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DutchTexan
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I'm purchasing a new smartphone every two/three years.


When it comes to desktops it's a bit more complicated. I'm still using the PC i've build in 2013. They only thing I upgraded was storage and a new graphics card. Most people still game on 1080p60fps, but I'm looking forward to seeing more 21:9 aspect support.
 

I'm currently waiting to see how VR will develop however, I'm planning to upgrade to Ryzen 7 this year. 

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In my case, a $600 Ryzen 3 + GTX 1050 PC.

 

2018:

  • Another 8GB stick of RAM
  • CPU Cooler
  • 3TB HDD Storage
  • LED Lights

2019 

  • GTX 1080
  • 1440p 120+ Hz Monitor

2020

  • Ryzen 7 CPU
  • 1 TB SSD Storage

PC Build: R5-1600.  Scythe Mugen 5.  GTX 1060.  120 GB SSD.  1 TB HDD.  FDD Mini C.  8 GB RAM (3000 MHz).  Be Quiet Pure Wings 2.  Capstone-550.  Deepcool 350 RGB.

Peripherals: Qisan Magicforce (80%) w/ Gateron Blues.  Razer Naga Chroma.  Lenovo 24" 1440p IPS.  PS4 Controller.

Audio: Focusrite (Solo, 2nd), SM57, Triton Fethead, AKG c214, Sennheiser HD598's, ATH-M50x, AKG K240, Novation Launchkey

Wishlist: MP S-87, iPad, Yamaha HS5's, more storage

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2018: a 2 or 4 TB SSD, and a NAS array with at least 15 TB of storage. Hopefully also a 3440x1440 ultrawide G-sync monitor.

2019: Zen 2 or 3. 8 core variant.

2020: New Nvidia x80 TI GPU (Volta or its successor).

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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+4 or 8GB of DDR3 RAM used

Xeon 1231/1240 v3 used

Replace my shit RX 480 if possible (to a 1060 3g/6g or 980)

 

 

 

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I read that a major company (Samsung I think?) said that they plan on getting SSD storage down to current HDD price per GB levels by 2020.  It would be amazing to get a 3TB SSD for $75 and nothing else for storage.

PC Build: R5-1600.  Scythe Mugen 5.  GTX 1060.  120 GB SSD.  1 TB HDD.  FDD Mini C.  8 GB RAM (3000 MHz).  Be Quiet Pure Wings 2.  Capstone-550.  Deepcool 350 RGB.

Peripherals: Qisan Magicforce (80%) w/ Gateron Blues.  Razer Naga Chroma.  Lenovo 24" 1440p IPS.  PS4 Controller.

Audio: Focusrite (Solo, 2nd), SM57, Triton Fethead, AKG c214, Sennheiser HD598's, ATH-M50x, AKG K240, Novation Launchkey

Wishlist: MP S-87, iPad, Yamaha HS5's, more storage

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That will totally depend on what all might come out these next few years, both game- and hardware-wise. As it sits right now I probably won't mess with it unless something breaks, I'm actually pretty content at the moment.

Anyone who tells you that you can't do something is unimaginative and probably a coward.

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3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Replace my shit RX 480 if possible (to a 1060 3g/6g or 980)

Isn't that the graphics card that cryptominers nearly doubled in value?

 

Why not sell it while it's at peak now and get the GPU you want?

PC Build: R5-1600.  Scythe Mugen 5.  GTX 1060.  120 GB SSD.  1 TB HDD.  FDD Mini C.  8 GB RAM (3000 MHz).  Be Quiet Pure Wings 2.  Capstone-550.  Deepcool 350 RGB.

Peripherals: Qisan Magicforce (80%) w/ Gateron Blues.  Razer Naga Chroma.  Lenovo 24" 1440p IPS.  PS4 Controller.

Audio: Focusrite (Solo, 2nd), SM57, Triton Fethead, AKG c214, Sennheiser HD598's, ATH-M50x, AKG K240, Novation Launchkey

Wishlist: MP S-87, iPad, Yamaha HS5's, more storage

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Just now, minervx said:

Isn't that the graphics card that cryptominers nearly doubled in value?

 

Why not sell it while it's at peak now and get the GPU you want?

Cause Canada

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4 minutes ago, Phentos said:

2018: a 2 or 4 TB SSD, and a NAS array with at least 15 TB of storage.

2019: Zen 2 or 3. 8 core variant.

2020: New Nvidia x80 TI GPU (Volta or its successor).

I suggest getting the Toshiba p300 3tb HDD

Cheap, good and fast. No problems so far

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It depends.

 

I'm already satisfied with my build seeing as I spent well over 4 grand on it's upkeep and upgrades this year alone. 

 

The next path for me starts in 2019 where I learn how to do hardline tubing, and maybe put some nice cablemod cables and some nice LED strips. I'm just focusing on aesthetic at this point. Who knows what the future will bring in terms of tech.

"The only thing that matters right now is that you're here, and you're safe."

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This month:

New cpu block and mobo

 

2018 Q1/Q2

2070/2080/1080 ti

1440p ultrawide

 

2019/2020

Highest end Zen3, maybe new mobo

2170/2180/2180 ti

Want to custom loop?  Ask me more if you are curious

 

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1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Cause Canada

I know the feels. Everyone lowballing just to make a buck.

"The only thing that matters right now is that you're here, and you're safe."

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Just now, Ethocreeper said:

I suggest getting the Toshiba p300 3tb HDD

Cheap, good and fast. No problems so far

I wanted my build to be SSD-only. NAS will have WD Blacks and Reds.

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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Just now, Ethocreeper said:

Ups wanted to reply to @minervx

Ah. No problem.

New Build (The Compromise): CPU - i7 9700K @ 5.1Ghz | Mobo - ASRock Z390 Taichi | RAM - 16GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200CL14 @ 3466 14-14-14-30 1T | GPU - ASUS Strix GTX 1080 TI | Cooler - Corsair h100i Pro | SSDs - 500 GB 960 EVO + 500 GB 850 EVO + 1TB MX300 | Case - Coolermaster H500 | PSU - EVGA 850 P2 | Monitor - LG 32GK850G-B 144hz 1440p | OS - Windows 10 Pro. 

Peripherals - Corsair K70 Lux RGB | Corsair Scimitar RGB | Audio-technica ATH M50X + Antlion Modmic 5 |

CPU/GPU history: Athlon 6000+/HD4850 > i7 2600k/GTX 580, R9 390, R9 Fury > i7 7700K/R9 Fury, 1080TI > Ryzen 1700/1080TI > i7 9700K/1080TI.

Other tech: Surface Pro 4 (i5/128GB), Lenovo Ideapad Y510P w/ Kali, OnePlus 6T (8G/128G), PS4 Slim.

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2018:

- get another HDD, or a 2tb HDD

- RGB LED

- new case 

- 2 more fans

- new mouse

- new keyboard

- 1070Ti or 1080

- new speakers

 

2018-9:

- 1440p ultrawide or 1440p 144hz 

- 500gb SSD

 

2019+

- custom liquid cooling (maybe)

- 4k 144hz 

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Don't really need or have any changes planned for the next few years, and when it is finally time to upgrade, it will be a total rig rebuild, probably just keeping the PSU and perhaps the GPU, depending how far away it is and how much I still game

 

Oh, and my drives xD or at least the SSDs.. the HDD might be kind of old by then

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Throughout the year, I plan on completely upgrading every part of my PC, except the power supply.

 

Motherboard: MSI Gaming M3 H170 > Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero (already own this right now).

Case: NZXT S340 > Unknown, need case that will let me install the new motherboard.

Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 560 TI > Gigabyte G1 GTX 1070.

RAM: Hyperx Fury 2x4 GB DDR4 > Corsair 2x8 GB DDR4.

Monitor: Generic 1080P TV > Asus ROG Swift PG248Q.

CPU: Intel Pentium G4500 > Intel Core i7-7700

 

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Somewhere in 2018 I would like to upgrade my 770 to something bang for the buck 1070 perhaps? Maybe amd dunno. Would like to get some more ram as well if I can find a second kit of what I already have second hand I'll snatch it.  

 

For now CPU is fine perhaps in 2019ish I'll rebuild with 2nd gen zen (if they go Intel naming scheme) the r5 2600 or something but that means new board CPU and ram. So I'll see. 

 

Maybe I'll pick up the fluid gaming stuff from ek if I have extra budget at some point. Because liquid cooling is baller AF 

 

Probably I'll try to go down 1 size from atx to matx if I do the CPU swap. 

 

Lots of maybe, its and perhaps haha but the gpu upgrade will happen for sure. 

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36 minutes ago, ZombieLloyd said:

Throughout the year, I plan on completely upgrading every part of my PC, except the power supply.

 

Motherboard: MSI Gaming M3 H170 > Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero (already own this right now).

Case: NZXT S340 > Unknown, need case that will let me install the new motherboard.

Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 560 TI > Gigabyte G1 GTX 1070.

RAM: Hyperx Fury 2x4 GB DDR4 > Corsair 2x8 GB DDR4.

Monitor: Generic 1080P TV > Asus ROG Swift PG248Q.

CPU: Intel Pentium G4500 > Intel Core i7-7700

 

Why not 4*4 gb ram? Might be cheaper upgrade you should have the ram slots for it

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2017: More NVMe SSD's and new Graphics Card

2018: More Redundant Hard Disk Drive Array and Addition of SAS Expander

2019: New Motherboard, DDR5 Memory, new CPU's(third generation Epyc or Intel Icelake-SP)

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