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a_cushin
By a_cushin
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Hey everyone!

 

I've moved to Singapore while my PC is left in my hometown in Indonesia. I plan to bring all the components except the case i.e. Cooler Master Cosmos SE, which is very bulky and difficult to bring in a flight.

 

My current build (purchased in 2014):

-Intel Core i7 4790 Haswell Series (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
-MSI Z97 Gaming 5 (LGA1150, Z97, DDR3)
-MSI Geforce GTX 750 Ti 2GB DDR5 - Twin Frozr
-Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Pro Red PC12800 8GB (2x4GB)
-Corsair 256GB CSSD-F256GBLX Force Series LX SATA III
-Corsair RM Series 750W Full Modular - Gold
-WDC 1TB SATA3 64MB - Caviar Black Ver, 2

 

I want to assemble the current build into a new case, NZXT S340 elite, and think to upgrade some components. I would love to continue to play the future simulation games release e.g. Anno series, the SIMS and other game such as Final Fantasy XV in highest setting possible. 

 

With a budget of around USD 1,000, I have few questions:

1. Which parts should I upgrade or replace? 

2. I think GPU is one of the parts that must be upgraded. Which model do you suggest?

3. Any other suggestions?

 

Thank you very much for helping me!

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Probably a 1080/1080TI when they come into stock on Nvidia's website (Only place I can think of in the US to buy them at MSRP) and look around on Ebay/Craigslist for another 8GB's of ram to up it to 16GB. Also maybe a high end air cooler/AIO to OC the CPU (If it's a K sku and not just a 4790) are my suggestions. 

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The only thing that needs an upgrade badly, as you said, is the graphics card. Dont know prices in your region, but try get a 1070ti. Another 2x4 GB DDR3 is also a good step.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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What if I get the AMD GPU and a Freesync monitor, say Samsung LC34H890WJEXXS?

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On 18/03/2018 at 1:30 PM, 91wow said:

Probably a 1080/1080TI when they come into stock on Nvidia's website (Only place I can think of in the US to buy them at MSRP) and look around on Ebay/Craigslist for another 8GB's of ram to up it to 16GB. Also maybe a high end air cooler/AIO to OC the CPU (If it's a K sku and not just a 4790) are my suggestions. 

I'm using Cooler Master V8 air cooling. Thinking of switching to NZXT Kraken. What do you think?

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On 03/18/2018 at 4:40 PM, a_cushin said:

What if I get the AMD GPU and a Freesync monitor, say Samsung LC34H890WJEXXS?

Vega 56 is more expensive than Nvidia's competitor though. I dont think Freesync is that important. Besides, isnt that monitor only 60Hz?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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