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aldous42
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Hey y'all 

Been a longtime lurker on the forums, but I think it's finally time I participate a bit and start by asking for some recommendations on a PC upgrade. Below I have the build I bought from a friend in 2018 that I have been running ever since then. I finished grad school last year and as I am no longer struggling to afford basic living expenses anymore and have stable employment I think I want to upgrade to something that will last another 3 or 4 years before another serious upgrade. 

 

Here is my current build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $50.00) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME H270M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 CL15 Memory  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $109.99) 
Video Card: EVGA SC GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair TX550M Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCIe x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (Purchased For $25.00) 
Monitor: Sceptre E248W-19203S 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $90.00) 
Keyboard: Logitech G413 Carbon Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $58.49) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $21.99) 
Total: $705.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-11 11:14 EST-0500

 

Budget (including currency): USD 1000

Country: USA, within driving distance of a micro center.

Games / Workload: Games like Baldur's Gate, cities skylines, and the occasional Destiny 2 session. Never playing at more than 1080p resolution.

Monitors: I have a 144hz 1080p monitor and a second 75hz 1080p monitor. 

Peripherals: Interested in upgrading my keyboard since it is kind of dying and random keys refuse to work at random times. Looking for something mechanical.

Why are you upgrading? I want to upgrade just to play modern games at decent frame rates at higher graphics settings. Additionally, some of the computational work I do is struggling on the 7th Gen Intel CPU I am using now.

 

Edit: Thanks in advance!!

Chemistry and semiconductors run my life. I work for a company that makes silicon wafer plating chemicals.

One of my bosses probably indirectly caused a price increase for Intel CPUs at some point and I'm sorry.

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23 minutes ago, aldous42 said:

Hey y'all 

Been a longtime lurker on the forums, but I think it's finally time I participate a bit and start by asking for some recommendations on a PC upgrade. Below I have the build I bought from a friend in 2018 that I have been running ever since then. I finished grad school last year and as I am no longer struggling to afford basic living expenses anymore and have stable employment I think I want to upgrade to something that will last another 3 or 4 years before another serious upgrade. 

 

Here is my current build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $50.00) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME H270M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 CL15 Memory  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $109.99) 
Video Card: EVGA SC GAMING GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Power Supply: Corsair TX550M Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $50.00) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCIe x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (Purchased For $25.00) 
Monitor: Sceptre E248W-19203S 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $90.00) 
Keyboard: Logitech G413 Carbon Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $58.49) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $21.99) 
Total: $705.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-11 11:14 EST-0500

 

Budget (including currency): USD 1000

Country: USA, within driving distance of a micro center.

Games / Workload: Games like Baldur's Gate, cities skylines, and the occasional Destiny 2 session. Never playing at more than 1080p resolution.

Monitors: I have a 144hz 1080p monitor and a second 75hz 1080p monitor. 

Peripherals: Interested in upgrading my keyboard since it is kind of dying and random keys refuse to work at random times. Looking for something mechanical.

Why are you upgrading? I want to upgrade just to play modern games at decent frame rates at higher graphics settings. Additionally, some of the computational work I do is struggling on the 7th Gen Intel CPU I am using now.

 

Edit: Thanks in advance!!

I'd suggest this, kept what is still relevant from your build, your case isn't very good I would replace it

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($209.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M AORUS ELITE AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL32 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec NX410 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair TX550M Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCIe x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Sceptre E248W-19203S 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Keyboard: Logitech G413 Carbon Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $996.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-11 11:40 EST-0500

 

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Honestly looking to buy used off of something like facebook marketplace might not be a bad play here, at least in my area quite a few folks dumping their rtx 30 series PCs for around that price point could possibly end up with more for your money, but the build above is great too would definitely reuse parts at 1k if buying new parts.

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Corsair RMx 1000w PSU | Corsair H115 Elite Cappellix | Micron M600 M.2 256Gb SSDs | WD SN850X 4TB NVME | 2TB Samsung 860evo | 1440p 240hz LG UltraGear 27GR95QE OLED | 1440p 155hz Dell S2719DGF | LG 29WP60G-B 1080p 75hz Ultrawide | GMMK TKL | Glorious Model O-

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12400/13400 CPU + 7800XT based system would probably be fine.

CPU: Intel i7 3930k w/OC & EK Supremacy EVO Block | Motherboard: Asus P9x79 Pro  | RAM: G.Skill 4x4 1866 CL9 | PSU: Seasonic Platinum 1000w Corsair RM 750w Gold (2021)|

VDU: Panasonic 42" Plasma | GPU: Gigabyte 1080ti Gaming OC & Barrow Block (RIP)...GTX 980ti | Sound: Asus Xonar D2X - Z5500 -FiiO X3K DAP/DAC - ATH-M50S | Case: Phantek Enthoo Primo White |

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD + WD Blue 1TB SSD | Cooling: XSPC D5 Photon 270 Res & Pump | 2x XSPC AX240 White Rads | NexXxos Monsta 80x240 Rad P/P | NF-A12x25 fans |

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23 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

I'd suggest this, kept what is still relevant from your build, your case isn't very good I would replace it

I'd swap this for your CPU motherboard and ram.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, MSI B650-P Pro WiFi, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB DDR5-6000 Kit, Computer Build Bundle - Micro Center

25 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

WD Black SN770 1TB SSD 112L TLC NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive - Micro Center

26 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

ower Supply: Corsair TX550M Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 

MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply - ATX 3.0 Compatible - Micro Center

28 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg) 

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger Overclocked Dual Fan 12GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - Micro Center

 

PCPP doesn't do a good job at seeing Microcenters bundles and deals.

 

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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Kinda what the suggestion has been here, the modern equivalent to your current system, keeping the parts you can still use, case, psu, ram, cooler (though you’d need a new bracket for the u12s on new platforms but noctua provides them)

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wYpxN6
Basically just going to a 13600K and Z790 with a 4060ti and a new nvme ssd. 
Or any GPU equivalent, mid tier cards in general, 4060, RX 6750xt, arc a770, etc
Your sata ssd becomes a secondary drive. 
2133mhz ram will be a limiting factor but that can be changed out later.

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39 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

I'd swap this for your CPU motherboard and ram.

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, MSI B650-P Pro WiFi, G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB DDR5-6000 Kit, Computer Build Bundle - Micro Center

WD Black SN770 1TB SSD 112L TLC NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive - Micro Center

MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply - ATX 3.0 Compatible - Micro Center

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Challenger Overclocked Dual Fan 12GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - Micro Center

 

PCPP doesn't do a good job at seeing Microcenters bundles and deals.

 

Don't think PCPP lists any MC pricing, due to a lot being in-store only.  

 

 

"Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself.

 

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Thanks everyone for these recommendations especially @8tg, @PDifolco, and @IkeaGnome. I got lots to get started with plan that long awaited drive down to micro center! 

Chemistry and semiconductors run my life. I work for a company that makes silicon wafer plating chemicals.

One of my bosses probably indirectly caused a price increase for Intel CPUs at some point and I'm sorry.

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4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

I'd suggest this, kept what is still relevant from your build, your case isn't very good I would replace it

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($209.00 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M AORUS ELITE AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL32 Memory  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card  ($359.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Antec NX410 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair TX550M Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCIe x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Monitor: Sceptre E248W-19203S 23.8" 1920 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Keyboard: Logitech G413 Carbon Wired Gaming Keyboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Mouse: Logitech G402 Wired Optical Mouse  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $996.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-11 11:40 EST-0500

 

This was really helpful!! Oh and I knew the case sucked, when I got it had horrible ventilation. I actually modded it and cut out an air intake on the bottom of the front plate for a 140 mm fan and attached some mesh for dust protection.  

Chemistry and semiconductors run my life. I work for a company that makes silicon wafer plating chemicals.

One of my bosses probably indirectly caused a price increase for Intel CPUs at some point and I'm sorry.

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