Building a pc first time

[Meoww]

Well hello there im thinking for the past month or two to build a pc why? well im in my 2nd year uni so i figured why not play a little 

 

i do currently have a pc here are the specs 

 

Case- NZXT H440 
Prcessor- i7-5930k
Ram- Hyperx 64gb 
Cooling-  H60 
Storage- 480GB SSD, 2tb Hdd, 1TB Hdd
Motherboard- Msi X99A gaming 7
Video Card- GTX 1080 strix 
Power supply- Corsair HX 850
 

I used to have a 780ti installed but upgraded to 1080 for vr gaming

now im thinking should i build a pc from scratch or should i simply upgrade ?

 

btw i do have a couple hdds lying around probably 3-4tb in total so i was thinking of doing a raid(unfortunately dont know how) for the new build, i do know my pc is a little bit crazy on ram but i used to have alot of applications that use ram + i multitask.

 

ahh yes i would like my new pc to be fully rgb.

 

Now to the budget probably 1300$ and i do live in the Middle east(Kuwait) (our pc market do have 10% inflation)

 

So i would like your suggestions/opinions ?

 

Thanks 

 Meoww

[Guest]

I'd invest in upgrades instread of building a completely new one, get a m.2/pcie NVME ssd, otherwise this is such a high-end machined that you simply have nothing to justify the price of the upgrade.

Mabey get a replacemnet for the h60, h80i v2 mabey? i am very satisfied with it.

[dizmo]

What upgrades do you think you need? I can't really see anything that would give you any real tangible benefit.

Maybe a 4k monitor and a 1080Ti? An NVME drive for Windows?

The cooler's kind of shit and you live in a hot country...though I'm assuming you have air conditioning. Throw one of Corsairs new H150i's in there.

 

Welcome to the forum

[johnny5c]

You're not going to build anything better than what you have for $1300, if really want to play a little build a custom water cooling loop.

[henkka_scorpio]

Yeah totally just upgrade. M.2 Seems like a good idea, you should get one and install OS on it. other than that you can't have enough RGB, I've been using the NZXT hue for 6 months+ and I can recommend it. I can also recommend a 1080 ti and a 4K monitor, though you should get one with a decent IPS or OLED panel. an another option is 1440p 60 or 1440p 144hz.

[Meoww]

5 minutes ago, Konrad Kwasniewski said:

I'd invest in upgrades instread of building a completely new one, get a m.2/pcie NVME ssd, otherwise this is such a high-end machined that you simply have nothing to justify the price of the upgrade.

Mabey get a replacemnet for the h60, h80i v2 mabey? i am very satisfied with it.

True im thinking of getting a m.2 but i do have like 4 hdds lying around and my ssd is pretty much good and tbh i dont care if it takes a little time to load 

 

 

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

What upgrades do you think you need? I can't really see anything that would give you any real tangible benefit.

Maybe a 4k monitor and a 1080Ti? An NVME drive for Windows?

The cooler's kind of shit and you live in a hot country...though I'm assuming you have air conditioning. Throw one of Corsairs new H150i's in there.

 

Welcome to the forum

well i thought of getting a new 1080 to sli but the case is little bit tight that i need to remove some hdd drive bay to fit so you could say a new case probably a 570x

2 minutes ago, johnny5c said:

You're not going to build anything better than what you have for $1300, if really want to play a little build a custom water cooling loop.

will take time + needs to much work put on it to simply work the way i want it 

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, Meoww said:

well i thought of getting a new 1080 to sli but the case is little bit tight that i need to remove some hdd drive bay to fit so you could say a new case probably a 570x

Mmm....nah. SLI isn't really that great, not everything supports it. I'd just get the 1080Ti.

I'm looking at a 570x with the shrink wrap still on the tempered glass panels right now

Gorgeous case. Definitely something you appreciate more when seeing it in person.

[Nazim Pasa]

Your PC is very powerful. You can get a M.2 PCIe SSD and RGB fans. But I would suggest you to buy a good monitor. 

[Meoww]

12 minutes ago, dizmo said:

What upgrades do you think you need? I can't really see anything that would give you any real tangible benefit.

Maybe a 4k monitor and a 1080Ti? An NVME drive for Windows?

The cooler's kind of shit and you live in a hot country...though I'm assuming you have air conditioning. Throw one of Corsairs new H150i's in there.

 

Welcome to the forum

Oh and i forgot im thinking of getting a X62 kraken but the case is a little bit limiting me 

 

5 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Mmm....nah. SLI isn't really that great, not everything supports it. I'd just get the 1080Ti.

I'm looking at a 570x with the shrink wrap still on the tempered glass panels right now

Gorgeous case. Definitely something you appreciate more when seeing it in person.

Well the 1080ti is powerful but the problem is what should i do with my current 1080 and im thinking of skipping the 1080ti in the upgrade plan because i would like to go straight to the

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6 minutes ago, Nazim Pasa said:

Your PC is very powerful. You can get a M.2 PCIe SSD and RGB fans. But I would suggest you to buy a good monitor. 

well i currently have a 4k 60hz monitor (Asus ROG PG27A)

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, Meoww said:

Oh and i forgot im thinking of getting a X62 kraken but the case is a little bit limiting me 

 

Well the 1080ti is powerful but the problem is what should i do with my current 1080 and im thinking of skipping the 1080ti in the upgrade plan because i would like to go straight to the

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well i currently have a 4k 60hz monitor (Asus ROG PG27A)

The xx80Ti is almost always as powerful if not more powerful than the Titan of the same generation. 

 

You could sell the 1080.