[Upgrading] - Looking for opinions.

[Bulloko]

1. Budget & Location

~500US give or take. Depending on how good the deal is or how much bang for my buck I'd get, etc.

 

2. Aim

Gaming at 144hz to take advantage of my monitor. 1080p is fine, 1440 would be better, etc.

All games, Doom, Wolfenstein, Overwatch, etc. etc. etc.

Looking at getting into doing game reviews and maybe Twitch. So streaming / video recording would be good too.

 

3. Monitors / 4. Peripherals

You can see these in my build listed below.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?
It's fun. I enjoy it. It's my hobby. Got a big bonus from work. etc :-).

 

CURRENT BUILD

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8zHD8K
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 24.0" 60Hz Monitor
Monitor: BenQ XL2420TE 24.0" 144Hz Monitor 
Keyboard: Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Corsair Vengeance 1500 v2 7.1 Channel  Headset 
Mic: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone 
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-30 19:56 EDT-0400

(oh hey, there's a 1080p camera also)

 

My Current thoughts - 

1 - Headphones

I read a post on Reddit /r/pcmasterrace the other day regarding Gaming Audio. I would usually buy gaming headphones so I could get the Mic, but I have a Blue Yeti Mic. So maybe it's time to upgrade my ears? The post talks about getting a set of studio monitoring headphones, and then a DAC / Headphone Amplifier. Any one experience this or have any opinions?

 

2 - Windows 10

My version of Windows 8.1 came through an old .edu account via Microsoft Dreamspark and wasn't given the option to upgrade to Windows 10. Upgrade worth it?

 

3 - GTX 1080

More FPS, more fun, more 144hz, etc....

 

4 - HTC Vive

My machine is pretty good as it. I actually haven't gone through and ran the "VR TEST" off of steam.

 

5 - Other?

128 GB SSD is small. Maybe go bigger?

Upgrade my CPU? Though I don't believe this is my current bottleneck.

New Chair? - My chair is... working? Tall on the back, comfy enough, etc.

Other? Thoughts?

 

Looking for opinions. In my position what would you do?

 

[21rkosta]

get the 1080, to respond to the other options

 

1- your headphones are fine, especialy for gaming

2- if you realy want windows 10 buy a windows 7 key from somewhere

3- YES

4- wait a few years until vr becomes better and more mainstream

5- ssd is fine size, your cpu is great allready, your chair is fine and if you think its not comfertible enouph get a loveseat-couch from relative or friend (somebody always has extras) and a coffee table, 'nough said