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[Kolnore]

Budget (including currency): 1500

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Solidworks, Modded Minecraft, Borderlands 3

Other details: I have all the needed peripherals so im just worried about the tower and its insides

So I have been saving some money and I have been thinking its time to upgrade my PC. I built it 8ish years ago and it has served me very well these years. Would you recommend upgrading to a whole new build or just upgrading my existing one until prices return to normal. If you can recommend how to make relatively affordable upgrades to the existing system that would be awesome too. Thank you so much. specs of the current system are shown bellow.

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4 70 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL16 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer

[Makaroni]

Upgrade

You keep the two SSDs and your Power supply
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sykqd9

The GPU you get from bestbuy currently at 600 USD ofc you can go for a 3070 ti for 700 on newegg i believe.

[Pixelfie]

12 minutes ago, Makaroni said:

Upgrade

You keep the two SSDs and your Power supply
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sykqd9

The GPU you get from bestbuy currently at 600 USD ofc you can go for a 3070 ti for 700 on newegg i believe.

12700F isn't much more so I'd get that instead. You can OC on B660 anyway.

 

Asus motherboards don't give much for the price you pay. Something like an MSI B660 A Pro is better and usually priced about the same.

 

Also you shouldn't pay $65 for a 250gb SSD. You can get cheaper 500gb ones that are decent, and $20 more and you get 1tb.

 

[Pixelfie]

This should be good. You can keep your PSU, SSD and case. The price on the 3080 Ti seems too good to be true, but it looks legit.

 

Edit: if you want a save choice for the GPU, get this 3080 12gb. It's a bit more expensive and slightly slower, but chances of it being a scam is much smaller.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($312.96 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 Rev.B 39.44 CFM CPU Cooler  ($65.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($98.49 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Inno3D GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB iChill X4 Video Card  ($600.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1277.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-02 06:14 EDT-0400

Edited June 2, 2022 by Pixelfie

[Makaroni]

1 hour ago, Pixelfie said:

This should be good. You can keep your PSU, SSD and case. The price on the 3080 Ti seems too good to be true, but it looks legit.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700F 2.1 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($312.96 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 Rev.B 39.44 CFM CPU Cooler  ($65.98 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($98.49 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Inno3D GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB iChill X4 Video Card  ($600.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1277.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-02 06:14 EDT-0400

Cool build the only thing that actually raised a red flag in my head is "3080 ti for 600 USD? WTF"

[Pixelfie]

9 minutes ago, Makaroni said:

Cool build the only thing that actually raised a red flag in my head is "3080 ti for 600 USD? WTF"

Yeah I think it's weird to but it looks pretty legit to me.

 

Only thing is that it's from a third party seller which might be a problem if they are scammers. I don't know how well Amazon protects you on scams.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Pixelfie said:

Yeah I think it's weird to but it looks pretty legit to me.

 

Only thing is that it's from a third party seller which might be a problem if they are scammers. I don't know how well Amazon protects you on scams.

No way you are getting a 3080 ti for $600, considering the next cheapest on pcp is $1099.

[Kolnore]

21 hours ago, Pixelfie said:

Yeah I think it's weird to but it looks pretty legit to me.

 

Only thing is that it's from a third party seller which might be a problem if they are scammers. I don't know how well Amazon protects you on scams.

Yea it seems to good to be true plus within a few hours it was gone. I see the GPU @lee32uk pointed out.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PjGbt6/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-12-gb-gaming-oc-video-card-gv-n308tgaming-oc-12gd

 

It may be worth it to spend some more to get this card or should I go with a cheaper 3070.

[Pixelfie]

24 minutes ago, Kolnore said:

Yea it seems to good to be true plus within a few hours it was gone. I see the GPU @lee32uk pointed out.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PjGbt6/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-12-gb-gaming-oc-video-card-gv-n308tgaming-oc-12gd

 

It may be worth it to spend some more to get this card or should I go with a cheaper 3070.

Don't get the 3080 Ti. The 3080 12gb is $200 cheaper and maybe 2-3% slower. Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 12GB LHR 12 GB GAMING OC Video Card (GV-N3080GAMING OC-12GD) - PCPartPicker