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Buying new gaming pc

Hi! Im going to be going off of the guidelines to explain my situation

1. Budget & Location

I am buying a new pc for this summer. I have saved up a total of $2,000 USD. I wouldn't like to use all of it, but if I have to I will. I live in North Eastern United States. Climate is cold winters and warm summers. 

2. Aim

I will be using this pc for gaming and school work, and I do plan on bringing this computer to college with me. I don't plan on really playing AAA titles. Probably CS:GO, Osu and Overwatch. I would like to run them at higher frames then I have now so I can use a 240hz monitor. Right now I'm using a computer I built a few years back with a GTX 1070 founders and i5 and it runs all games well enough for my current 140hz monitor.

3. Monitors

I right now have and will be using two 27in curved Samsung monitors running at 1920x1080 60hz. Also one 27in 140hz Asus monitor running at 1920x1080. I plan on upgrading the Asus monitor to another monitor that runs 240hz.

4. Peripherals

I do not need to purchase any peripherals. I will be using a wired connection so I WiFi card is not a necessity but would be ideal. I already have a Black widow v2 and a Razer hyperflux. I would like to use any Windows 10 edition.

5. Why are you upgrading?

I am planning to upgrade because my PC is a couple years old, it's not running as fast as it used to. I am also planning to upgrade to a 240hz monitor so I would like a pc that can keep up with that.

 

Thanks 

 

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You won't see that much improvement in buying a whole new computer. You already have a good gaming computer so the only thing I'd upgrade would be the GPU. Your PC is running slower because you have been using it for years and probably didn't reinstall windows in all this time. Do a complete reinstall of windows and you'll find that your pc is just as fast as it was when you bought it. 

Also could you please write the whole specs of your current PC.

CPU: 2x Xeon E5 2670 Motherboard: ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16,  RAM: 64GB of 1333 MHz mermory from Samsung (ECC),  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070,  Case: NZXT Switch 810, Storage: Samsug EVO 250GB and 500GB, 3x3 TB and 1x1TB  HDD  PSU: Corsair RM 850,  Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2s,  Headset: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO black edition (80 ohm), OS: UnRaid with two VMs and Plex 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF B360-Pro Gaming (Wi-Fi) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($123.24 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($166.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($213.13 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card  ($774.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($103.95 @ Trusted Tech Team) 
Total: $1887.24
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-25 10:22 EDT-0400

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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Yes, my build right now has a GTX 1070 founders EVGA Edition, i5 5500k, some weird msi motherboard, Corsair water cooling, case is a mid tower kinda ugly, 250 GB SSD, 2 TB HHD. If I were to replace the graphics card, what should I replace with?

 

Brob I will definitely consider that build tysm

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And if I were to upgrade my GPU, wouldn't my CPU bottleneck it?

 

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