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So this is my first time ever posting in a forum so I apologize for not knowing too much about how this works. 

I'm looking to upgrade my gaming PC and know a small bit about systems and how they work but not enough to know if I'm truly optimizing my PC. I will be gaming 90% of the time on it but would like the ability to multi-task as needed. I can only game at 1080p at the moment, but would like the ability to game at 4k (and at least at 60hz) without having to buy a new part in the near future.

 My parts list is here - https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Vacancy1721/saved/#view=wY8RsY 

I was wondering if anyone could look at it and let me know if these parts would make a good build that would last a couple years before needing an upgrade or if I could use better parts. Thanks in advance for any advice!

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

what is your budget?

 

what parts do you allready have? 

between $1500-$2000 USD for budget. My current build is an i5-4690k, PNY GeForce 960, and the motherboard is a ASUS Z97-AR. The PSU is a 630W, The CPU has a water cooler (Antec h2O Kuhler) 120mm, and it has 16 gB of DDR3-1632 RAM. Sorry for not adding this in original post.

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1 minute ago, Stryker1721 said:

between $1500-$2000 USD for budget. My current build is an i5-4690k, PNY GeForce 960, and the motherboard is a ASUS Z97-AR. The PSU is a 630W, The CPU has a water cooler (Antec h2O Kuhler) 120mm, and it has 16 gB of DDR3-1632 RAM. Sorry for not adding this in original post.

should that budget include a 4k monitor aswell?

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2 minutes ago, Stryker1721 said:

It doesn't have to at this time, however I'm all ears!

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.90 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.85 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  ($759.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.53 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Ultra Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG - 27UD60-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($330.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2026.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-02 18:23 EDT-0400

 

 

includes an 4K monitor, going to create a intel version of the build. though at 4K performance between them will be identical. the idea behind this AMD build is the potential for a CPU upgrade down the road and two extra cores that will hopefully reward itself when new game-engines come out. its also great if you want to do some producitivity

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3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.90 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.85 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  ($759.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.53 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Ultra Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG - 27UD60-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($330.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2026.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-02 18:23 EDT-0400

 

 

includes an 4K monitor, going to create a intel version of the build. though at 4K performance between them will be identical. the idea behind this AMD build is the potential for a CPU upgrade down the road and two extra cores that will hopefully reward itself when new game-engines come out. its also great if you want to do some producitivity

Hell yeah, thanks! I had originally done a parts list for intel but I'm liking AMD more and more lately

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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FJsZ29
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FJsZ29/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($347.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  ($759.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.53 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: LG - 27UD60-B 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($330.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2048.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-02 18:29 EDT-0400

 

intel build. less SSD storage for priority games. slightly worse PSU.

 

 

 

it is important to note that 4K is the great equalizer in terms of FPS (at least for now). you could pair a Ryzen 3 and an i3 with this and the GPU would still be the bottleneck

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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 - PRIME B360M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.32 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card  ($759.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ 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) 
Monitor: Asus - PB278Q 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  ($373.67 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2075.64
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-02 18:31 EDT-0400

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quick sidenote. you might want to opt for the 250GB version of the mx 500 to utilize with AMD store MI which will automatically put frequenly used files and games onto the SSD.

 

you can the have windows on the HDD to then use Store MI to still have a nippy and fast OS with fast boot times on everything you use often

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6 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

quick sidenote. you might want to opt for the 250GB version of the mx 500 to utilize with AMD store MI which will automatically put frequenly used files and games onto the SSD.

 

you can the have windows on the HDD to then use Store MI to still have a nippy and fast OS with fast boot times on everything you use often

How does AMD store MI work? Is it built in software?

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2 minutes ago, Stryker1721 said:

How does AMD store MI work? Is it built in software?

its software that has to be downloaded from AMDs website. i recommend reading a bit on it yourself as i havent tried it myself.

 

essentially if youve heard of Intel optane, store MI is a AMD software instead of hardware implementation of this for Ryzen 2nd gen and up.

 

if you havent heard of intel optane, it is tiered storage where files accessed often will be put onto the faster drive, while rarely accessed files will be on the slower drive. you will be merging the HDD and SSD and they will appear as one storage unit on your system. Store MI will then move things to and from the SSD depending on what you frequently use

 

 

watch this or other videos for more details. im not exactly read up on this, nor am i good at explaining things. (doesnt help it is 1AM either)

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4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

its software that has to be downloaded from AMDs website. i recommend reading a bit on it yourself as i havent tried it myself.

 

essentially if youve heard of Intel optane, store MI is a AMD software instead of hardware implementation of this for Ryzen 2nd gen and up.

 

if you havent heard of intel optane, it is tiered storage where files accessed often will be put onto the faster drive, while rarely accessed files will be on the slower drive. you will be merging the HDD and SSD and they will appear as one storage unit on your system. Store MI will then move things to and from the SSD depending on what you frequently use

 

 

watch this or other videos for more details. im not exactly read up on this, nor am i good at explaining things. (doesnt help it is 1AM either)

I appreciate the help and advice! I have heard of Optane and know how it works but I wasn't aware that AMD had a similar software. Yeah get some sleep dude.

 

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