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MikeJoBo
By MikeJoBo
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So i have kind of a unique situation, or perhaps not so unique. Currently i am finding that my rig that i picked up for $300 from a guy off the street is being challenged by the more recent titles of the day for gaming. I want to do a little bit of a system upgrade to be able to bring it up to snuff with 1080p gaming. 

 

My current situation running on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on a Samsung 850 Pro SSD

 

AMD Phenom II X4 965

Asus M5A99X EVO

32 GB DDR3

Nvidia GTX 750ti

 

Purposed upgrade

 

AMD FX-8370 (With h100i for cooling)

AMD RX 480 4GB card of some kind probably an MSI Armor OC version.

 

I did not list the power or memory frequency because it really doesn't matter to me because i have a 1000 watt supply and games dont really use memory so much that it will affect my mood.

 

Basically just looking for validation for what i am doing and any pointers i can get. From everything i have read and watched this seems like the best way to get the last bit of life out of this system without having to upgrade to a different system all together. 

 

Eventually i see myself upgrading to a Ryzen system perhaps next year, but for now i just need to update the system to make it more relevant in today's standards.

 

Please feel free to bash me for posting in the wrong area.

 

 

 

 

 

SPECS:

Idle: 45C

MAX: 77C (24H Prime94 tested @ 21C ambient)

Cinebench: 1683

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.8GHz @ 1.344V Using AIO H100i Corsair Motherboard: Aorus AX370-Gaming K5 RAM: 2x8GB Corsiar Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz GPU: Aorus GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6GB @ 1973Mhz GPU and 8604Mhz Memory Storage: WD Black NVME PCIe 256GB (Boot), Samsung 850 Pro SSD 256GB Rapid mode enabled (Fast storage), Seagate Baracuda 7200 2TB, WD Blue 5400 1TB (Backup for Windows only) PSU: EVGA 1000 Watt 80+Gold Case: Phanteks P400 Monitor: LG 34 inch ultrawide 2560x1080 75 Hz, Asus VS278 1920x1080 60Hz  Mouse: Corsair Glaive RGB Keyboard: Corsiar K70 LUX Cherry MX Reds Mousepad: World Map China Brand Headset: Audio Technica ATH-M50x w/ Antlion modmic 5.

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unfortunately i wont have the funds for a new system build anytime soon. Otherwise i agree i would wait, however i can get a used 8370 for less than $200 and a decent RX 480 for less than $200, making my upgrade sub $500.

SPECS:

Idle: 45C

MAX: 77C (24H Prime94 tested @ 21C ambient)

Cinebench: 1683

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.8GHz @ 1.344V Using AIO H100i Corsair Motherboard: Aorus AX370-Gaming K5 RAM: 2x8GB Corsiar Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz GPU: Aorus GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6GB @ 1973Mhz GPU and 8604Mhz Memory Storage: WD Black NVME PCIe 256GB (Boot), Samsung 850 Pro SSD 256GB Rapid mode enabled (Fast storage), Seagate Baracuda 7200 2TB, WD Blue 5400 1TB (Backup for Windows only) PSU: EVGA 1000 Watt 80+Gold Case: Phanteks P400 Monitor: LG 34 inch ultrawide 2560x1080 75 Hz, Asus VS278 1920x1080 60Hz  Mouse: Corsair Glaive RGB Keyboard: Corsiar K70 LUX Cherry MX Reds Mousepad: World Map China Brand Headset: Audio Technica ATH-M50x w/ Antlion modmic 5.

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1 minute ago, MikeJoBo said:

unfortunately i wont have the funds for a new system build anytime soon. Otherwise i agree i would wait, however i can get a used 8370 for less than $200 and a decent RX 480 for less than $200, making my upgrade sub $500.

 
 

You can get a NEW 8370 for something like $160. WAIT FOR RYZEN (or if you must upgrade, a Pentium G4560 and the RX 470/480).

Quote me to see my reply!

SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X Motherboard: MSI B450-A Pro Max RAM: 32GB I forget GPU: MSI Vega 56 Storage: 256GB NVMe boot, 512GB Samsung 850 Pro, 1TB WD Blue SSD, 1TB WD Blue HDD PSU: Inwin P85 850w Case: Fractal Design Define C Cooling: Stock for CPU, be quiet! case fans, Morpheus Vega w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 2 for GPU Monitor: 3x Thinkvision P24Q on a Steelcase Eyesite triple monitor stand Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3 Keyboard: Focus FK-9000 (heavily modded) Mousepad: Aliexpress cat special Headphones:  Sennheiser HD598SE and Sony Linkbuds

 

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I am looking for more of a plug and play situation, i am not a heavy user and just need to bump up my performance enough to be able to get 60 fps in most titles.

 

Besides that we dont know any true consumer benchmarks on RYZEN why not just build a new intel system if i was gonna do that or could do that.

SPECS:

Idle: 45C

MAX: 77C (24H Prime94 tested @ 21C ambient)

Cinebench: 1683

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.8GHz @ 1.344V Using AIO H100i Corsair Motherboard: Aorus AX370-Gaming K5 RAM: 2x8GB Corsiar Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz GPU: Aorus GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6GB @ 1973Mhz GPU and 8604Mhz Memory Storage: WD Black NVME PCIe 256GB (Boot), Samsung 850 Pro SSD 256GB Rapid mode enabled (Fast storage), Seagate Baracuda 7200 2TB, WD Blue 5400 1TB (Backup for Windows only) PSU: EVGA 1000 Watt 80+Gold Case: Phanteks P400 Monitor: LG 34 inch ultrawide 2560x1080 75 Hz, Asus VS278 1920x1080 60Hz  Mouse: Corsair Glaive RGB Keyboard: Corsiar K70 LUX Cherry MX Reds Mousepad: World Map China Brand Headset: Audio Technica ATH-M50x w/ Antlion modmic 5.

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