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VirtualBlack
By VirtualBlack
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I have a budget of $450 USD to upgrade this PC 

-i5 8400
- H310 mobo

-1070 Ti

-16 GB 2400 mhz RAM 

- 1 TB SSD 

- 1440p 60 hz IPS monitor (Asus PB258Q)

 

But I am not sure what component should I upgrade, I use the PC mostly for gaming, so I would like to get some advice

These are my 3 options right now

- Save a bit more for a 2070 super

- Upgrade the monitor for the 27GL83A (1440p, 144 hz IPS)

- Upgrade to an i7 8700

 

What would you do in my case?

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3 minutes ago, super88 said:

I have a budget of $450 USD to upgrade this PC 

-i5 8400
- H310 mobo

-1070 Ti

-16 GB 2400 mhz RAM 

- 1 TB SSD 

- 1440p 60 hz IPS monitor (Asus PB258Q)

 

But I am not sure what component should I upgrade, I use the PC mostly for gaming, so I would like to get some advice

These are my 3 options right now

- Save a bit more for a 2070 super

- Upgrade the monitor for the 27GL83A (1440p, 144 hz IPS)

- Upgrade to an i7 8700

 

What would you do in my case?

Well you could go for ryzen 5 3600, b450 mobo and new ram.

 

Or 5700 xt

 

Or with the monitro.

I would say that your best buy would be new gpu, then new monitor. You cpu is okay, it has 6 cores but only 6 treads, but at 1440p it does not matter as much as your gpu.

 

5700XT or the monitor would be the best

 

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

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