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Hey,

These are some parts I am considering upgrading my current computer with, let me know what you think.

 

11-139-024-02.jpgCorsair 750D (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139024)

14-487-088-09.jpg EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088)

13-132-514-13.jpg Asus Maximus VIII Hero LGA 1150 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132514)

19-117-369-02.jpgIntel Core i7-4790K Devil's Canyon 4.0GHz (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369)

35-181-089-10.jpgCorsair Hydro Series H80i GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181089)

 

Regards

When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave life wondering how the hell you did it

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Don't bother with the CPU and motherboard, get an H110i GT instead and overclock the i7 3770K.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

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Is your purpose gaming?

If so, I recommend a 290x, 4690k

 

And are you sure you need that mobo? There are cheaper ones also.

And use the money saved from the 4690k for a ssd

And if you opt out the mobo, get a dual rad, single rads are regulerly beaten by air coolers

Lets all ripperoni in pepperoni

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Don't bother with the CPU and motherboard, get an H110i GT instead and overclock the i7 3770K.

Thanks, what do you think I could get out of it with a H110i? 

I'm thinking around 4.5GHz

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Thanks, what do you think I could get out of it with a H110i? 

I'm thinking around 4.5GHz

Depends on how well binned the chip really is, I don't think 4.5GHz should be a problem though.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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Is your purpose gaming?

If so, I recommend a 290x, 4690k

 

And are you sure you need that mobo? There are cheaper ones also.

And use the money saved from the 4690k for a ssd

And if you opt out the mobo, get a dual rad, single rads are regulerly beaten by air coolers

Yes it is, thanks for the advice, I was maybe thinking getting a second GTX 760 and SLI ing them, I dont know how effective that would be though

When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave life wondering how the hell you did it

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Dont, I mean, the issues with SLI and Crossfire are terrible...

I know people who run CrossFire and SLI setups, they're nowhere near as bad as you make them out to be. OP shouldn't do SLI GTX 760s, I don't disagree, but if you're playing modern AAA titles I see no issue.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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I know people who run CrossFire and SLI setups, they're nowhere near as bad as you make them out to be. OP shouldn't do SLI GTX 760s, I don't disagree, but if you're playing modern AAA titles I see no issue.

Well SLI with anything lower than flagship/2nd card is really bad

Lets all ripperoni in pepperoni

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Make life easy do this!

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WRNf4D

CPU: A8-5600K GPU: MSI RX 480 GAMING X 4GB MOBO: ASUS A55BM-PLUS 

RAM: 2x 4GB Samsung DDR3-1600 1.25V PSU: Corsair CX430 CASE: Enermax Ostrog Windowed STORAGE: PNY CS1111 120GB / Hitachi 1TB 7200RPM OS: Windows 10 Pro & macOS Sierra 10.12.3

 

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Well SLI with anything lower than flagship/2nd card is really bad

@Ostwind, @DildorTheDecent, @Victorious Secret, what do you all think? They all run/have run SLI setups with GTX 760 or below.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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Well SLI with anything lower than flagship/2nd card is really bad

 

Yeah okay.

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what do you all think? They all run/have run SLI setups with GTX 760 or below.

I've stopped explaining the reasons for multi gpu setups with mid range hardware to people who are incapable of figuring the reasons out themselves, they're usually willfully ignorant of the arguments for it. It would just lead to an argument that is most definitely not worth my time.

 

 

 

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If you have a 4GB 760 and can find another 4GB 760 for a reasonable price then it would be a solid upgrade, if you have a 2GB card then an upgrade to a 970 would be a better idea.

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I've stopped explaining the reasons for multi gpu setups with mid range hardware to people who are incapable of figuring the reasons out themselves, they're usually willfully ignorant of the arguments for it. It would just lead to an argument that is most definitely not worth my time.

 

 

 

@nvidia_gtx

If you have a 4GB 760 and can find another 4GB 760 for a reasonable price then it would be a solid upgrade, if you have a 2GB card then an upgrade to a 970 would be a better idea.

I do have a 4GB card, ill look around for another one

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