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So I came here back in 2015 to build this pc. Since then joined the Marines spent a lot of time away from gaming but now interested in upgrading my pc! My current build is listed below. I know we have moved into DDR4 and many other better graphics cards and CPU’s. I only use the pc for gaming maybe record something but gaming for sure. Thank you in advance! 

 

CPU: i7 4790k 

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW Edition  

RAM: Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

MB: MSI Gaming Z97 G5 LGA 1150

PS: EVGA SN 650w 80 gold

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What is your planned budget for the upgrade?

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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15 hours ago, Shinyvids said:

 

At that price, you could even start from the scratch and still get a 5700xt. but since you already have a case, PSU and DDR4 ram, and hard drive

 

Why not get the 

Ryzen 5 3600 -$200

B450 mobo - 80-150

GPU Choices

5700 -$350

5700xt -around $400

2080 (not super 600-800)

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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3 minutes ago, Martin2132 said:

At that price, you could even start from the scratch and still get a 5700xt. but since you already have a case, PSU and DDR4 ram, and hard drive

 

Why not get the 

Ryzen 5 3600 -$200

B450 mobo - 80-150

GPU Choices

5700 -$350

5700xt -around $400

2080 (not super 600-800)

I don’t have DDR4 ram I still got DDR3. Also Ryzen is AMD correct are they as good as intel's line? 

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15 hours ago, Shinyvids said:

I don’t have DDR4 ram I still got DDR3. Also Ryzen is AMD correct are they as good as intel's line? 

right now, they might be equal or even better. depending on what you plan to do with it, AMD side is pretty good right now

 

since the intel side on that price is pretty much the same, (the i5 9400F and the like) but the number of threads on the Ryzen CPU pretty much speeds up the AMD side. Intel is slightly bit faster on gaming but AMD is better for both gaming and productivity.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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42 minutes ago, Martin2132 said:

right now, they might be equal or even better. depending on what you plan to do with it, AMD side is pretty good right now

 

since the intel side on that price is pretty much the same, (the i5 9400F and the like) but the number of threads on the Ryzen CPU pretty much speeds up the AMD side. Intel is slightly bit faster on gaming but AMD is better for both gaming and productivity.

Ok well I will definitely look into that. Any other tips? 

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15 hours ago, Shinyvids said:

Ok well I will definitely look into that. Any other tips? 

the Ryzen CPU that doesent have an X on it runs at about 65 W so it doesnt run that hot. but getting an aftermarket cooler helps in achieving higher boost clocks. its not required though.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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2 hours ago, Martin2132 said:

the Ryzen CPU that doesent have an X on it runs at about 65 W so it doesnt run that hot. but getting an aftermarket cooler helps in achieving higher boost clocks. its not required though.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $194.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $68.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $64.98 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card $303.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $776.94
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $746.94
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-17 23:32 EST-0500  

 How dose this look? 

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15 hours ago, Shinyvids said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $194.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $68.99 @ B&H
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $114.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $64.98 @ Amazon
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card $303.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $776.94
  Mail-in rebates -$30.00
  Total $746.94
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-17 23:32 EST-0500  

 How dose this look? 

just make sure that the mobo is ryzen 3000 ready because that will give a ton of headache if its not.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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5 hours ago, Shinyvids said:

So I came here back in 2015 to build this pc. Since then joined the Marines spent a lot of time away from gaming but now interested in upgrading my pc! My current build is listed below. I know we have moved into DDR4 and many other better graphics cards and CPU’s. I only use the pc for gaming maybe record something but gaming for sure. Thank you in advance! 

 

CPU: i7 4790k 

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW Edition  

RAM: Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

MB: MSI Gaming Z97 G5 LGA 1150

PS: EVGA SN 650w 80 gold

You will not find a worthy replacement for that 4790k yet. I have a 4771, and i will use it till it dies.  I know devil's canyon paired with the right motherboard can do more than 1600mhz on ddr3. Get at least 16gb of ram. 32gb if the mobo can do it. Look up Corsair dominator.  Upgrade your cooler if it would give you a better overclock.  Update your bios and get a ray tracing gpu with more than 4gb. Do you have an ssd? That's whats going to give you your speed. 

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On 11/17/2019 at 10:09 PM, Animal901 said:

You will not find a worthy replacement for that 4790k yet. I have a 4771, and i will use it till it dies.  I know devil's canyon paired with the right motherboard can do more than 1600mhz on ddr3. Get at least 16gb of ram. 32gb if the mobo can do it. Look up Corsair dominator.  Upgrade your cooler if it would give you a better overclock.  Update your bios and get a ray tracing gpu with more than 4gb. Do you have an ssd? That's whats going to give you your speed. 

I am running my OS off of Samsung 800 evo ssd what graphics cards you think wouldn’t bottle neck that’s just a bit of an upgrade? My MOBO can support up to 3300 MHz on my ddr3 ram I could go to 16gb. Upgrading my cooler honestly might be a real good idea I’m just using a hyper 212 cooler basic just fan setup.

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15 hours ago, Shinyvids said:

I am running my OS off of Samsung 800 evo ssd what graphics cards you think wouldn’t bottle neck that’s just a bit of an upgrade? My MOBO can support up to 3300 MHz on my ddr3 ram I could go to 16gb. Upgrading my cooler honestly might be a real good idea I’m just using a hyper 212 cooler basic just fan setup.

That sounds like an awesome pc still.  no reason to upgrade yet. The bottleneck that people will tell you your experiencing will be laughable. 16gb is plenty.  When i run cs:go it uses at least 8gb in danger zone now. The way people are talking you might want a radeon ray card over an rtx right now.  The nvidia stuff seems to be made cheap for the current 20 series generation.  If you want good budget get an rx580 with alot of vram.

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