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Upgrade or start over??

Atw3ll
By Atw3ll
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Hey guys, first time poster long time watcher, need some advice. I have a decent pieced together PC that i want to upgrade. mainly looking to play some games on it. Here's my spec. Can i upgrade or start fresh? 700ish budget, little more if i have to rebuild.

CPU

  AMD FX-8350    34 °C
    Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
    10.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 536MHz (7-7-7-20)
Motherboard
    Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 970A-UD3P (CPU 1)    29 °C
Graphics
    BenQ RL2455 (1920x1080@60Hz)
    SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
    2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (ZOTAC International)    30 °C
Storage
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1 ATA Device (SATA)    35 °C
    232GB Seagate ST3250410AS (SATA)

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I would build a new system and maybe keep the storage. What is your PSU and Case? You could keep those too

 

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100% start over.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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The upgrade path from that CPU isn't even worth considering, for $700 you should be able to get a ryzen cpu paired with a rx 580, maybe even a 1660ti depending on parts you can reuse

desktop

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r5 3600,3450@0.9v (0.875v get) 4.2ghz@1.25v (1.212 get) | custom loop cpu&gpu 1260mm nexxos xt45 | MSI b450i gaming ac | crucial ballistix 2x8 3000c15->3733c15@1.39v(1.376v get) |Zotac 2060 amp | 256GB Samsung 950 pro nvme | 1TB Adata su800 | 4TB HGST drive | Silverstone SX500-LG

HTPC

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HTPC i3 7300 | Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H | 16GB G Skill | Adata XPG SX8000 128GB M.2 | Many HDDs | Rosewill FBM-01 | Corsair CXM 450W

 

 

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