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Hello guys,

 

since i am looking to buy a 21:9, 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor in the near future, a want a system that can keep up with that. I am mostly going to play League and Overwatch. I know they do not support 21:9 as perfect as other new games, but with a new/upgraded system and a new monitor i will for sure try out some of the latest games as well.

 

First of, the parts i wanna keep anyways: Stormtrooper case, 750 Watt something corsair PSU, 250GB Samsung SSD

 

Current Build:

Asus M4A87TD EVO

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

AMD Radeon HD 6770

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB

 

I had in mind to replace all this for quite some time, but just for gaming it may be an option to just swap out the graphics card. 

Below is a comparison of what i would buy and could afford with a complete replacement, and the other option to just replace the graphics card.
Note that if i go for the second option, i would spend more on the graphics card and even get an 1080 Ti.

Therefore the first option would be around 1200€ and the second probably 700€.

 

http://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder/Custom/S51320-M247488.137575.19728.89317vsS3705-M417.251565.19175.89203?tab=CPU

 

So what do you guys think? Would the second option work with the monitor and the games i have in mind for like ... a year until i upgrade everything else?

Since resent games have better support for multiple cores, i feel like my current CPU wont even bottleneck me that hard on 1440p with a high end GPU...

 

Sidequestion: I have a Corsair Closed loop liquid cooler for the Phenom II with a 120x120 radiator, any chance a can somehow custom hobobobo this on a ryzen 7? (I am willing and skilled to put in some modding effort) 

 

PS.: I know the 7700K is a better option for gaming right now, but i would prefer the Ryzen 7 for other (far) future side projects i have in mind

 

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What I think is change your era (Phenom to Haswell) and use the same ram.

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

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Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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34 minutes ago, Shjokz said:

Hello guys,

 

since i am looking to buy a 21:9, 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor in the near future, a want a system that can keep up with that. I am mostly going to play League and Overwatch. I know they do not support 21:9 as perfect as other new games, but with a new/upgraded system and a new monitor i will for sure try out some of the latest games as well.

 

First of, the parts i wanna keep anyways: Stormtrooper case, 750 Watt something corsair PSU, 250GB Samsung SSD

 

Current Build:

Asus M4A87TD EVO

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

AMD Radeon HD 6770

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB

 

I had in mind to replace all this for quite some time, but just for gaming it may be an option to just swap out the graphics card. 

Below is a comparison of what i would buy and could afford with a complete replacement, and the other option to just replace the graphics card.
Note that if i go for the second option, i would spend more on the graphics card and even get an 1080 Ti.

Therefore the first option would be around 1200€ and the second probably 700€.

 

http://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder/Custom/S51320-M247488.137575.19728.89317vsS3705-M417.251565.19175.89203?tab=CPU

 

So what do you guys think? Would the second option work with the monitor and the games i have in mind for like ... a year until i upgrade everything else?

Since resent games have better support for multiple cores, i feel like my current CPU wont even bottleneck me that hard on 1440p with a high end GPU...

 

Sidequestion: I have a Corsair Closed loop liquid cooler for the Phenom II with a 120x120 radiator, any chance a can somehow custom hobobobo this on a ryzen 7? (I am willing and skilled to put in some modding effort) 

 

PS.: I know the 7700K is a better option for gaming right now, but i would prefer the Ryzen 7 for other (far) future side projects i have in mind

 

Corsair makes mounting bracket for AM4 Found Here. 

 

Don't bother with the old hardware.  It won't keep up with a 1080ti no matter the resolution.  

 

Go with the Ryzen build you showed.  I would be careful with the MSI motherboards as they are having  boot issues with AM4 platform as it takes forever.  It happened back in March, and i'm not sure they pushed out an update to fix the issue yet.

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If it's only LoL and Overwatch then a new graphics card like an RX 580 should be able to hold that FPS at that resolution. Other games will require upgrade to at least an i5-4690k or i7-3770k, with a gtx 1070 or 980ti.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Going for Haswell is what I think since you have a good RAM There

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

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My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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