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Hi there,

I decided to update my old PC (5 years old) I had at home so it can adapt a bit to these times (Mainly for gaming).

First of all I know it's going to have an SSD, but then I do not know what to do next. The budget is undefined because I'll go slowly updating it.

I'm open to all kinds of suggestions, thank you for your time.

The specifications are:

Processor: Intel Core i5 4440 @ 3.10GHz
Graphic: Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING
RAM: Kingston 9965525-058.A00LF 1x8GB
Power Supply: UNYKAch ATX Modular 800W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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an i7 4770 off eBay and a GTX 1070 and you're off to the races. Unless you were looking to spend a lot more on upgrades, then get a ryzen 5 or something.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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5 minutes ago, sergN_ said:

Hi there,

I decided to update my old PC (5 years old) I had at home so it can adapt a bit to these times (Mainly for gaming).

First of all I know it's going to have an SSD, but then I do not know what to do next. The budget is undefined because I'll go slowly updating it.

I'm open to all kinds of suggestions, thank you for your time.

The specifications are:

Processor: Intel Core i5 4440 @ 3.10GHz
Graphic: Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II
Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING
RAM: Kingston 9965525-058.A00LF 1x8GB
Power Supply: UNYKAch ATX Modular 800W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

I would upgrade to the 1060 or a 1070 if you want a bit of a boost in GPU. The 1050ti performs about as well as your current 760.

You *could* get an i7-4790k but that's only if you really want that overclocking ability to try to gain that much of an edge over your current i5. You have a lot of OC ability with that PSU being 800W though.

Your RAM is fine but you could add another stick of 4 or 8 to give it a bit of a kick.

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Ryzen 9 5900X - MSI Ventus 2x OC 3060 Ti - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz CL16 - ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming ITX/ax

EVGA CLC 280 + 2x140mm NF-A14 - Samsung 850 EVO 500GB + WD Black SN750 1TB - Windows 11/10 - EVGA Supernova G3 1000W

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a PSU with an actual rating

tier C or higher

 

second will be a GTX 1080 performance card. If you buy in the future (2019 Q2 expected) then AMD's Navi cards will be out

 

Another stick of memory to make it 16gb total

 

4770k / 4790k

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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