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What Should I Upgrade?

Akolyte
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I've got several upgrade options, all of which I want and I don't know which one I should choose... 

 

1. A New CPU Cooler, probably a water cooler to replace my hyper 212 evo so I can overclock more higher.

 

2. A New monitor, my current 22inch crappy 4 year old monitor is getting old and I've had it for a while, might be time for an upgrade.  Not a massive one but I think really anything would be an upgrade. 

 

3. Some better headphones, I've never had good headphones in my WHOLE life.  I have the money to get some now.

 

I'm not sure which one to go for, so I'd like you guys to help me decide.  Thanks in advance guys!

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save up for a while get a new gpu then monitor

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Depends. What do you like the most? Cooling? Display? Or Audio? I'd go with the cooling though..the most important when we play lots of games..

 

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why?  I've got an r9 270x and its working fine? 

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hmm, I'm not a big gamer though.  I play a few games but I don't necessarily play any games that make my temps sky rocket.  Right now I'm at 4.3GHZ at 1.185v and don't go above 70c.  The only thing a water cooler will give me is the ability to go to 4.6 or higher maybe.

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why?  I've got an r9 270x and its working fine? 

 

Because there are way better GPUs out there?

 

If your CPU is running very hot a new cooler might be a good option though I am not an overclock so I am the last to ask

 

Higher resolution monitor and better audio (or a new gpu) is where my money would go

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I've got several upgrade options, all of which I want and I don't know which one I should choose... 

 

1. A New CPU Cooler, probably a water cooler to replace my hyper 212 evo so I can overclock more higher.

 

2. A New monitor, my current 22inch crappy 4 year old monitor is getting old and I've had it for a while, might be time for an upgrade.  Not a massive one but I think really anything would be an upgrade. 

 

3. Some better headphones, I've never had good headphones in my WHOLE life.  I have the money to get some now.

 

I'm not sure which one to go for, so I'd like you guys to help me decide.  Thanks in advance guys!

do you do a lot of editing and such? what do you use your rig for? I love 21:9 monitors, so I'd get one of those.. oh wait, I did :P

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1. If it's not necessary than skip water cooling for now, you aren't hitting above 70C anyway. And you could go for a better GPU

 

2. If you want a new beautiful display good for it and if you aren't worried about super fast response times than go for a good looking IPS monitor. Asus MX239H (or 27) for example

 

3. Better audio is a good option for immersion or listening to music

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I'd say go for a monitor at this point, unless your cooler is actually dieing.

 

Personally I think your GPU is just fine for now, but you'll want to start thinking about upgrading it in a year or 2

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