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18 hours ago, xizth said:

for the psu thing , im going to get an ups because where i live the electricity often went out, will it be good?

Yeah, it will help the PSU to last longer which may be enough for it to work properly especially if you have unstable/dirty power ;) 

So i have this real old pc ,maybe abt 8+ years ago, i have changed some part of it, i need some suggestion on what to change,

would like to play games on 1080p @144hz m futureproof for 5+ years and new upcoming games , so this is what i have now :

 

Motherboard : ASUS H81M-K

Graphic Cards : GeFroce GT 620

RAM : SAMSUNG PC3-12800 8GB (2x4GB) 11-11-11-28

CPU : i7-4790K 4.0 Ghz

HDD : ST1000DM003-1ER162 1TB , ST3500312CS 500GB

PSU : Thermaltake Litepower LT-700P 700W  Black Edition

Case : SMC5825

 

i have set my eyes on gtx 1070, its kinda hard for me to find a good brand in my electronic shops,

i dont know which electronic shop i can trust for ordering parts, 

and i hope i dont need to change my cpu , motherboard , psu , case that i bought last year, 
but if i 'really' need to change it then would like a suggestion, will try to find some good online shop

what i really want to know is, will my system good to go ? will it bottleneck ? and i didnt think of ocing my system yet

im going to run windows 10 after i get gtx 1070. ask me if theres some information you need , thanks for reading 

edit : i just learned abt pc upgrading year ago (noob here)

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8 plus years old?!

and a 4790k?!

Just buy the 1070, and you can max out all the games at 1080p 144hz.

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My computers as of 2017/03

 

My Old PC

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Dell Vostro 260 $150 2010

CPU: i3-2120@3.3Ghz, GPU: Intel HD Graphics 2000, ATI Radeon X1300, RAM: 4GB Axevir Budget Series, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: random 250GB and random 160 GB, CASE: Crap from Dell, OS: Windows 7 Enterprise

My Current PC

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Custom Build $1200 2016

CPU: i5-6600k@3.6Ghz, GPU: Sapphire R9 Fury, RAM: 16GB Geil EVO X, SSD: 240GB Radeon R7, HDD: Hitachi 500GB, CASE: Deepcool Kendomen, OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit

Laptop

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ASUS F8S $1150 2008

CPU: Core 2 Duo T7500, GPU: ATI 2400 Mobility, RAM: 8GB Mushkins, SSHD: 1TB Seagate Hybrid Drive, OS: Windows 7 Ultimate N and Windows 10 Professional

HTPC

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MSi Cubi $200 2016

CPU: Pentium 3805u@1.9Ghz, GPU: Intel HD, RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR3L, SSD: 120GB Radeon R7

 

Other Laptop

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HP 2210b $400 2009

CPU: Core 2 Duo T8100@2.1Ghz, GPU: Intel GM965, RAM: 2GB Hynix, HDD: Hitachi 160GB, OS: Linux Mint 17.3 and Lubuntu

*All Prices in the Canadian Dollar

 

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Well your motherboard, CPU and RAM plus case can stay the same but ermmmm...that PSU isn't very high quality. Yes it's rated for 700watt and whatever but it's made with pretty bad components where I wouldn't pair it with a $500 GPU with it...Everything is fine but that PSU is something of concern to us. Yes it will probably be fine and whatever but do you feel like risking it? :/ 

 

On a side note, you can't OC your CPU with that motherboard so...rip? :( 

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I would just get the GTX 1070 and your be rocking it. 

 

The Intel i7-4790k has only been out for 2 years. http://ark.intel.com/products/80807/Intel-Core-i7-4790K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_40-GHz

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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7 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

8 plus years old?!

and a 4790k?!

Just buy the 1070, and you can max out all the games at 1080p 144hz.

i did say 'and i hope i dont need to change my cpu , motherboard , psu , case that i bought last year' 
hope it answer ur question, thanks for the input 

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7 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

8 plus years old?!

and a 4790k?!

Just buy the 1070, and you can max out all the games at 1080p 144hz.

i did say 'and i hope i dont need to change my cpu , motherboard , psu , case that i bought last year' 
hope it answer ur question, thanks for the input 

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Well your motherboard, CPU and RAM plus case can stay the same but ermmmm...that PSU isn't very high quality. Yes it's rated for 700watt and whatever but it's made with pretty bad components where I wouldn't pair it with a $500 GPU with it...Everything is fine but that PSU is something of concern to us. Yes it will probably be fine and whatever but do you feel like risking it? :/ 

 

On a side note, you can't OC your CPU with that motherboard so...rip? :( 

for the psu thing , im going to get an ups because where i live the electricity often went out, will it be good? 
about the ocing, i think there will be people will ask abt, am i going to do oc or no, and i knew my motherboard cant oc 
thanks for the input
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41 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Well your motherboard, CPU and RAM plus case can stay the same but ermmmm...that PSU isn't very high quality. Yes it's rated for 700watt and whatever but it's made with pretty bad components where I wouldn't pair it with a $500 GPU with it...Everything is fine but that PSU is something of concern to us. Yes it will probably be fine and whatever but do you feel like risking it? :/ 

 

On a side note, you can't OC your CPU with that motherboard so...rip? :( 

for the psu thing , im going to get an ups because where i live the electricity often went out, will it be good? 
about the ocing, i think there will be people will ask abt, am i going to do oc or no, and i knew my motherboard cant oc 
thanks for the input


sry for double post , im noob with forum system 

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18 hours ago, xizth said:

for the psu thing , im going to get an ups because where i live the electricity often went out, will it be good?

Yeah, it will help the PSU to last longer which may be enough for it to work properly especially if you have unstable/dirty power ;) 

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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