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So im looking to upgrade a few parts of my system, mainly just the CPU and the motherboard.

 

As for the budget im looking to spend like 700 bucks or so and i plan on selling my old parts as well to make up for some of the cost.

 

My current build: 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory: 4x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200

Storage: SAMSUNG SM951 128GB M.2

Seagate BarraCuda ST3000DM008 3TB 7200 RPM

Kingston Digital 480GB SSDNow V300 SATA Solid State Drive

Video Card: EVGA 1070 SC Gaming ACX 3.0

Power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650 W 80+ Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Case: NZXT 530 Full tower

Cooler: Corsair H100i v2

 

As for my hopes of upgrades I have been thinking about moving from intel over to AMD, mainly for price reasons. I usemy PC mostly for Twitch, playing a few games (The most intensive being Bannerlord and Project Cars 2). 

As for the mother board I am mostly looking for another m.2 slot and getting something about 1tb or so to put my games and a few other things on it. Other than that im not really looking to upgrade much else unless someone has any good recommendations! 

 

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I'd wait a little longer for the new stuff to be out, and then buy something.

Likely a 4600, and some form of B550 motherboard.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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