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asadox3050
By asadox3050
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Whats "mid  to high"

Ion (Main Build)                                                                                        Overall Setup

i5 6500 3.2 GHz                                                                     -Blue snowball (White) thanks goodwill

MSI Mortar Arctic                                                                   -Logitech K120

Asus 1060 6GB Dual                                                             -Logitech Daedalus Prime G302

PNY CS1311 120 GB                                                            -Mousepad I made in 1st grade with my name on it                                                 

WD Caviar Blue 1 TB                                                              

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT White 16GB (8x2GB) 2400

NZXT S340 White

Corsair CXM 450W 

 

Lenovo H320 (Old Pre-built PC)                                      Possible upgrade for H320          

i5 650 3.2 GHz (heh)                                                                                    Xeon X3470

Motherboard unknown                                                       Same Motherboard

iGPU                                                                                   GT 1030 (MSI Low Profile Half Height)

Crucial 240GB SSD                                                           Crucial 240GB SSD

6GB DDR3 (4+2GB)                                                           8-10GB DDR3 (4+2+2GB/4+4+2GB)

Lenovo H320 case                                                             Lenovo H320 case

Unknown PSU (210W?)                                                     Same PSU (210W?)    

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1 hour ago, CyberFern0 said:

Wouldn’t that CPU bottleneck a 1080 TI?

Sure, but a 1080 ti at 90% will wreck a 1070 or 1080 at 100% (even paired with an 8700k or similar)

 

The best performance/dollar is to just buy the best GPU possible

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

 

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2 hours ago, asadox3050 said:

Hello everyone! I would like to know where to start upgrading my pc, I use it mostly for gaming

My build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/asadox3050/saved/tthQVn

Budget is kinda mid to high range

Im from mexico

BUILD THIS....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.08 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($165.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($60.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.79 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($309.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.33 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: BenQ - GW2270H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($126.09 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($28.33 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1092.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-15 16:18 EDT-0400

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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