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Toon
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Budget (including currency): N/A. Looking for ideas. It can expand if it's worth it to the appropriate graphics card/part.

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:

Games: Warzone, Valorant, Smite, Minecraft, and CS:GO primarily

Development: IntelliJ Idea and similar programs by Jetbrains

Other details

CPU: i5-8400

MOBO: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF B360M-PLUS GAMING S

GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 1050 3GB

SSD: PNY CS1311 480GB

RAM: 8GB @ 2666 MHz. Used to be 16GB at dual channel, but one of my memory sticks died.

PSU: I am using an off brand one. Replacing it very soon so it won't explode me on me someday.

 

Performance is alright. Warzone kinda struggles between 40-70fps consistently, though the rest runs fine (Around 120-200fps).

 

The thing is, I want to get into streaming and recording, my current setup cannot handle it that well, so I am wanting to upgrade. Tips would be very much appreciated!

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we cant really recommend anything if you dont have a budget.

also you might want to consider waiitng for zen 3 if you are planning to move to a new platform as well as ampere and big navi for the GPU.

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

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i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

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Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

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Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

we cant really recommend anything if you dont have a budget.

also you might want to consider waiitng for zen 3 if you are planning to move to a new platform as well as ampere and big navi for the GPU.

The budget is flexible, though preferably no more than $2k. Obviously people will say "Just tear it all down and build from scratch", but if some stuff can be preserved to save extra $, then why not.

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Just now, Toon said:

The budget is flexible, though preferably no more than $2k. Obviously people will say "Just tear it all down and build from scratch", but if some stuff can be preserved to save extra $, then why not.

well in that case you are better of waiting for newer hardware, its definitely doable with that budget.

 

you might be able to re-use the case (assuming it's a decent one) and the SSD, but that's about it probably

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

Spoiler

i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

Spoiler

Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

Spoiler

Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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15 minutes ago, Toon said:

The budget is flexible, though preferably no more than $2k. Obviously people will say "Just tear it all down and build from scratch", but if some stuff can be preserved to save extra $, then why not.

wait for new hardaware and buy the new rtx 3080/3090, ryzen 5 4600/4700, b550/bx670 board with 16 gigs of ram or 32gigs

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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