Time for an upgrade!

[sleezeep]

Hey everyone, 

The time has come to upgrade the ivy bridge system i have. First of all my budget is $1200, and i live in US. My current system consists of:

i5 3570k

16gb DDR3 Vengance LP

Asus p8 Z77

r9 390x

Various SSD's, and HDD's

some thermaltake 650w psu.

inside a Cooler Master HAF 912 case.

I will be trying to accomplish 2 things with this upgrade. I will be trying to create a Media Center PC, as well as upgrading my main gaming PC. And that's what this systems primary use will be gaming, i play a lot of games but at this time it is mostly; GTAV, World of Warships, DayZ standalone, Cities Skylines, etc. Besides gaming, a lot of video watching mostly in 4k, as well as video compressing for mobile use, and general web browsing, light office work. I currently am running 2 1080 monitors, and use a 4k tv for watching shows, although it is not on most of the time. I do plan on upgrading to at least one larger 4k monitor at some point in the next year or so.

One of the major questions i am asking myself is if i should buy a more media center styled case to put my old system in and reuse the HAF912 for my gaming rig, or make the HAF work in the living room (would have to hide it behind tv stand somehow, but is not a very good looking case anyway).

I will be looking to upgrade these parts:

CPU

RAM

MOBO

PSU

Possibly case? and same with case fans.

I would like to reuse my Noctua NH-D14 on the new system.I will not be looking to upgrade monitors at this time, same with peripherals. As I said i do not need to worry about SSD's or HDD's. I also have a copy of Windows i will be using. I will also be carrying the r9 390x over and dont plan on upgrading that for at least a couple of years.

Thank you everyone for your help, and will be happy to answer any questions. I know i forgot stuff but hopefully didn't leave anything important out.

[genexis_x]

20 minutes ago, sleezeep said:

Hey everyone, 

The time has come to upgrade the ivy bridge system i have. First of all my budget is $1200, and i live in US. My current system consists of:

i5 3570k

16gb DDR3 Vengance LP

Asus p8 Z77

r9 390x

Various SSD's, and HDD's

some thermaltake 650w psu.

inside a Cooler Master HAF 912 case.

I will be trying to accomplish 2 things with this upgrade. I will be trying to create a Media Center PC, as well as upgrading my main gaming PC. And that's what this systems primary use will be gaming, i play a lot of games but at this time it is mostly; GTAV, World of Warships, DayZ standalone, Cities Skylines, etc. Besides gaming, a lot of video watching mostly in 4k, as well as video compressing for mobile use, and general web browsing, light office work. I currently am running 2 1080 monitors, and use a 4k tv for watching shows, although it is not on most of the time. I do plan on upgrading to at least one larger 4k monitor at some point in the next year or so.

One of the major questions i am asking myself is if i should buy a more media center styled case to put my old system in and reuse the HAF912 for my gaming rig, or make the HAF work in the living room (would have to hide it behind tv stand somehow, but is not a very good looking case anyway).

I will be looking to upgrade these parts:

CPU

RAM

MOBO

PSU

Possibly case? and same with case fans.

I would like to reuse my Noctua NH-D14 on the new system.I will not be looking to upgrade monitors at this time, same with peripherals. As I said i do not need to worry about SSD's or HDD's. I also have a copy of Windows i will be using. I will also be carrying the r9 390x over and dont plan on upgrading that for at least a couple of years.

Thank you everyone for your help, and will be happy to answer any questions. I know i forgot stuff but hopefully didn't leave anything important out.

Do you want to overclock? If no then I5 6500/7500, if yes I5 6600k/7600k or Ryzen

For PSU check the tier list. Choose any PSU from Tier 1 to tier 3.

[sleezeep]

I have my current 3570k running at 4.5 stable. So yeah i suppose i will, nothing insane though. Can i get hold-down adapters for my nh-d14 to work on ryzen or would i need a new cooler?

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, sleezeep said:

I have my current 3570k running at 4.5 stable. So yeah i suppose i will, nothing insane though. Can i get hold-down adapters for my nh-d14 to work on ryzen or would i need a new cooler?

yes u can get adpater. ask noctua

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, sleezeep said:

Hey everyone, 

The time has come to upgrade the ivy bridge system i have. First of all my budget is $1200, and i live in US. My current system consists of:

i5 3570k

16gb DDR3 Vengance LP

Asus p8 Z77

r9 390x

Various SSD's, and HDD's

some thermaltake 650w psu.

inside a Cooler Master HAF 912 case.

I will be trying to accomplish 2 things with this upgrade. I will be trying to create a Media Center PC, as well as upgrading my main gaming PC. And that's what this systems primary use will be gaming, i play a lot of games but at this time it is mostly; GTAV, World of Warships, DayZ standalone, Cities Skylines, etc. Besides gaming, a lot of video watching mostly in 4k, as well as video compressing for mobile use, and general web browsing, light office work. I currently am running 2 1080 monitors, and use a 4k tv for watching shows, although it is not on most of the time. I do plan on upgrading to at least one larger 4k monitor at some point in the next year or so.

One of the major questions i am asking myself is if i should buy a more media center styled case to put my old system in and reuse the HAF912 for my gaming rig, or make the HAF work in the living room (would have to hide it behind tv stand somehow, but is not a very good looking case anyway).

I will be looking to upgrade these parts:

CPU

RAM

MOBO

PSU

Possibly case? and same with case fans.

I would like to reuse my Noctua NH-D14 on the new system.I will not be looking to upgrade monitors at this time, same with peripherals. As I said i do not need to worry about SSD's or HDD's. I also have a copy of Windows i will be using. I will also be carrying the r9 390x over and dont plan on upgrading that for at least a couple of years.

Thank you everyone for your help, and will be happy to answer any questions. I know i forgot stuff but hopefully didn't leave anything important out.

hard to go overbudget for yeah. even if i go overkill.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PLXy9W

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PLXy9W
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PLXy9W/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($254.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $884.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-01 03:16 EST-0500

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, sleezeep said:

I have my current 3570k running at 4.5 stable. So yeah i suppose i will, nothing insane though. Can i get hold-down adapters for my nh-d14 to work on ryzen or would i need a new cooler?

YAASS OVER BUDGET BY $20

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QJW4jc

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QJW4jc
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QJW4jc/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($254.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1000W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($279.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1219.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-01 03:16 EST-0500

Edited March 1, 2017 by DeezNoNos

[sleezeep]

Well I am leaning towards 32gb of RAM. It's not often but I can get close to using all of it now. Since I don't plan on going sli/xfire I think 1000w PSU is a bit much. Thinking of going with the be quiet black Rock from the tier 1 PSU list. Is ryzen looking to be the best gaming platform?