First PC Upgrade Complete

[C. Banks]

Hey everyone, first post here on the LTT Forums!

After two years of gaming and streaming on an iBuyPower PC I bought from Best Buy, I finally pulled the trigger and performed some slight upgrades.

 

Upgraded FROM -> TO:

 

Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Pro4-IB to a MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus

Storage: 1TB WD HDD @ 7500RPM to WD Blue 2TB SSD. Note: I did keep the HDD for extra storage.

Cooling: Some standard corsair single fan water cooler to a NZXT Kraken X52

Fans: From having only one fan on the water cooling radiator to adding 3 Thermaltake Pure Plus 12 RGB TT Premium Edition 120mm. These haven't came in yet but they'll go on the front of the case.

 

Here are the full specs:

 

System Specs

• OS: Windows 10 Pro
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.4GHz
• COOLER: NZXT Kraken x52  
• SSD(s): 1x WD Blue 2TB, 1x Panther 250GB
• HDD: 1x WD 1TB @ 7200RPM
• RAM: Apacer XPG Z1 DDR4 3000MHx 16GB
• GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 8GB
• Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus

Peripherals

• MOUSE: Razer Deathadder Elite
• HEADSET: Astro A40
• KEYBOARD: Razer Blackwidow X Chroma
• MONITORS: x1 27" 165hz MSI G27C4 Curved Gaming Monitor / x1 24" Sceptre 75hz Monitor / x1 Acer A231H 23"

In the near future I'm hoping to upgrade to a 2080ti as well as an i7 9700K as well as some new RAM. If you have any suggestions for RAM or anything else I should look into, post them down below, I'd appreciate it!

 

Here are some pics of the setup so far.

[Fatih19]

Since both AMD and Intel also Nvidia is planning to launch their new hardware lineup this year, I think it's better for you to hold back on any of your upgrade ideas.

[C. Banks]

4 hours ago, Fatih19 said:

Since both AMD and Intel also Nvidia is planning to launch their new hardware lineup this year, I think it's better for you to hold back on any of your upgrade ideas.

What hardware are they releasing? I usually never stray from Intel or NVIDIA. Good to know though, thanks for the comment.

[Fatih19]

10 minutes ago, C. Banks said:

What hardware are they releasing? I usually never stray from Intel or NVIDIA. Good to know though, thanks for the comment.

They're planning to release the 10th gen Comet Lake and the RTX 3000 Series.

[C. Banks]

4 hours ago, Fatih19 said:

They're planning to release the 10th gen Comet Lake and the RTX 3000 Series.

Didn't know that! Well, given the price of the current 2080ti, I better start saving.... Hopefully its not a $2000 card and a $900 CPU