System Update/upgrade

[Dodeedo351]

First a couple of notes:

I have an ok system as is but think my hardware is beginning to show signs of aging. Aside from some slight system instability (aka random hitches in the otherwise smoothly running system, as well as random slow boot times for no discernable reason) the build I currently have suits my needs. As always faster would be nice, but overall my use for gaming and some blue ray backups/compression and general home pc use, my current hardware is adequate. Since I haven't found any software issues however, the buggy system is making me want an upgrade. I dont really want to start over since most of my secondarry components(GPU, psu, m.2) are newer(within the last year or so) but wouldn't mind the upgrade to a better platform. So below are my current specs, my ballpark budget, and what I am considering. Any suggestions are welcome as well as ideas on what is causing my current issues.

 

 

My current system:

 

Core I7 6700

MSI Z170A GAMING M3

2x  CORSAIR 8gb ddr4 2400 (16gb total)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SC GAMING, 6gb

Coolmax 900w 

WD_Black SN750 1TB NVMe SSD

HDD 1 TB SATA3

COOLERMASTER HAF-XB

Windows 10

 

 

Ballpark budget: 500 - 700 US $

 

Options:

 

Asus ROG X570 Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) ATX Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core

G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory

 

Pcpartpicker link:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Dodeedo351/saved/wYsYgs

 

[boggy77]

You don't need such an expensive mobo

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$324.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$109.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$624.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-25 11:48 EST-0500

 

[Bombastinator]

Fast 4/8 isn’t dead yet for gaming.  Things are definitely headed in that direction.  Hasn’t reached it yet.  Until games outstrip your core count it will work fine.  Your cores are pretty fast.  You just don’t have a lot of them.  I doubt you would see much if any actual speed boost in many games.  Might make a difference for some heavily cpu dependent games that use many multiple cores well.  It’s a bus that will need to be jumped on eventually most likely.