Upgrading an aging system.

[stevieb]

Budget (including currency): $600

Country: UAE

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Anno 1800, Civ 5, Far Cry 5. Deep Learning using Tensor Flow, some virtualisation testing using VM Ware

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Current Parts list

• CPU: i7-990x 
• CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dar Roack Pro 4 (New 3 months ago)
• MotherBoard: Gigabye G1.Sniper
• GPU - Nvidia GV100 (Provided by Employeer while remote working)
• Memory: 24 Gig Ram (DDR3)
• Case: NZXT H510 (New 3 months ago)
• Storage:
  • 2x 2TB 2.5 SSD
  • 2x 8TB Seagate
• Monitors
  • LG 34UG97 Ultra Wide
  • 2x Dell Ultrasharp 4k Display D2718Q, (Provided by Employeer while remote working)

I am planning to update the CPU, Motherboard, Memory and M.2 SSD

 

My Options are below

1. Intel i5-10400 or Intel 10700, 64Gig Ram, 1TB Samsun SSD. B460 motherboard. I am not planning overclock. Other than 2x extra cores i do not see much benefit of the 10700 over the 10400. The 10700 us double the cost here in UAE..

 

The system is not used very often and is not that slow, but i am getting fed up with the amount of heat coming from the PC. 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jaslion]

The heat coming from the system isn't really gonna change much for you with these upgrades. The h510 is just a bad airflow case and ejects the heat through 2 points intensely instead of just evenly spreading it out so basically if you wanna fix the heat issue get a good airflow case.

 

If the system performs fine then little reason for an upgrade when the problem is with the case here

 

Edit:

 

Friend got a 6600k + gtx 1060 in the same case and it's an oven. He's now using some cheap mesh thingy and the heatoutput whilst the same is a lot more spread out and not as directional.