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Hey everyone! I wanted to look into improving my rig. I have a 700 dollar budget.

 

My rig currently has an i7 6700k

a GTX 1060 6gb

32 GB of ram (not the fast mhz though)

 

any other specs that could help, let me know. I am just looking for the best bang for my buck improvements.

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at that budget, you can practically upgrade the whole system. though, i would recommend to just upgrade the GPU. That CPU is still relevant so id say, wait it out before you upgrade that like wait out the zen 3 cpu as it looks like it will be released as soon as next year. 

 

Going for a 2070S or even a 2080S is not impossible since bottlenecking is still not that felt with that CPU. 

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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Just now, MartinKweh said:

at that budget, you can practically upgrade the whole system. though, i would recommend to just upgrade the GPU. That CPU is still relevant so id say, wait it out before you upgrade that like wait out the zen 3 cpu as it looks like it will be released as soon as next year. 

 

Going for a 2070S or even a 2080S is not impossible since bottlenecking is still not that felt with that CPU. 

Oh!? I saw some interesting bottleneck stats, but if I can just do an upgrade to just the GPU for now. Unless I get another spicy suggestion, but the 2070S is likely what I would go for, in my mind anyway.

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1 minute ago, SlayerRequiem said:

Oh!? I saw some interesting bottleneck stats, but if I can just do an upgrade to just the GPU for now. Unless I get another spicy suggestion, but the 2070S is likely what I would go for, in my mind anyway.

Assuming it's not a lot more expensive than a 5700 XT, go for it.

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10 minutes ago, SlayerRequiem said:

Hey everyone! I wanted to look into improving my rig. I have a 700 dollar budget.

 

My rig currently has an i7 6700k

a GTX 1060 6gb

32 GB of ram (not the fast mhz though)

 

any other specs that could help, let me know. I am just looking for the best bang for my buck improvements.

How are your storage and peripherals?  Monitor?

 

It's a good system, maybe the GPU is light depending on what you use it for.

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

 

Onyx: Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / ASRock Taichi 7900xtx OC / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 64GB (4x16GB) / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Plat Pro 1000 / EK-AIO 360 Basic w/ Silent Wings fans / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / LG - UltraGear 45" OLED QHD 240Hz / Mackie CR5BT / SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502 - https://valid.x86.fr/my9nnr

 

7800X3D - PBO +200, CO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, Cinebench 23: 18401 multi, 1779 single

 

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NAS/Plex/Game Server  Ryzen 9 5900XT 16c/32t - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan 64GB 3200CL16 - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + TeamGroup MP44L 2TB (Game) + WD Red Plus 4TBx2 (Plex) - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2 - Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE - ASUS Prime AP201 - Currently Hosting: Enshrouded x2, Hytale, Icarus, Windrose. Project Zomboid, Dune Awakening.

 

Sage: Ryzen 7 7800X3D (+200, -30) - 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 @5.2Ghz - Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 - MSI 6900XT Gaming X Trio - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - Super Flower Combat FG 850w - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360 - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

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

 

Extra parts: ASUS 6650XT - Gigabyte 1080Ti - Cooler Master Q300L - Gigabyte 450w PSU - Super Flower Leadex V Plat Pro 850w

 

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1 minute ago, SlayerRequiem said:

I'll admit, I've never owned or even really considered non-NVIDA graphics, but I will definitely take a close look!

It's 90% the same affair just with red stickers and software color. If all you are doing is gaming, it's 100% identical to having an Nvidia card

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18 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

How are your storage and peripherals?  Monitor?

 

It's a good system, maybe the GPU is light depending on what you use it for.

I have good storage. I have two SSDs, 1 is an m.2, a samsung one (I can't remember the number. 600 series I think) I just got a 144 hrz 1080p monitor (I can't really see the definition difference well with 4k anyway.) I have another pair of 1080p monitors set up as well. So three total.

 

I have a Razor Huntsman Keyboard Elite, and a Steel Series Rival 600 mouse. I have started to notice some slow downs on my system but the config is about 5 years old (i built it when all of that tech was brand spanking new.)

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3 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

It's 90% the same affair just with red stickers and software color. If all you are doing is gaming, it's 100% identical to having an Nvidia card

Oh, awesome. I will definitely take that into account when I am shopping then. Thank you!

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