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So a little over 2 years ago now I bought a PC from iBuypower and now would like to start upgrading. I'm looking for suggestions on where I should start. The specs are listed below from the original ibuypower invoice.

 

Case:
AZZA Photios 250 Tempered Glass Gaming Case
Processor:
Intel® Core™  i5-7600K Processor
Motherboard:
MSI Z270 PC Mate -- USB 3.1 (1 Type-C, 4 Front, 5 Rear)
Memory:
8 GB [4 GB x2] DDR4-2400 Memory Module - Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - 4GB GDDR5
Case Lighting:
iBUYPOWER RGB Lighting - [FREE] 1 RGB Lighting Strip
Power Supply:
 800W Standard 80 PLUS Bronze
Processor Cooling:
Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling System - Standard 120mm Fan - *Free Upgrade to DEEPCOOL Captain 120EX*
Primary Hard Drive:
1 TB Hard Drive -- 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - includes [FREE] 16GB Intel® Optane™ Memory Accelerator M.2 PCIe NVMe
Data Hard Drive:
2 TB SEAGATE HARD DRIVE 7200RPM 
2nd Optical Drive:
None
External Optical Drive:
None
Sound Card:
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Speaker System:
None
Network Card:
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
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SSD for boot, 8GB RAM, New GPU.

 

* That Optane may help but I'd go SSD for booting all day long.

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

 

Onyx: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 / 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 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

Sage: Ryzen 7800X3D - Gigabyte B650 Gaming X V2 - ASRock Steel Legend 7900GRE - G. Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000CL32 - TeamGroup MP44L 2TB - Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000w - NZXT H5 Elite

 

Emma: i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - 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 - Cudy AX3000 PCIe Wifi 6 - 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

 

GF Rig: Steam Deck 512GB OLED, Vizio 43" 4K TV

 

OnePlus Ecosystem: 

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

OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel

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

 

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2 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

SSD for boot, 8GB RAM, New GPU.

 

* That Optane may help but I'd go SSD for booting all day long.

yeah swapping out the optane for an SSD was something I've been considering, just wasn't sure how much i'd really gain from it. Upgrading to 16GB of ram is on my radar. What GPU would you recommend?

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Just now, kendall213 said:

yeah swapping out the optane for an SSD was something I've been considering, just wasn't sure how much i'd really gain from it. Upgrading to 16GB of ram is on my radar. What GPU would you recommend?

Depends what monitor, resolution and games you're playing.  

 

You should see a pretty decent benefit of an SSD over the Optane/HDD combo.  Optane can cache stuff you use often but an SSD will speed up everything on it.

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

 

Onyx: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 / 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 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

Sage: Ryzen 7800X3D - Gigabyte B650 Gaming X V2 - ASRock Steel Legend 7900GRE - G. Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000CL32 - TeamGroup MP44L 2TB - Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000w - NZXT H5 Elite

 

Emma: i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - 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 - Cudy AX3000 PCIe Wifi 6 - 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

 

GF Rig: Steam Deck 512GB OLED, Vizio 43" 4K TV

 

OnePlus Ecosystem: 

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

OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel

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

 

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Priority based:

1. New graphic card

2. Extra 8GB RAM

3. Replace crappy tiny 16GB Optane with 256GB NVMe stick and pair it with your HDD's using PrimoCache

 

SSD boot drives are stupid idea. Either go hybrid for speed AND capacity or go all out SSD. Which will be ideal, but more expensive.

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Just now, RejZoR said:

Priority based:

1. New graphic card

2. Extra 8GB RAM

3. Replace crappy tiny 16GB Optane with 256GB NVMe stick and pair it with your HDD's using PrimoCache

 

SSD boot drives are stupid idea. Either go hybrid for speed AND capacity or go all out SSD. Which will be ideal, but more expensive.

SSD's are stupid for boot drives?  

 

You know hybrid drives aren't near as good as SSD's for speed, and cost more than HDD's right?

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

 

Onyx: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 / 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 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

Sage: Ryzen 7800X3D - Gigabyte B650 Gaming X V2 - ASRock Steel Legend 7900GRE - G. Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000CL32 - TeamGroup MP44L 2TB - Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000w - NZXT H5 Elite

 

Emma: i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - 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 - Cudy AX3000 PCIe Wifi 6 - 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

 

GF Rig: Steam Deck 512GB OLED, Vizio 43" 4K TV

 

OnePlus Ecosystem: 

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

OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel

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

 

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16 minutes ago, kendall213 said:
Power Supply:
 800W Standard 80 PLUS Bronze

These prebuilt power supplies always give me pause. Like, what the hell does "standard" mean? I would recommend an RX 580 at most honestly, without knowing more about the PSU 

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, RejZoR said:

Hybrid SETUP, not hybrid drive. I literally wrote that exactly.

Well, to be fair... you wrote that SSD's for boot are stupid, then said hybrid (not setup).  a hybrid setup is an SSD for boot and then HDD for storage.  But if SSD's for boot are stupid, you can't have been talking about a hybrid setup, now could you?

 

That leaves either hybrid cars or hybrid drives.  Didn't see any talk about Prius there, so went with drives.

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

 

Onyx: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 / 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 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

Sage: Ryzen 7800X3D - Gigabyte B650 Gaming X V2 - ASRock Steel Legend 7900GRE - G. Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000CL32 - TeamGroup MP44L 2TB - Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000w - NZXT H5 Elite

 

Emma: i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - 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 - Cudy AX3000 PCIe Wifi 6 - 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

 

GF Rig: Steam Deck 512GB OLED, Vizio 43" 4K TV

 

OnePlus Ecosystem: 

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

OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel

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

 

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2 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

Well, to be fair... you wrote that SSD's for boot are stupid, then said hybrid (not setup).  a hybrid setup is an SSD for boot and then HDD for storage.  But if SSD's for boot are stupid, you can't have been talking about a hybrid setup, now could you?

 

That leaves either hybrid cars or hybrid drives.  Didn't see any talk about Prius there, so went with drives.

12 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

Priority based:

1. New graphic card

2. Extra 8GB RAM

3. Replace crappy tiny 16GB Optane with 256GB NVMe stick and pair it with your HDD's using PrimoCache

 

SSD boot drives are stupid idea. Either go hybrid for speed AND capacity or go all out SSD. Which will be ideal, but more expensive.

That's literally talking about one and the same thing. Pairing SSD with HDD using software is a hybrid setup. Using SSD for boot drive literally makes booting of Windows faster and that's it. Hybrid accelerates everything you use regularly. Which is why I said he should swap tiny useless 16GB Optane cache for larger 256GB SSD cache that will hold many things before discharging them. Last setup I've made this way for a relative had 95+ percent read hit rate. Meaning over 95% of reads were done from SSD cache automatically.

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15 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

That's literally talking about one and the same thing. Pairing SSD with HDD using software is a hybrid setup. Using SSD for boot drive literally makes booting of Windows faster and that's it. Hybrid accelerates everything you use regularly. Which is why I said he should swap tiny useless 16GB Optane cache for larger 256GB SSD cache that will hold many things before discharging them. Last setup I've made this way for a relative had 95+ percent read hit rate. Meaning over 95% of reads were done from SSD cache automatically.

Thank you for the explanation and clarification.  Sorry I misread you.

 

Primo is $30, so that could be spent on more SSD if the OP desires to go full SSD setup.  Otherwise, not a bad option SSD+HDD+Primo.

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

 

Onyx: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 / 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 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

Sage: Ryzen 7800X3D - Gigabyte B650 Gaming X V2 - ASRock Steel Legend 7900GRE - G. Skill Flare X5 32GB 6000CL32 - TeamGroup MP44L 2TB - Super Flower Leadex Platinum SE 1000w - NZXT H5 Elite

 

Emma: i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - 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 - Cudy AX3000 PCIe Wifi 6 - 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

 

GF Rig: Steam Deck 512GB OLED, Vizio 43" 4K TV

 

OnePlus Ecosystem: 

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

OnePlus Watch 2 - Radiant Steel

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

 

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What's your budget? That will play a lot into your upgrade path. Also, wait for Black Friday before making any purchases, you'll save a ton of money.

Here's what I'd do:

  • Upgrade the GPU. That one is pretty low level. Don't be afraid of used GPUs either, as they can be excellent values.
  • Grab an SSD. Try and get a 1TB at least, at the price they're at right now there's no reason not to.
  • Upgrade to 16GB of RAM. I'd just sell the kit you have now and go with a kit of 3200mhz or greater.
  • Keep the Optane drive, use it as cache for your HDD.

Your CPU should be fine for most games if you're not playing on a high refresh rate monitor.

Welcome to the forum.

 

1 hour ago, RejZoR said:

Priority based:

1. New graphic card

2. Extra 8GB RAM

3. Replace crappy tiny 16GB Optane with 256GB NVMe stick and pair it with your HDD's using PrimoCache

 

SSD boot drives are stupid idea. Either go hybrid for speed AND capacity or go all out SSD. Which will be ideal, but more expensive.

At 256GB NVME doesn't really shine. At the prices they're currently at, you might as well skip a couple of McDicks meals and get a 1TB or greater.

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: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

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

 

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

 

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PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

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

 

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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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On 10/8/2019 at 1:52 PM, dizmo said:

What's your budget? That will play a lot into your upgrade path. Also, wait for Black Friday before making any purchases, you'll save a ton of money.

Here's what I'd do:

  • Upgrade the GPU. That one is pretty low level. Don't be afraid of used GPUs either, as they can be excellent values.
  • Grab an SSD. Try and get a 1TB at least, at the price they're at right now there's no reason not to.
  • Upgrade to 16GB of RAM. I'd just sell the kit you have now and go with a kit of 3200mhz or greater.
  • Keep the Optane drive, use it as cache for your HDD.

Your CPU should be fine for most games if you're not playing on a high refresh rate monitor.

Welcome to the forum.

 

At 256GB NVME doesn't really shine. At the prices they're currently at, you might as well skip a couple of McDicks meals and get a 1TB or greater.

What would you recomend for a decent GPU. not looking for 4k 1440 just 1080.

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58 minutes ago, kendall213 said:

What would you recomend for a decent GPU. not looking for 4k 1440 just 1080.

Depends what your budget is. You can get GTX 980s for under $100 on eBay. If you have a little more budget, a GTX 1070 is easily had for around $150.

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: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti 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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