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I have a budget of 700 USD to upgrade my current PC and would like some suggestions on part replacement. 

 

My current rig is:

 

GPU: R9 Fury Nitro

 

CPU: I5 6600K 

 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4-2666 

 

PSU: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

 

MB: GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0)

 

Case: Anidees AI Crystal

 

HDD/SDDs: 256 GB Kingston SSD, 500GB SK Hynix SSD, 1TB Western Digital HDD

 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2

 

I figure the CPU, GPU, and MOBO are probably the main parts that need replacing but I would also like to include the Corsair 780T full tower (black and red). If there is a cheaper full size case at similar price that would also be fine. I game at 1440p though I would also like to be able to do 4K when possible. Thoughts?

 

 

 

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So what games do you want to play at 4k? If you want to stick to 1440p, getting a used i7 for your current platform might not be such a bad idea, like a i7-4770k. and an newer GPU let's say an RTX 2060. When replacing the Motherboard you also need the CPU and the RAM and of course the GPU, at 700 that will be tight.

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Just now, Applefreak said:

So what games do you want to play at 4k? If you want to stick to 1440p, getting a used i7 for your current platform might not be such a bad idea, like a i7-4770k. and an newer GPU let's say an RTX 2060. When replacing the Motherboard you also need the CPU and the RAM and of course the GPU, at 700 that will be tight.

Nothing heavy, probably Indie games and movies for the 4K stuff. This is what I came up with but I'd like feedback on it as well. Just replace the CPU with the Ryzen 5 1600 AF since it's not on PCPartPicker  

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $85.00
CPU Cooler Corsair H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  
Motherboard MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $104.99 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Purchased For $0.00
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Purchased For $0.00
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card $299.99 @ Newegg
Case Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case $179.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA GA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Purchased For $0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $689.97
  Mail-in rebates -$20.00
  Total $669.97
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-26 18:35 EDT-0400  

 

 

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