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Hi, everyone. First time here. So I'm trying to upgrade a old machine right now, but I don't have much budget for this upgrade. The machine mainly uses for gaming. I want to know which parts should I go first.

Cpu:i7 4770k 

Graphic card: gtx 780

16g ram

3tb hdd

250g sad

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10 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

Hi, everyone. First time here. So I'm trying to upgrade a old machine right now, but I don't have much budget for this upgrade. The machine mainly uses for gaming. I want to know which parts should I go first.

Cpu:i7 4770k 

Graphic card: gtx 780

16g ram

3tb hdd

250g sad

How much are you willing to spend?

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16 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

Hi, everyone. First time here. So I'm trying to upgrade a old machine right now, but I don't have much budget for this upgrade. The machine mainly uses for gaming. I want to know which parts should I go first.

Cpu:i7 4770k 

Graphic card: gtx 780

16g ram

3tb hdd

250g sad

What games do you want to run? What resolution?

 

in your case I’d think GPU be the cheapest upgrade as going with a new cpu you’d need new board, ram too. 

 

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5 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

What games do you want to run? What resolution?

 

in your case I’d think GPU be the cheapest upgrade as going with a new cpu you’d need new board, ram too. 

for mainly gaming I see no reason to upgrade rams, but yeah GPU upgrade is beneficial.

mY sYsTeM iS Not pErfoRmInG aS gOOd As I sAW oN yOuTuBe. WhA t IS a GoOd FaN CuRVe??!!? wHat aRe tEh GoOd OvERclok SeTTinGS FoR My CaRd??  HoW CaN I foRcE my GpU to uSe 1o0%? BuT WiLL i HaVE Bo0tllEnEcKs? RyZEN dOeS NoT peRfORm BetTer wItH HiGhER sPEED RaM!!! dId i WiN teH SiLiCON LotTerrY? yOu ShoUlD dEsHrOuD uR GPU. my SYstEm iS UNDerPerforMiNg iN WarzONE. can mY Pc Run WiNdOwS 11 ?? woUld BaKInG MY GRaPHics card fIX it? MultimETeR TeSTiNG!! aMd'S GpU DrIvErS aRe as goOD aS NviDia's YOU SHoUlD oVERCloCk yOUR ramS To 5000C18

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37 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

Hi, everyone. First time here. So I'm trying to upgrade a old machine right now, but I don't have much budget for this upgrade. The machine mainly uses for gaming. I want to know which parts should I go first.

Cpu:i7 4770k 

Graphic card: gtx 780

16g ram

3tb hdd

250g sad

I would upgrade your GPU. What resolutions are you looking for? Maybe a gtx 980 or Vega 56?

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7 minutes ago, Levent said:

for mainly gaming I see no reason to upgrade rams, but yeah GPU upgrade is beneficial.

Isn’t the 4470k still DDR3? If not, disregard my comment. 

 

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1 minute ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Isn’t the 4470k still DDR3? If not, disregard my comment. 

It is, but still I would argue that getting a watercooling setup or a water cooler for CPU (and overclocking it) would yield better performance per buck.

mY sYsTeM iS Not pErfoRmInG aS gOOd As I sAW oN yOuTuBe. WhA t IS a GoOd FaN CuRVe??!!? wHat aRe tEh GoOd OvERclok SeTTinGS FoR My CaRd??  HoW CaN I foRcE my GpU to uSe 1o0%? BuT WiLL i HaVE Bo0tllEnEcKs? RyZEN dOeS NoT peRfORm BetTer wItH HiGhER sPEED RaM!!! dId i WiN teH SiLiCON LotTerrY? yOu ShoUlD dEsHrOuD uR GPU. my SYstEm iS UNDerPerforMiNg iN WarzONE. can mY Pc Run WiNdOwS 11 ?? woUld BaKInG MY GRaPHics card fIX it? MultimETeR TeSTiNG!! aMd'S GpU DrIvErS aRe as goOD aS NviDia's YOU SHoUlD oVERCloCk yOUR ramS To 5000C18

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5 minutes ago, Levent said:

It is, but still I would argue that getting a watercooling setup or a water cooler for CPU (and overclocking it) would yield better performance per buck.

He’s asking for upgrades so besides upgrading the GPU, he would need a complete upgrade going to 8/9th gen intel or going the amd route if he went for cpu upgrade. 

 

I mean im still waiting on answer what games / resolution he wants to achieve as depending on that the advice would change

 

edit; don’t know too much about watercooling besides aio’s so it may well be that your options is better,  but wouldn’t a custom loop also cost quite some dosh?

 

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43 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

What games do you want to run? What resolution?

 

in your case I’d think GPU be the cheapest upgrade as going with a new cpu you’d need new board, ram too. 

On 1080p and mostly I'll just play any new game that seems fun.

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27 minutes ago, Levent said:

It is, but still I would argue that getting a watercooling setup or a water cooler for CPU (and overclocking it) would yield better performance per buck.

I have a corsair h100i, but It cause blue screen all the time when i try to overclock the CPU.

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52 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

Asus maximus hero 7/ i7 4770k/ corsair ddr3 1330mhz 8g*2/ corsair h100i watt cooling/ Asus gtx 780

1080p monitor 

Would like to spend around 600 cad to upgrade the system 

pick up a 5700XT with an AIB cooler.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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25 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

I just pick up a 5700xt, but with cooler is over my budget, guess I'll run without cooler for a while 

as in a 5700XT that isn't using the shitty AMD reference cooler design.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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1 hour ago, liangwj18 said:

I just pick up a 5700xt, but with cooler is over my budget, guess I'll run without cooler for a while 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/6kdrxr/gigabyte-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8-gb-gaming-oc-video-card-gv-r57xtgaming-oc-8gd

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CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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1 hour ago, VEXICUS said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/6kdrxr/gigabyte-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8-gb-gaming-oc-video-card-gv-r57xtgaming-oc-8gd

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=140332 got this one actually. 

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2 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

as in a 5700XT that isn't using the shitty AMD reference cooler design.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=140332 the guy in the shop told me this one's cooling system is better then the AMD one, but wondering is this one the best option for 5700 xt.

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4 hours ago, liangwj18 said:

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=140332 the guy in the shop told me this one's cooling system is better then the AMD one, but wondering is this one the best option for 5700 xt.

It's not the best AIB 5700XT, is the thicc or pulse available?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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57 minutes ago, liangwj18 said:

Thicc is available, but too expensive, so this one might be the best option for me. 

I'd get the gigabyte gaming oc since it's a bit cheaper then.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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