Upgrading PC

[Poak]

Looking to upgrade my current PC Thinking of getting a new CPU and upgrading to some SSD. 

 

Wondering what would be a good choice which will not break my wallet but still be nice.

 

Thanks

[Blackhole890]

1 minute ago, Poak said:

Looking to upgrade my current PC Thinking of getting a new CPU and upgrading to some SSD. 

 

Wondering what would be a good choice which will not break my wallet but still be nice.

 

Thanks

budget? location? for what are you using for? gaming? photoshop/3d rendering? 

[Poak]

Budget Maybe 700-800 could push to $1000 maybe if worth it

Location Australia 

Mostly Gaming 

[iRileyx]

What are your current specs if youre only upgrading, not rebuilding?

[Blackhole890]

1 minute ago, Poak said:

Budget Maybe 700-800 could push to $1000 maybe if worth it

Location Australia 

Mostly Gaming 

remember to quote people or they wont get your message...

 

 

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[WkdPaul]

1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

remember to quote people or they wont get your message...

 

 

The OP always gets notifications when someone post in his thread.

[SeanAngelo]

5 minutes ago, Poak said:

Budget Maybe 700-800 could push to $1000 maybe if worth it

Location Australia 

Mostly Gaming 

current specs?

[Poak]

6 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

What are your current specs if youre only upgrading, not rebuilding?

CPU: Intel i7 3820 @ 3.60ghz 

Motherboard: X79 Extreme 3 (I Think)

GPU: Nivida 980

 

[Sir Asvald]

10 minutes ago, Poak said:

CPU: Intel i7 3820 @ 3.60ghz 

Motherboard: X79 Extreme 3 (I Think)

GPU: Nivida 980

 

Your system is fine. Why would get an entirely new PC? You said you've got $1K AUD? Get a new GPU, SSD's. Also what PSU do you have?

[Poak]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

Your system is fine. Why would get an entirely new PC? You said you've got $1K AUD? Get a new GPU, SSD's. Also what PSU do you have?

Don't want to get a whole new PC. Just want to upgrading the hard drives to SSD's and thought a better CPU would help but not sure.

 

Have a 800 watt power supply 

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Poak said:

Don't want to get a whole new PC. Just want to upgrading the hard drives to SSD's and thought a better CPU would help but not sure.

 

Have a 800 watt power supply 

Depends on what you do. I'd keep the CPU unless you want overclock. Also, hardware prices in AUS are really expensive? how much would 1070 cost? You could also get A Samsung SSD. 

[Poak]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

Depends on what you do. I'd keep the CPU unless you want overclock. Also, hardware prices in AUS are really expensive? how much would 1070 cost? You could also get A Samsung SSD. 

Mostly just do gaming at the moment. A 1070 would cost around $650 AUD. Also would you suggest going full SSD or just for the operating system 

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Poak said:

Mostly just do gaming at the moment. A 1070 would cost around $650 AUD. Also would you suggest going full SSD or just for the operating system 

Well, I'd get an SSD and install windows on that. If you've got an mechanical drives then you could use them as extra storage.

[Poak]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Well, I'd get an SSD and install windows on that. If you've got an mechanical drives then you could use them as extra storage.

Ok would a 250Gb SSD be fine for Windows. Also is the 1070 a big upgrade from a 980 or would i not really notice. 

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, Poak said:

Ok would a 250Gb SSD be fine for Windows. Also is the 1070 a big upgrade from a 980 or would i not really notice. 

Yes, 250GB would be enough. As for 1070, it is much better than the 980. I'm sure Linus has a comparison video. 

 

 

[Poak]

2 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Yes, 250GB would be enough. As for 1070, it is much better than the 980. I'm sure Linus has a comparison video. 

 

 

OK thanks for the help

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, Poak said:

OK thanks for the help

No problem.