Upgrading PC Advice

[Snak3yz]

Hi! I'm looking to upgrade my PC and I have a budget of around $1500-$2000AUD. Below are my current specs and what I am hoping to upgrade to. If I were to buy all of these upgrades, it would make it a bit above my budget so are any of these an overkill upgrade/ what should I prioritize? I will be using this PC for gaming and would like a high end build. What I have is fine at the moment but I am now able to upgrade and so would like to. 

Current | Potential Upgrade         

GPU GeForce GTX 1070 --> RTX 2070 Super Aorus 

CPU i7 6700 --> i7 9700K 

Monitor Acer gn246hl --> MSI Optix MPG27CQ2 QHD 144Hz Curved 27in

Motherboard MS-7978 --> ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E 

 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

5 minutes ago, Snak3yz said:

i7 9700K 

anything but that

its the last intel chip without hyperthreading

[flashiling]

if you want you can probably get a 1440p 144Hz monitor 

[DoctorNick]

5 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

anything but that

its the last intel chip without hyperthreading

But it works so great for gaming.. :c

On a serious note, it's pricing is a little high.. What would you suggest, 3700x?

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

Just now, DoctorNick said:

But it works so great for gaming.. :c

just prepare to see the largest degradation in value in a few yrs, while others catch up (including intel)

[DoctorNick]

2 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

just prepare to see the largest degradation in value in a few yrs, while others catch up (including intel)

haha.. I got a great deal on it + motherboard and I don't worry.. Can't have the same setup for a long time anyways.. But yes I agree. There's better options, even today.

[Snak3yz]

9 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

anything but that

its the last intel chip without hyperthreading

Sorry I'm a bit of a PC noob, what does hyperthreading mean? And do you have an alternative, or should I just stick with the i7 that I have already? 

[Jumballi]

3 minutes ago, Snak3yz said:

Sorry I'm a bit of a PC noob, what does hyperthreading mean? And do you have an alternative, or should I just stick with the i7 that I have already? 

tl;dr per core there is either 1 or 2 threads, and a task can either use the whole core or a just a thread. an optimized program like 90% of games can utilize more threads, meaning that it's like having 16 cores instead of 8. obvious over simplification but it's just basically the bees knees when it comes to multitasking.

 

edit: I noticed I forgot to mention that hyper threading is having 2 threads per core and not having it means 1 thread per core.

[Jumballi]

with your current budget look at either the amd 5700xt for gpu if you want to save about $100 for similar performance, but if you can go up to the next tier, the 2080 super is a better option for gaming and pretty much everything else. ray tracing is sorta dead unless you get the 2080 ti imho.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

7 minutes ago, Snak3yz said:

Sorry I'm a bit of a PC noob, what does hyperthreading mean? And do you have an alternative, or should I just stick with the i7 that I have already? 

like in the old days i5 vs i7, both have 4 core but i7 have hyperthreading , aka smt for amd, you can imagine it double the cores for easier understanding

(with only exception of 9700/k)

[Snak3yz]

4 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

like in the old days i5 vs i7, both have 4 core but i7 have hyperthreading , aka smt for amd, you can imagine it double the cores for easier understanding

(with only exception of 9700/k)

So is the i7-6700 that I have at the moment not worth upgrading then? Or upgrade to a different one?

[Jumballi]

1 minute ago, Snak3yz said:

So is the i7-6700 that I have at the moment not worth upgrading then? Or upgrade to a different one?

you'd see a huge improvement upgrading just the gpu and leaving it at that, everything else could be left alone and you wouldn't see much a need to upgrade for another year or two. maybe save a little on the side for monitor though.

[Snak3yz]

3 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

you'd see a huge improvement upgrading just the gpu and leaving it at that, everything else could be left alone and you wouldn't see much a need to upgrade for another year or two. maybe save a little on the side for monitor though.

That's what I was hoping to do, however the RTX 2070 requires a better motherboard than the one I have, and the monitor upgrade was to make the most of having the 2070. So the motherboard is a must-upgrade if I upgrade GPU, but yeah the monitor could wait. 

[Jumballi]

2 minutes ago, Snak3yz said:

That's what I was hoping to do, however the RTX 2070 requires a better motherboard than the one I have, and the monitor upgrade was to make the most of having the 2070. So the motherboard is a must-upgrade if I upgrade GPU, but yeah the monitor could wait. 

you don't need to upgrade mobo for the gpu, why would you assume that? the one you have is still good enough. I know people running 2080 ti on older intel 3rd gen systems

[Snak3yz]

Just now, Jumballi said:

you don't need to upgrade mobo for the gpu, why would you assume that? the one you have is still good enough. I know people running 2080 ti on older intel 3rd gen systems

I thought I read that the motherboard I already have wouldn't be compatible with the newer GPU, perhaps it was just a suggestion though rather than a necessity. 

[Jumballi]

Just now, Snak3yz said:

I thought I read that the motherboard I already have wouldn't be compatible with the newer GPU, perhaps it was just a suggestion though rather than a necessity. 

no it's cpu, almost never gpu

[DoctorNick]

3 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

you'd see a huge improvement upgrading just the gpu and leaving it at that, everything else could be left alone and you wouldn't see much a need to upgrade for another year or two. maybe save a little on the side for monitor though.

I agree as long your running 1440p, you won't notice that much.

[Constantin]

59 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

its the last intel chip without hyperthreading

And it's so so so useful ......... LOL

[Constantin]

The monitor is not worth the money it cost.

No IPS, no HDR10, no 10Bit, you can get all that (must features in our days) plus 4k with the same money.