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How long will my pc last and is it ready for pascal and polaris?

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Bought this baby like 2years ago, didn't know much at the time so mostly asked advice from relatives/the shop i bought it from.

i7 4790 stock cooling

mobo: gigabyte z87

psu: coolermaster thunder m 620w

storage: 1tb seagate barracuda, 128gb 840evo ssd.

So my question is how will the system hold up for pascal and polaris. with their low power consumption will my psu be enough?

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get a new PSU - that one is a fire cracker

Also, a 212 EVO is a nice addition for the CPU. i7s do get toasty.

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A loooong time. My i7 2600k still standing strong.

Too bad you didn't buy a K-CPU though.

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get a new PSU - that one is a fire cracker

Also, a 212 EVO is a nice addition for the CPU. i7s do get toasty.

i completely do not understand psu's i've seen this one bashed everywhere, yet the shop recommended it to me. mind explaining?

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You have the non-K cpu? That might be problematic several years later, but otherwise, you're fine. What about your RAM? 16gb is great, but 8gb isn't too bad. 

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i completely do not understand psu's i've seen this one bashed everywhere, yet the shop recommended it to me. mind explaining?

Shop will recommend anything you wanna buy. 

 

I leave the PSU talk to the people who think they get it lol. But I definitely spent $120 on my EVGA 750w semi-modular PSU lol. I would rather be safe than sorry. 

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You have the non-K cpu? That might be problematic several years later, but otherwise, you're fine. What about your RAM? 16gb is great, but 8gb isn't too bad. 

the shop didn't have the k model in stock, they said they would have it only 1month later. i got 16gb kinda went overboard 8x2

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the shop didn't have the k model in stock, they said they would have it only 1month later. i got 16gb kinda went overboard 8x2

I wouldn't say 16 GB is overboard; some games are starting to use more than 8 (GTA v for me often uses 10 or 11 total (not just it, system too)), and this will just get more common as time goes on.

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I wouldn't say 16 GB is overboard; some games are starting to use more than 8 (GTA v for me often uses 10 or 11 total (not just it, system too)), and this will just get more common as time goes on.

yep, know it's getting more common but at the time of buying that build everyone told me to stick with 8, but the sole reason i bought 16 was because my friend has 12 and i wanted to beat him.

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i completely do not understand psu's i've seen this one bashed everywhere, yet the shop recommended it to me. mind explaining?

Cheap capacitors, missing or unreliable safeties, poor electrical performance, below-average build quality.  Weak stability.

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yep, know it's getting more common but at the time of buying that build everyone told me to stick with 8, but the sole reason i bought 16 was because my friend has 12 and i wanted to beat him.

Lol yeah 16gb is totally great. Smooth performance weather you're gaming or not your RAM will never bottleneck you .

 

As for the K CPU, it's really fine actually. It's going to be years before an 4790 becomes a bottleneck. But it would be nice to OC it a bit when it did, if you're still using this build. 

 

But I see non-K chips as throw away CPUs. Unless you can hand them down, they're really pointless. 

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