PC UPGRADE

[TheeCanadian08]

What to upgrade i currently have a pre built system from hp 

i7 4770 

2tb harddrive 

gtx 980 

12gb of ram

corsair ax860i psu 

and im currently playing on a 1080p monitor 

 

currently  im looking at a pc that is also pre built 

having the specs of 8th gen intel i7 8700 Water Cooled System, 8 GB RAM, Fast 256 GB Samsung 960 Evo NVMe m.2 SSD + 2 TB HDD, AMD RX 560 Graphics Card. 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz Wifi. USB 3.1 Type-C port. Windows 10

 

i was thinking of just switching over my psu and my gpu would it be better to just spend the money to buy a completely new system or should i just upgrade my gpu to save me the money. is buying this system a worthy upgrade and as far as use its mostly for gaming my budget is 1300 

 

edit sorry hes selling everything for 800 but i was debating on just building my own 

 

[Shyam Ganapathy]

3 minutes ago, TheeCanadian08 said:

What to upgrade i currently have a pre built system from hp 

i7 4770 

2tb harddrive 

 gtx 980 

12gb of ram

corsair ax860i psu 

and im currently playing on a 1080p monitor 

 

currently  im looking at a pc that is also pre built 

having the specs of 8th gen intel i7 8700 Water Cooled System, 8 GB RAM, Fast 256 GB Samsung 960 Evo NVMe m.2 SSD + 2 TB HDD, AMD RX 560 Graphics Card. 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz Wifi. USB 3.1 Type-C port. Windows 10

 

i was thinking of just switching over my psu and my gpu would it be better to just spend the money to buy a completely new system or should i just upgrade my gpu to save me the money. is buying this system a worthy upgrade and as far as use its mostly for gaming my budget is 1300 

 

for 1300 thats a terrible gpu to get. the rx 560 is like an 140 dollar card. I'd say just upgrade since your gonna stay on 1080p and not streaming or anything, keep your mobo and cpu, get a little more ram, get an ssd to make it much faster, and spend the rest of your money on something much nicer like an rtx 2080 or if you want to save a bit an rtx 2070.

[Fasauceome]

might as well just swap in a new motherboard, CPU, and ram

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	$167.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - B365 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$85.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$94.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$348.77
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 20:49 EDT-0400

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$294.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock - Fatal1ty H370 Performance ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$111.98 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$94.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$501.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 20:49 EDT-0400

 

[TheeCanadian08]

sorry edit he was selling the whole system for 800 im not sure if its worth it for me to upgrade to it from current system or to just rebuild a whole system for 1300 

[BigRom]

38 minutes ago, TheeCanadian08 said:

sorry edit he was selling the whole system for 800 im not sure if its worth it for me to upgrade to it from current system or to just rebuild a whole system for 1300 

You could do this instead and keep the GTX980, since even the RX580 can't match up to it. Parts like your 2TB HDD, PSU can be reused.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($36.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($152.96 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.85 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $649.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 21:36 EDT-0400

 

 

Alternatively if you wanna go for a full $1300 rebuild (still reusing the PSU & HDD)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($407.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i 77 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Corsair) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390 Taichi ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($83.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($478.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1318.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-23 21:25 EDT-0400