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What should i upgrade?

OrbitalOdin
By OrbitalOdin
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If you could pick one thing for me to upgrade in my build what would it be? Only pick one thing, please. :)

My PC Build:
 

Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03
Motherboard: Asus z170-AR 
CPU: i5 6600K
Graphics Card: Asus Dual GTX 1070
RAM:16 GB Corsair vengeance 2667 Mhz (white)
Power Supply: Corsair CS650M power supply
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB SSD, WD Black 1 TB HDD
Fans: 2x140mm Corsair fans and 4x120mm Corsair Fans, all white LED
Optical Drives: Asus 24B3ST DVD Reader

Monitor: Asus VX24AH 2560x1440p
Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma
Mouse: Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma V.2

System

  • CPU
    i6600K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z170-AR
  • RAM
    DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 2133Mhz, 2x8GB
  • GPU
    Asus Dual GTX 1070
  • Case
    Corsair Carbide Spec-03
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, WD Black 1 TB
  • PSU
    Corsair CS650M (Painted White)
  • Display(s)
    NS28DD310NA15 Insignia 24" 720p (Upgrading Soon)
  • Cooling
    Hyper 212 Evo, Corsair 4x120mm and 2x140mm White LED
  • Keyboard
    Cyborg V.5 w/Red Backlighting (Upgrading Soon)
  • Mouse
    Logitech G-something (Upgrading Soon)
  • Sound
    On-board Chipset
  • Operating System
    Windows 10

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Well, it really doesn't need an upgrade right now. If I had to think of one thing, I'd probably upgrade the case to something with better airflow and cable management. If you mean a performance upgrade, then a CPU upgrade might be in order, but really the 6600k is fine right now and even for a year or so longer.

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My PC:

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2GHz

Cooler: Stock Wraith Spire

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3000mHz 16GB DDR4 (2x8GB) RGB

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming ATX

SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB 2.5"

HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200rpm

GPU: Asus ROG Strix OC GTX 1060 6GB

Case: Cooler Master H500P

PSU: Corsair RM650i 650W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Fans: 4x Cooler Master Masterfan Pro 120 Air Balance

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Potato Laptop (Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook, 2013):

CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge i5 3337U @ 1.8GHz

RAM: 8GB DDR3 2133mhz SODIMM (1x4GB Samsung, 1x4GB Kingston)

SSD: Kingston 24GB SSD (originally for caching)

HDD: HGST 500GB 5400rpm

GPU: Intel HD 4000 Graphics

OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

 

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Either the SSD or the monitor?

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the 6600k for a 6700/7700k, or upgrade the 1070 to a 1080.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Get a 6700K if anything

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I would like to go to a CPU with hyperthreading (7700k would be awesome), so probably one of the i7s that is compatible with my board. Upgrading to 1080 would be nice too except for GPU costs being sky high right now. Plus if I upgraded the GPU I would feel like the monitor would need an upgrade as well to not be wasted power. The CPU was the only part I didn't buy new in my whole build, so that's partially why I want to go with that one. I knew it worked and it was never overclocked (before I got it).  As far as the monitor goes, I'm not terribly worried about going over 60 Hz. I would rather have 2k or 4k resolution with 60 Hz (Again 4k needing a 1080 or higher to be optimal)

What about soft line/hard line water cooling? or just an AiO for the CPU? So far my temps in my case are pretty good. Idle with overclocking doesn't go over 30 Celsius, and in use usually around 50-60.

System

  • CPU
    i6600K
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z170-AR
  • RAM
    DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 2133Mhz, 2x8GB
  • GPU
    Asus Dual GTX 1070
  • Case
    Corsair Carbide Spec-03
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 Evo 250GB, WD Black 1 TB
  • PSU
    Corsair CS650M (Painted White)
  • Display(s)
    NS28DD310NA15 Insignia 24" 720p (Upgrading Soon)
  • Cooling
    Hyper 212 Evo, Corsair 4x120mm and 2x140mm White LED
  • Keyboard
    Cyborg V.5 w/Red Backlighting (Upgrading Soon)
  • Mouse
    Logitech G-something (Upgrading Soon)
  • Sound
    On-board Chipset
  • Operating System
    Windows 10

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