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Future Upgrade suggestions

TacoSenpai
By TacoSenpai
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I just built my desktop mostly from deals and free stuff I got from a friend but some of which I bought on my own.  I'm overall satisfied so far and really liking it however, I'm also keeping tabs on future cards and such especially with Intel's whole skylake thing.  I do not plan on making any major upgrades soon but based on the specs I have (in my sig) what are some upgrades I should keep in mind 2-3 years down the pipeline?  Thanks.

 

 

I also have a SSD 256GB and 1TB HDD for storage with 3 more free hard drive bays. OS is Windows 10 Home.

 

 

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a better cooler and OC that cpu

another 980 for crossfire

custom watercooling

just some ideas

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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I just built my desktop mostly from deals and free stuff I got from a friend but some of which I bought on my own.  I'm overall satisfied so far and really liking it however, I'm also keeping tabs on future cards and such especially with Intel's whole skylake thing.  I do not plan on making any major upgrades soon but based on the specs I have (in my sig) what are some upgrades I should keep in mind 2-3 years down the pipeline?  Thanks.

 

 

I also have a SSD 256GB and 1TB HDD for storage with 3 more free hard drive bays. 

 

 

I think you'll be fine for 2-3 years down the line!

 

I've just built a i5 6600k rig and i'm expecting that to last me for 3 years+

Ryzen 9 7900X

Asrock X670E PG Lightning 

32GB G.Skill 6000mhz DDR5

1TB Samsung 990 Pro 

Rdna 2 iGPU 

 

 

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Thanks.  Any suggestions for a better cooler?  Liquid or air. 

Dark rock pro 3 is dead silent and performs great also looks amazing.

 

NH-D15 is the best air cooler on the market though

I3-4150 | Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 | 8GB KINGSTON FURY RAM | MSI Z97-G43 | HYPERX FURY 120GB SSD SAPPHIRE HD7950 VAPOR-X | Phanteks Enthoo Pro M | EVGA 500W | Corsair SP120's w/ NZXT Fan Hub

Plans: I5-4690K || EVGA GS 650W | KINGSTON FURY 8GB RAM  PCPARTPICKER: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

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Thanks.  Any suggestions for a better cooler?  Liquid or air. 

liquid.

corsair H110 GTX if you dont want to spend too much

EKWB predator 240/360 for best overclocking though

Rigs I've Built

The Striker i5 4590 @ 3.7 ||  MSI GTX 980 Armor X2 || Corsair RMX 750 || Team Elite Plus 8 GB || Define S || MSI Z97S SLI Krait

The Office PC i3 4160 @ 3.6 || Intel 4600 || EVGA 500B || G.Skill 8 GB || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M Pro4

The Friend PC G3258 @ 4.3 || Sapphire R9 280X Tri-X || EVGA 600B || 8 GB Dell Ram || Cooler Master N200 || ASRock H97M- iTX/ac

The Mom Gaming PC A10-7890K @ 4.4 || iGPU + ASUS R7 250 ||  8 GB Klevv DDR3-2800 Mhz

 

 

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