads up on the cooling.

Cheers for the advice. I already have the 1060, and I was considering running that till I have some more $ for an up spec.

Hello everyone, I was looking for a second opinion on my planned upgrades. Mainly, whether or not I've fracked up somewhere (gone too overboard on one thing, but neglected another). Budget (including currency): $2400-2700 AUD Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 3A titles mainly Other details: Currently running: CPU: Intel Core I5 4690 3.5GHz Motherboard: MSI H97 Gaming 3 Memory: 16GB DDR3 Graphics: GTX 1060 6GB HDD: 1TB WD (internal), 2TB (external) SSD: 125GB Samsung evo (Boot Drive) Power Supply: Corsair 650W Case: NZXT Phantom Monitor: BenQ VZ2350 (1920x1080 @ 60Hz) Cooling: 1x 120mm Case fan, H80i v2 Planned Upgrades (all parts are being sourced from a local store/warehouse (pccasegear.com)): CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - $399 Motherboard: Gigabyte x570 Aorus Ultra - $529 Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz - $319 Graphics: GTX 1060 6GB (from last build) HDD: 1TB WD (internal, from last build) SSD: 1TB WD (to replace the 125GB boot) - $229 2TB Samsung evo (internal, to replace the external for game storage) - $479 Power Supply: Corsair 750W - $189 Case: Cooler Master CM590 III (to Future proof for an eventual upgrade to a GTX 1660 or AMD equiv.) - $89 Cooling: 1x 120mm Case fan, and H80i v2 from previous build 1x 120mm Case fan. - $15 Periphiral/extra: 4 to 1 SATA Power cable - $12 Logitech 502 Hero - $109 SATA 3.0 Data Cable - $4 Arctic Silver ArctiClean - $19 Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound (3.5g, 0.12oz) - $16 Corsair AMD AM4 Retention Bracket kit for H80i - $12 Current Cost: $2420 Thanks in advance.