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What should I go for next with my PC Build?

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So, lately, I've had a heavy want to upgrade something in my PC, but I'm at a difficult place with my PC build not really being able to upgrade to a one of the latest CPU's or whatever without having to upgrade my RAM and Motherboard all together! So, what do you guys think? Should I just man-up and just save up some money to upgrade all those together or should I do something else?

 

PC Build:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K 3.50 GHz (with stock cooler)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GRX 1070 8 GB VRAm

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-E

RAM: 16.0 GB DDR3 799 MHz

 

What do you guys think?

 

I've also got a pretty low budget at the time, but looking for prices around 300 or less.

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A better cooler for overclocking

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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a haswell i7/xeon will still perform well in games, you can try that.

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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The system itself is still performs well today. An overclock able 4th gen i5 should last you a few more years. I recommend a better cooler just like @jurrunio did.

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21 minutes ago, Arrent said:

So, lately, I've had a heavy want to upgrade something in my PC, but I'm at a difficult place with my PC build not really being able to upgrade to a one of the latest CPU's or whatever without having to upgrade my RAM and Motherboard all together! So, what do you guys think? Should I just man-up and just save up some money to upgrade all those together or should I do something else?

 

PC Build:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K 3.50 GHz (with stock cooler)

GPU: EVGA GeForce GRX 1070 8 GB VRAm

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-E

RAM: 16.0 GB DDR3 799 MHz

 

What do you guys think?

 

I've also got a pretty low budget at the time, but looking for prices around 300 or less.

If you can find i7 then get it. If not, I would recommend a better cooler for OC since both your CPU and MOBO allow OC.

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[CPU] i5-4690K @ 4.5GHz with NZXT Kraken X61 [MOBO] Asus Z97-AR [Memory] HyperX Fury 32GB DDR3-1600 [Storage] Samsung 840 EVO 500GB & WD 1TB Black & Hitachi 1TB [GPU] Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming [Case] Corsair Air 540 [PSU] Cooler Master V1000 [Case Fan] Corsair SP140 LED Fan x 3 & SP120 LED Fan x 3 [Display] Main: Philips 31.5" FULL HD IPS | Side: Philips 28" 4K UHD [Keyboard] Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth Edition [Mouse] Razer Ouroboros [Mouse Pad] Razer Firefly [Sound] BOSE Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System

 

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44 minutes ago, Arrent said:
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oh shit when did it release.

 EVGA GeForce GRX 1070 

The geek himself.

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