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joshcox

Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to gaming PC building, and I want to either build a new PC from scratch, or totally upgrade my current build to be able to run the latest games at 1440p (144Hz) at decent frames.

It's worth noting I don't need to consider productivity at all as I have a Mac for any other needs I have (such as music production and video editing).


My current build is:
1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphics Card
1x Aerocool 80 PLUS 500W PSU
1x Asus PRIME B250M-A Motherboard
2x 4 GB DDR4 2133 MHz Memory
1x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200RPM Hard Disk
1x 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Solid State Drive
1x Intel Pentium G4560 Kaby Lake CPU, 2 Cores, 3.5GHz

I'm considering buying either an RTX 2070 Super (£489) and an intel i5 9600k (£200) as a new build PC, or an i5 7600k (£150) and a 2060 super (£379) as an upgrade to my current build.
Are both of these options going to be powerful enough to run say games like Shadow of the Tomb raider, Star Wars Jedi:Fallen order and Cyberpunk 2077 at 60+ frames at 1440p (144HZ)?

Also, I haven't really considered AMD CPU's at this point, can a case be made for AMD?

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1 minute ago, joshcox said:

Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to gaming PC building, and I want to either build a new PC from scratch, or totally upgrade my current build to be able to run the latest games at 1440p (144Hz) at decent frames.

It's worth noting I don't need to consider productivity at all as I have a Mac for any other needs I have (such as music production and video editing).


My current build is:
1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphics Card
1x Aerocool 80 PLUS 500W PSU
1x Asus PRIME B250M-A Motherboard
2x 4 GB DDR4 2133 MHz Memory
1x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200RPM Hard Disk
1x 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Solid State Drive
1x Intel Pentium G4560 Kaby Lake CPU, 2 Cores, 3.5GHz

I'm considering buying either an RTX 2070 Super (£489) and an intel i5 9600k (£200) as a new build PC, or an i5 7600k (£150) and a 2060 super (£379) as an upgrade to my current build.
Are both of these options going to be powerful enough to run say games like Shadow of the Tomb raider, Star Wars Jedi:Fallen order and Cyberpunk 2077 at 60+ frames at 1440p (144HZ)?

Also, I haven't really considered AMD CPU's at this point, can a case be made for AMD?

I would salvage the drives, case, and power supply and the 1050 ti for anotherbuild, but otherwise, replace the otherparts.

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the psu is really bad.

but i would only the drives

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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!

Ask me anything :)

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