PC Upgrade Opinions/Advice?

[elKz]

I've been using my current system (in signature, hopefully) for 5 years in May, It has bee excellent for me but parts keep failing and being out of warranty It's becoming increasingly expensive to constantly replace them, in the last 12 months alone my RAM, PSU & Motherboard have all had issues - even If only minor. I'm looking to upgrade to the below spec and would just like some input on it, If people would change anything If It were there builds or potentially any issues I could run into.

 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
CPU: Intel i7 8700K
Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z370-E
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator 3000Mhz
PSU: Corsair RM650x
Cooling: Corsair H115i PRO
Fans: Corsair LL120 x3

All parts below are being moved from the old to the new system.

 

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW 8GB
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
SSD: Samsung 850 PRO 256GB
HDD: 1TB Western Digital 7200RPM

Audio: SoundBlaster Zx

[TheNaitsyrk]

1 minute ago, elKz said:

I've been using my current system (in signature, hopefully) for 5 years in May, It has bee excellent for me but parts keep failing and being out of warranty It's becoming increasingly expensive to constantly replace them, in the last 12 months alone my RAM, PSU & Motherboard have all had issues - even If only minor. I'm looking to upgrade to the below spec and would just like some input on it, If people would change anything If It were there builds or potentially any issues I could run into.

 

Case: Fractal Design Meshify C
CPU: Intel i7 8700K
Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z370-E
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator 3000Mhz
PSU: Corsair RM650x
Cooling: Corsair H115i PRO

All parts below are being moved from the old to the new system.

 

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW 8GB
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
SSD: Samsung 850 PRO 256GB
HDD: 1TB Western Digital 7200RPM

Audio: SoundBlaster Zx

Looks fine. However, I'd wait for GTX 2080 to come out 1st, but that's up to you.

[elKz]

4 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Looks fine. However, I'd wait for GTX 2080 to come out 1st, but that's up to you.

Thanks for the input, good to know everything looks good but I did add halfway down the post: "All parts below are being moved from the old to the new system". 

 

[Jurrunio]

8600k is better value for money, since hyper threading isn't all that useful to a 6 core CPU in games. If you do more than gaming then get 8700k because you can afford it apparently

 

Other than that, nothing seems wrong.

 

[elKz]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

8600k is better value for money, since hyper threading isn't all that useful to a 6 core CPU in games. If you do more than gaming then get 8700k because you can afford it apparently

 

Other than that, nothing seems wrong.

 

I was considering going for the 8600K but jumping from a 4770K to a 8700K seems the logical choice for me, seeing as the gains per generation are quite small I may as well make the biggest jump I can right now, ignoring the $500+ processors. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

3 minutes ago, elKz said:

Thanks for the input, good to know everything looks good but I did add halfway down the post: "All parts below are being moved from the old to the new system". 

 

To be fair, also not sure if you wanna go with Intel because upgrading in the future will be expensive, new mobo new processor. With AMD's it's just the processor, and ZEN 2 is around the corner. Not saying you should buy Zen but perhaps wait and see what ZEN 2 has to offer?

 

You know, consider all options.

[elKz]

2 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

To be fair, also not sure if you wanna go with Intel because upgrading in the future will be expensive, new mobo new processor. With AMD's it's just the processor, and ZEN 2 is around the corner. Not saying you should buy Zen but perhaps wait and see what ZEN 2 has to offer?

 

You know, consider all options.

If It wasn't for the fact that my PC was literally on It's last legs then I could wait, I wouldn't mind waiting even. But, trying to work on a system that doesn't want to work and Is constantly costing me money I think the cheaper option would be to upgrade now. 

[TheNaitsyrk]

2 minutes ago, elKz said:

If It wasn't for the fact that my PC was literally on It's last legs then I could wait, I wouldn't mind waiting even. But, trying to work on a system that doesn't want to work and Is constantly costing me money I think the cheaper option would be to upgrade now. 

I'm just sharing personal experience. I bought a 780 TI in 2014, and a month later 980 came out, and I was REALLY mad because prices were essentially the same. From then onwards I always wait for big releases.

[Streetguru]

18 minutes ago, elKz said:

 

What's your monitor set up?

If you don't need the absolutely best 144hz gaming performance you could save some cash with an R5 1600

It also might just be worth selling your GTX 1080 while pricing is insane and living on an R5 2400G APU for the time being, would be fine for 1080p gaming

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

To be fair, also not sure if you wanna go with Intel because upgrading in the future will be expensive, new mobo new processor. With AMD's it's just the processor, and ZEN 2 is around the corner. Not saying you should buy Zen but perhaps wait and see what ZEN 2 has to offer?

 

You know, consider all options.

Minor correction, the one coming this year is Zen+, or Ryzen 2000 series. Zen 2 will come in late 2019

[elKz]

3 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

I'm just sharing personal experience. I bought a 780 TI in 2014, and a month later 980 came out, and I was REALLY mad because prices were essentially the same. From then onwards I always wait for big releases.

Yeah, I can understand where you're coming from. It's happened to me in the past but I'm essentially getting the 8700K for free so even If that does happen It's not going to kill me inside.

 

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

What's your monitor set up?

If you don't need the absolutely best 144hz gaming performance you could save some cash with an R5 1600

Main: 1440p 144Hz

Secondary: 1080p 144Hz

So I'd say I'm probably better off sticking with the 8700K at the moment then.

[Streetguru]

Just now, elKz said:

Yeah, I can understand where you're coming from. It's happened to me in the past but I'm essentially getting the 8700K for free so even If that does happen It's not going to kill me inside.

 

Main: 1440p 144Hz

Secondary: 1080p 144Hz

So I'd say I'm probably better off sticking with the 8700K at the moment then.

Well are you going to notice the difference between 100fps in the average AAA game and 120+ fps?

Because the Ryzen set up is like $200 cheaper at least

I grabbed the first Z370 board I saw with an alright looking VRM.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Wz9yTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Wz9yTH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($188.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($183.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $447.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LqtxFt/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($339.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($151.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($183.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $704.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Maslofski]

id get a NH-D15 over a h115i

 

-its louder then nhd15

-its the same temps as the nhd15

-i RMAd my h115i and the replacement broke after a month