New Build Advice

[Dalvik]

1. Budget & Location

Around 1000€, I am from Austria, Europe.

2. Aim

Basically just gaming

3. Monitors

Currently, i've connected two screens to my system: Asus PB278QR (60Hz, 1440p) over DisplayPort and my LG 42LB630V TV (60Hz, 1080p) over HDMI. I switch between them, depending on the game i want to play.

4. Why are you upgrading?

Just wanting to replace some old parts and get better performance and a nicer build overall for future titles.

 

My current build

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230V2 4x 3.3Ghz (Single Core Turbo 3.7Ghz, All Core 3.5Ghz)

Cooler: Alpenföhn Groß'Clockner (Yes, that is german and yes it is a strange name for a cooler)

RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600 (4x4, because i upgraded once from 8 to 16)

MOBO: Asrock H77 PRO4/MVP

GFX: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G

Case: Antec P182 (really old...)

SSD: Crucial M500 240GB

HDD: WD Blue 1TB + WD Blue 4TB

Sound: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic (PCI)

Power: beQuiet Straight Power 550W

 

My planned buy list

 

CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k 6x3.7Ghz (Turbo up to 4.7Ghz)

Cooler: beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4

RAM: 16GB DDR4-3000 Kit (CMK16GX4M2D3000C16)

MOBO: MSI Z370 SLI Plus

Case: NZXT H700 black/red

SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 250GB NVMe

Power: Corsair TX650M

 

Why Intel? Just want that extra core speed for gaming, no need for 2 extra cores with lower speed on Ryzen.

 

These are all the parts i want to replace, so i will keep my old drives and my graphics card (no need to upgrade it). The power supply will be replaced because of some power issues the old one had several times.

 

My big question is: How much of an performance upgrade can i expect, moving from an older quad core to the current hexa cores from Intel with this build?

 

Currently, i can play nearly all games in 1440p on high details with >60fps, some not that good optimized titles like No Man's Sky(40-60) or really new ones like Monster Hunter World(45-60) aside. So i really just want to build a nice new base line gaming pc for playing future titles, not only current ones.

 

One more thing: I've read that the current chips from Intel do tend to get rather hot. My current build sits around 70-75°C CPU and 80°C GPU in summer and i really hope that i won't run into throttling issues with these parts.

 

Would appreciate some thoughts on my planned build!

 

regards,

[brob]

At stock the i7-8700K has nearly 40% better single thread performance and about 80% better overall performance.

 

Instead of a TX650M, consider getting a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650 or RM650X. Either is more expensive, both are better and worth the investment.

 

Coffee Lake cpu do run hotter than previous generations because they have more cores. The Dark Rock Pro 4 will certainly do a good job cooling at stock clocks and should be good enough for some overclocking.

 

 

[Dalvik]

13 hours ago, brob said:

Instead of a TX650M, consider getting a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 650 or RM650X. Either is more expensive, both are better and worth the investment.

Aside from being fully modular, i can't see that much difference for around 15-20€ more?

 

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Coffee Lake cpu do run hotter than previous generations because they have more cores.

Actually, i meant the thermal paste solution of all current Intel CPUs, instead of soldering the die to the heatsink.

[brob]

2 hours ago, Dalvik said:

Aside from being fully modular, i can't see that much difference for around 15-20€ more?

 

Actually, i meant the thermal paste solution of all current Intel CPUs, instead of soldering the die to the heatsink.

RMx and Focus Plus Gold have 10 year warranty, TXm 7 years. I'm not a big on warranty, but the significantly longer period suggests better quality components and attention to quality control.

 

Intel has not used solder for at least four generations of cpu.