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What should I look for when getting ready to upgrade my PC

At the moment I am not running anything fancy, however I would like to know what I need/should upgrade first.  Here is my PcPartPicker list seeing as I don't know what most of it is.  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XnZzTB  . Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

 

Edit: Thank you guys for helping me!  If I were to set a budget it would possibly be about $1500 for upgrades at most. I would mostly use it for gaming. I'm trying to upgrade for some triple A games seeing as you cant really play a first person shooter or a rpg at 15 fps

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What's your budget and what do you want to achieve with it?

 

You sort of need to provide that info, or we can't help.

 

 

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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(I can't see your parts list, you pasted the link wrong. also welcome to the forums)

Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen R7 3700X @4.4Ghz, GPU: Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, RAM: 32 GB (2x 8GB Trident Z Royal + 2x 8GB TForce Vulkan Z) @3000Mhz, Motherboard: ASRock B550m Steel Legend, Storage: 1x WD Black 1Tb NVMe (boot) + 1x Samsung 860 QVO 1Tb SSD (storage), Case: Thermaltake Core V21, Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

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1 minute ago, Adorable Cat said:

(I can't see your parts list, you pasted the link wrong. also welcome to the forums)

 

1 minute ago, 2019 said:

Link doesn't work.

Here you go lads

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XnZzTB

 

CPU
Intel® Core i9 9900K 8 Core 16 Threads
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG Strix Z390-E
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
Graphics Card
MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio

1st Drive

500GB Samsung 970 EVO NVME 

2nd Drive

1TB Samsung 970 EVO NVME
3rd Hard Disk
480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
4th Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SEAGATE SSHD, SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM

5th Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SEAGATE SSHD, SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET 
Processor Cooling
Corsair H150i Pr 360mm AIO

Case:

Lian Li O11 Air

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Just now, 2019 said:

Link doesn't work.

Link works, don't copy the period at the end.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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Depends on what you are missing in this PC, but generally the CPU and GPU might need an upgrade depending on what you do with the PC.

For example, if this were my PC I would really need more CPU power and would probably get a 7700K, but if you're more into gaming; an i5 7500/7600/7600K + GPU upgrade might be a more balanced upgrade, although a second hand 7700K + GPU upgrade might be good too (but I don't think those are available second hand quite yet).

 

I am not all too sure on that PSU for a larger more power hungry GPU though; it's basically in the 'office PC' tier.

1 minute ago, Adorable Cat said:

(I can't see your parts list, you pasted the link wrong. also welcome to the forums)

1 minute ago, 2019 said:

Link doesn't work.

Did... Did you two both seriously not bother copy pasting a link? Serious question.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards workhttps://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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5 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Did... Did you two both seriously not bother copy pasting a link? Serious question.

im an idiot and when I pasted the link for some reason chrome saw is as a google search, and the result for a website didnt have the :// after the https and did this when i tried to fix it:

image.png.c298cd9e109f4628347d6ae2cb00cb7f.png

 

anyways to answer the question, you could upgrade up to a i7 7700k and a newer GPU(I'd go for a RX580/1060 6gb). You might also wanna consider getting a new PSU that's at least 80+ Bronze and 500-550 watts (in my opinion).

Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen R7 3700X @4.4Ghz, GPU: Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, RAM: 32 GB (2x 8GB Trident Z Royal + 2x 8GB TForce Vulkan Z) @3000Mhz, Motherboard: ASRock B550m Steel Legend, Storage: 1x WD Black 1Tb NVMe (boot) + 1x Samsung 860 QVO 1Tb SSD (storage), Case: Thermaltake Core V21, Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

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3 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Did... Did you two both seriously not bother copy pasting a link? Serious question.

 

3 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

Link works, don't copy the period at the end.

Doesn't work on mobile. Can't copy/paste links in chrome, it just does a Google search that links here

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.

 

How many watts do I needATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explainedgroup reg is bad

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Just now, fasauceome said:

 

Doesn't work on mobile. Can't copy/paste links in chrome, it just does a Google search that links here

Ahh, thanks for that.  Didn't know.

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

 

Doesn't work on mobile. Can't copy/paste links in chrome, it just does a Google search that links here

I can copy the "pcpartpicker.com/list/XnZzTB" just fine and visit it on mobile, but let's not dwell on this and stay on topic.

 

On topic; took a second look at the PC and a hard drive would be something I would get pretty soon with a PC like this too, just depends on what OP does with the machine.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards workhttps://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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2 hours ago, johnmark0036 said:

At the moment I am not running anything fancy, however I would like to know what I need/should upgrade first. ...  Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

To do what?  To upgrade when?  What budget??? 

 

You need to give us some idea as to what exactly you want your computer to upgrade to that you couldn't do before (or what you want it to do better that it's not doing well now).  Without a budget or timeframe I would suggest saving up your money and replacing the CPU/GPU , maybe power supply and getting a full-on upgrade.  If keeping the motherboard could still put a nice i5-7600 or alike in there and have quad-core gaming.

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Mainly Gaming. Most of the games i'm currently playing are: Kingdom Come Deliverance, Overwatch, and Age of Empires. I'm definitely trying to do some better upgrades to play some triple A's games too.

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5 hours ago, Adorable Cat said:

im an idiot and when I pasted the link for some reason chrome saw is as a google search, and the result for a website didnt have the :// after the https and did this when i tried to fix it:

image.png.c298cd9e109f4628347d6ae2cb00cb7f.png

 

anyways to answer the question, you could upgrade up to a i7 7700k and a newer GPU(I'd go for a RX580/1060 6gb). You might also wanna consider getting a new PSU that's at least 80+ Bronze and 500-550 watts (in my opinion).

Thank you for the suggestion. I defiantly will get a new CPU soon I just wasn't sure what I should get. do you have any brand suggestions for the PSU?

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5 hours ago, jstudrawa said:

What's your budget and what do you want to achieve with it?

 

You sort of need to provide that info, or we can't help.

 

 

Defiantly a maximum amount of $1500. I'm a student and that is about as much as I can save right now.

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3 hours ago, LogicWeasel said:

To do what?  To upgrade when?  What budget??? 

 

You need to give us some idea as to what exactly you want your computer to upgrade to that you couldn't do before (or what you want it to do better that it's not doing well now).  Without a budget or timeframe I would suggest saving up your money and replacing the CPU/GPU , maybe power supply and getting a full-on upgrade.  If keeping the motherboard could still put a nice i5-7600 or alike in there and have quad-core gaming.

Sorry for not enough information, I'm new to the forums. Reason, for gaming. When, preferably when on sale. Budget, maximum $1500

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Here is my build on Userbenchmark. You can add about $100 for two sticks of memory, 60 for an ok case, and how ever much you want to pay for on a cooler (stock wraith coolers are not bad at all). Best part of a new system is that you can always get your core items together, and then either add on or upgrade at a latter time. This rig does current AA games just fine, and ,being a remote admin, it is great for multitasking from different programs. I'd say after all my add ons and monitors, I got about a grand into it. 

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ugh, that build hurts. so much wrong with it. 

 

 

that's sticking basicly inline with kind of what you have now. RX 570 beats the 1050 hands down, and gives the 1060 a good run for its money, The motherboard includes on board wifi. You get more SSD storage plus its NVMe, and saved some money on the RAM for other stuff. 

 

Since I noticed the WIFI card in the original link, leads me to think this might be a more mobile gaming rig, so to match that, Node 202. Slightly bigger than a console but can pack some serious hardware. You're limited storage wise though to 2 2.5" drives, maybe a third or fourth with doublesided tape.

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57 minutes ago, Sovek said:

ugh, that build hurts. so much wrong with it. 

 

 

that's sticking basicly inline with kind of what you have now. RX 570 beats the 1050 hands down, and gives the 1060 a good run for its money, The motherboard includes on board wifi. You get more SSD storage plus its NVMe, and saved some money on the RAM for other stuff. 

 

Since I noticed the WIFI card in the original link, leads me to think this might be a more mobile gaming rig, so to match that, Node 202. Slightly bigger than a console but can pack some serious hardware. You're limited storage wise though to 2 2.5" drives, maybe a third or fourth with doublesided tape.

Absolutely do not need NVMe storage for gaming.  M.2 in SATA is where it's at.  

 

@johnmark0036 do you want to spend the entire $1500 or keep it under $1000 for a good rig and save the rest, student life is tight I recall.

 

@LukeSavenije , where are you sir?

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

Onyx AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU -  Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L -  Samsung 27" 1080p

 

Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p

 

Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

Other Tech:

- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

- Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi

 

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33 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

LukeSavenije , where are you sir?

right here

 

i need a couple things: how much do you want to keep?

 

where are you located?

 

and do you have any preferences

 

after that, give me a couple minutes and I'll make something for you

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57 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

right here

 

i need a couple things: how much do you want to keep?

 

where are you located?

 

and do you have any preferences

 

after that, give me a couple minutes and I'll make something for you

I would be comfortable keeping the storage and RAM, however if you think I should switch to something else I am very flexible! 

 

I am in southern Florida.

 

I prefer Intel and Nvidia because I don't know to much with AMD, but I would give it a go.

 

Thank you for your help! also I would like to keep the extra 500 for something else but I will send it if I had to.

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4 words : high refresh rate monitor

Case: Corsair 760T  |  Psu: Evga  650w p2 | Cpu-Cooler : Noctua Nh-d15 | Cpu : 8600k  | Gpu: Gygabyte 1070 g1 | Ram: 2x8gb Gskill Trident-Z 3000mhz |  Mobo : Aorus GA-Z370 Gaming K3 | Storage : Ocz 120gb sata ssd , sandisk 480gb ssd , wd 1gb hdd | Keyboard : Corsair k95 rgb plat. | Mouse : Razer deathadder elite | Monitor: Dell s2417DG (1440p 165hz gsync) & a crappy hp 24' ips 1080p | Audio: Schiit stack + Akg k712pro + Blue yeti.

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1 minute ago, Peskanova said:

4 words : high refresh rate monitor

Two words : yes please.  I was looking into getting a wide monitor with high refresh rate, but I don't know if I would want to spend half or more of my budget just on that.

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tho i would suggest you learn to memory overclock

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