Time to Upgrade....

[b787register]

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Frontier Elite, F1 2020/1, FSX, Euro Truck Sim2

Other details As my mainboard the Z77 SABERTOOTH doesn't support TPM in any shape of form, I am being forced to upgrade! 

current spec - I7-3770, Z77 Saber tooth, 16gb Memory, 2x 8tb Seagate (shudder) Ironwolf Pro as C:, 1 x 500gb SSD (fast games) as D:  1 x 256gb SSD Ready boost as E:, Nvivdia 1660TI

Connected to D-LINK DS-320 NAS with 2x 8tb Seagates (shudder)

 

With the introduction of TPM needed for Windows 11 I am starting to plan a system - my thoughts are as follows - 

AMD Ryzen 5 - 2600x (or should I go for the 3600?)

16gb Corsair Vengence

MSI AMD B450mPro Mainboard

250gb Crucial m.2 as c: drive

re-use 1 x 8tb for slow little used games

500gb for fast games (e.g. Euro Truck SIm 2, FSX, F1 2020/1 and frontier Elite.

 

Whats peoples thoughts, would I see much of a difference in this spec over the current specification I have.

 

[jaslion]

Time to wait.

 

You are not being forced to upgrade. 11 is not even out yet and is JUST going into testing so be patient high chance requirements get removed like many times before.

 

Besides your upgrade is using older tech AND doesn't have a gpu.

 

So just wait and see. It's not like windows 10 is going anywhere you still have at least 4 years.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

28 minutes ago, b787register said:

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Frontier Elite, F1 2020/1, FSX, Euro Truck Sim2

Other details As my mainboard the Z77 SABERTOOTH doesn't support TPM in any shape of form, I am being forced to upgrade! 

current spec - I7-3770, Z77 Saber tooth, 16gb Memory, 2x 8tb Seagate (shudder) Ironwolf Pro as C:, 1 x 500gb SSD (fast games) as D:  1 x 256gb SSD Ready boost as E:, Nvivdia 1660TI

Connected to D-LINK DS-320 NAS with 2x 8tb Seagates (shudder)

 

With the introduction of TPM needed for Windows 11 I am starting to plan a system - my thoughts are as follows - 

AMD Ryzen 5 - 2600x (or should I go for the 3600?)

16gb Corsair Vengence

MSI AMD B450mPro Mainboard

250gb Crucial m.2 as c: drive

re-use 1 x 8tb for slow little used games

500gb for fast games (e.g. Euro Truck SIm 2, FSX, F1 2020/1 and frontier Elite.

 

Whats peoples thoughts, would I see much of a difference in this spec over the current specification I have.

 

No you dont need to upgrade, your hardware is fine, and when w10 support ends, you will prob have upgraded anyways or switched to linux

 

Long live the penguin os

Shatter goes the window os

[Guest]

Nothing wrong with Ivy Bridge and a 1660 Ti. You're not being forced to do anything.

You can continue to use Windows 10 until 2025. By then, it's likely you'll *actually need* to upgrade. Pump the brakes, Windows 11 won't even be released for home users until early 2022.

 

Linux is always an option, of course.