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Flyingfish
By Flyingfish
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Full spec list:

i7 6700k

MSI gtx 970 

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING, Socket-1151

Kingston ValueRam DDR4 2133MHz 16GB

samsung EVO 850 250GB

500GB Toshiba HDD 

620W psu silver power

air cooler

BIG case lel

 

money isnt really a issue tho, But i dont throw it out the window.

i was thinking of a nvme drive, But idk.

What do you think i should upgrade during christmas?

 

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Just now, Flyingfish said:

Should i wait for amd releasing their graphic cards? Maybe nvidia needs to take down their prices then

With the most recent news about AMD's Vega being better/equal to a 1080, i'd definitely wait for those.

 

 

         

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33 minutes ago, Flyingfish said:

Full spec list:

i7 6700k

MSI gtx 970 

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING, Socket-1151

Kingston ValueRam DDR4 2133MHz 16GB

samsung EVO 850 250GB

500GB Toshiba HDD 

620W psu silver power

air cooler

BIG case lel

 

money isnt really a issue tho, But i dont throw it out the window.

i was thinking of a nvme drive, But idk.

What do you think i should upgrade during christmas?

 

looking at your name made me hungry (can't remember the last time I ate a flying fish) q.q... GPU would be a good upgrade but since you're waiting to see what vega is like then another ssd would be great (just not nvm unless you do video editing or something)

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  1. GPU to a 1070 or better
  2. Sexier RAM
  3. Better PSU
  4. NVMe is likely useless for what you do

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3 hours ago, Flyingfish said:

Full spec list:

i7 6700k

MSI gtx 970 

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING, Socket-1151

Kingston ValueRam DDR4 2133MHz 16GB

samsung EVO 850 250GB

500GB Toshiba HDD 

620W psu silver power

air cooler

BIG case lel

 

money isnt really a issue tho, But i dont throw it out the window.

i was thinking of a nvme drive, But idk.

What do you think i should upgrade during christmas?

 

New PSU, maybe a corsair rmx?

Bigger HDD?

Newer GPU, 1070?

Nicer RAM, something like corsair LPX

Water cooler?

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