Computer Overhaul

[Gnexus]

1. Budget & Location

$1800 CDN after taxes

 

2. Aim

 

I'm overdue for a system overhaul.  I play heroes of the storm and edit on LR and PS for now. I may pick up WoW again later on.

 

3. Monitors
 

I plan to keep my current Monitor but might upgrade to a larger one.

 

4. Peripherals

 

I plan to keep my current peripherals

 

5. Why am I upgrading ?

 

I want to do a big enough upgrade that I won't need another one for least 5 years or longer. The system I have works fine for what I do with it, but I know it's time is limited. 

 

This is my current system specs

 

AMD FX 8150

H55 Cooler

Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower ATX case

M5A97 LE R.0

8 Gig DDR3

GTX 660

Corsair 750 watt Semi Modular Power Supply

 

 

Below is what I've come up with so far, but flexible on GPU on Case. The water cooler is to keep the system whisper quite. Cool and quiet is the goal

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Gnexus01/saved/PzD6sY

[Slottr]

Seeing your use case, something like this might suit you a little better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$498.00 @ Powertop
CPU Cooler	Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$99.95 @ Newegg Canada Marketplace
Motherboard	ASRock - Z390 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$278.50 @ Vuugo
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$150.99 @ Powertop
Storage	Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$109.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$73.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card	Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB PULSE Video Card	$249.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$93.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1605.16
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$1555.16
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-27 20:25 EDT-0400

 

[hello_there_123]

Get a new system when you need a new system. 

[Gnexus]

@Slottr I like what you did with the GPU. It turns out, it has around 25% more performance than the card I had selected. I'm not sure why you went with Intel though. Benchmarks show that i7 only gives me about a 20-25% performance increase, but at more than double the cost.I even cross checked it on You tube, with a side by side comparison of both CPU's running games.  Especially if you factor in the more expensive Mobo. I like AMD, always have. I find there isn't a huge difference compared to Intel and they are cheaper. As for the cooler, I'm ditching the water cooler and going to go with your suggestion. I just need to make sure the ram I selected, doesn't have very tall heat spreaders. 

 

Per the Sata drive. I selected 512 GB so I have more free space. If I went with a 256, I have less than 80 GB free space, based on my current space being used.

 

I should mention, I plan to keep my current system intact as a media center. This will require me to keep the case it's currently in.

 

 

[trevb0t]

For 1800, I'd be looking to 1440p gaming, so here is a list I made for fun! (It includes an inexpensive 1440p monitor with nice reviews!)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor	$309.00 @ Canada Computers
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Liquid Freezer 120 74 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$69.99 @ Memory Express
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$149.99 @ Memory Express
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$44.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$51.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$405.99 @ PC-Canada
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox MB600L ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Memory Express
Power Supply	SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 550 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$93.99 @ Canada Computers
Monitor	BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor	$279.99 @ Canada Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1615.67
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1595.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-28 14:04 EDT-0400

 

For CPU Cooler, GPU and MOBO I went with higher tier (Mostly 1st or 2nd string) items on the appropriate LTT lists. So this should be able to OC nicely, and deliver some good bang for your buck! 

 

It's hard to recommend 2nd gen Ryzen when you could always wait and see what 3rd gen is gonna look like.

[Slottr]

The Adobe creative Cloud programs prefer Intel's higher single core performance.

For case, if you don't care about looks too much-needed define focus G, if you do care- meshify C