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 CPU COOLING - NZXT Kraken X62
 MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC 
 GPU - MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
 CPU - Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7 GHz
 POWER SUPPLY - Seasonic Focus Plus 850W Gold
 RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200 MHz
 SSD - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB

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IMO, not really. Maybe go to an M.2 SSD, or jump to 32GB of RAM if you're heavy into production work?

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"Worth" can only be defined by you and your PC needs. If all you are doing is gaming, streaming and like workstation tasks like video editing, you still have a damn monster of a system for a good while. 

 

If you find yourself in a predicament where the computer is not performing well in workstation tasks, then you could definitely look at throwing some upgrades in. That being said, 8700K and a 1080Ti is still a monster by todays standards. IMHO you are ahead of the game.

CPU: Ryzen 7 3800X GPU: Reference 5700XT (Asus) Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X470-F RAM: Corsair 32GB Vengeance 3600Mhz PSU: Corsair RM850X White

Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB Storage: 500GB WD SN750 M.2, 4TB Samsung EVO SSD Case: NZXT H500i White

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16 minutes ago, flairclapper said:


 CPU COOLING - NZXT Kraken X62
 MOTHERBOARD - MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON AC 
 GPU - MSI GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
 CPU - Intel Core i7-8700K 6-Core 3.7 GHz
 POWER SUPPLY - Seasonic Focus Plus 850W Gold
 RAM - G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200 MHz
 SSD - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB

I guess it depends on your definition of "worth". For gaming the only thing I would even think of upgrading would be the GPU but again only if money really was no object.

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Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z370-E CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Cooler: EVGA CLC 240 GPU: Asus Dual Edition RTX 2070 Super OC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 3000 MHz PSU: Corsair HX650 Case: Fractal Design Meshify-C White

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Stick with what you have. Id say wait and see if the next gen stuff will give you a bigger performance boost than the current stuff. even if you get the current stuff, you might spend thousands of $$$ just for a 20%-30% performance boost. so just wait for a while. 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

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CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
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MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

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Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

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Alright thank you for the help i'll wait and see for the new stuff

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Are you gaming at 4K?   That would be the only reason I could think of for a NEED to upgrade that system.  At 1080 or 1440 resolutions, that look just great. 

 

Now, if you WANT to upgrade, and have the means then go right ahead. haha.  I feel a lot of people actually ask for permission around here to upgrade their systems.

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You could sidegrade to a 3700x/3900x/3950x, but for gaming that would be a downgrade.

You could upgrade to a 9700k/9900k, but for minimal gains per dollar.
You could upgrade to a 2080 Super/2080 ti, but for minimal gains per dollar.

 

I second upgrading storage/peripherals/displays.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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No. The 1080ti is still an absolute beast of a card. The 8700k is still as good as a 9700k most of the time. 

 

Some people will tell you to get faster storage but I don't reccomend NVME drives over a regular SSD. They aren't that much faster. Do you really care about a 15 second load screen taking 13 seconds? If you do upgrade the storage if not Sata is fine. Plus the Samsung drives are pretty good, so you'd need a quality NVME drive to see any difference. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, toasty99 said:

No. The 1080ti is still an absolute beast of a card. The 8700k is still as good as a 9700k most of the time. 

 

Some people will tell you to get faster storage but I don't reccomend NVME drives over a regular SSD. They aren't that much faster. Do you really care about a 15 second load screen taking 13 seconds? If you do upgrade the storage if not Sata is fine. Plus the Samsung drives are pretty good, so you'd need a quality NVME drive to see any difference. 

 

 

It's a logical step, though. 1TB isn't even that much anymore. Eventually you'll need more space, and NVME (or at least M.2) is so much more efficient in space.

 

Hell, I bought Ark Survival today on Steam for the sale....shit is 200gb. NOT a typo. Two hundred gigabytes. JFC

 

I have a 1TB NVME drive for boot/games, another 1TB SATA for games, and a 1tb mechanical for my ReLive videos. I'm constantly having to juggle game installs already with 3x his capacity.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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I had the same type of rig.

 

I upgraded to a 2080 ti. 

Retired the i7 8700k because it could not do 5ghz, cool and stable and got a i7 8086k. If I was doing it today I would go with an i9 9900kS.

I replaced my 1tb SATA SSD with a 2tb 970 EVO.  If you don't mod games there is not point in this upgrade.

I went from 16 to 32gbs ram and that is the only upgrade I could have done without.

 

I like the Cinebench R15 single core score of the i9 10900K so that may be my next upgrade.

 

If you are happy with the performance of your rig don't bother. None of the upgrades were games changers. They just allowed me to turn things up a bit.

RIG#1 CPU: AMD, R 7 5800x3D| Motherboard: X570 AORUS Master | RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 3200 | GPU: EVGA FTW3 ULTRA  RTX 3090 ti | PSU: EVGA 1000 G+ | Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic | Cooler: EK 360mm AIO | SSD#1: Corsair MP600 1TB | SSD#2: Crucial MX500 2.5" 2TB | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG42UQ

 

RIG#2 CPU: Intel i9 11900k | Motherboard: Z590 AORUS Master | RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 3600 | GPU: EVGA FTW3 ULTRA  RTX 3090 ti | PSU: EVGA 1300 G+ | Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO | Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 | SSD#1: SSD#1: Corsair MP600 1TB | SSD#2: Crucial MX300 2.5" 1TB | Monitor: LG 55" 4k C1 OLED TV

 

RIG#3 CPU: Intel i9 10900kf | Motherboard: Z490 AORUS Master | RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 4000 | GPU: MSI Gaming X Trio 3090 | PSU: EVGA 1000 G+ | Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic | Cooler: EK 360mm AIO | SSD#1: Crucial P1 1TB | SSD#2: Crucial MX500 2.5" 1TB | Monitor: LG 55" 4k B9 OLED TV

 

RIG#4 CPU: Intel i9 13900k | Motherboard: AORUS Z790 Master | RAM: Corsair Dominator RGB 32GB DDR5 6200 | GPU: Zotac Amp Extreme 4090  | PSU: EVGA 1000 G+ | Case: Streacom BC1.1S | Cooler: EK 360mm AIO | SSD: Corsair MP600 1TB  | SSD#2: Crucial MX500 2.5" 1TB | Monitor: LG 55" 4k B9 OLED TV

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Nah wait for next gen.

 

Will probably need a new CPU and GPU then. Hold onto the GPU for now.

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