Time for and upgrade

[Codyisin]

   So starting out i built my last system in March of '12 and its time for an upgrade things have changed so I am looking for a little advice. I have about $1000 - $1200 to budget for the build but could go up a little bit if the extra investment is really worth it. Really going for the strongest bones I can get now and upgrade the rest over time. For now I am planning to use the existing video card as it’s the strongest part of my current build upgrading that later for a 1080 SLI setup.

 

Current System

  CPU

• Amd Phenom II X6 T1100

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte 770TA-UD3

  RAM

• G.Skill 1800 Mhz 2x8GB

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB

 

New System

  Case

• Thermaltake P5 Alpine Editon (Already Have)

  CPU

• Amd Ryzen 2700x ($320)

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI ($209)

  RAM

• G.Skill Trident 2x8gb 3600mhz Z RGB F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX ($182)

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB (Reuse)

  PSU

• Evga SuperNOVA G3 850 Gold 220-G3-0850 ($109)

 

Current Total $802

 

Storage

  Looking at a M.2 drive for boot doesn’t need to be that big. I already have 4 x 120 GB Sata3 6gb\s SSD ill likely raid for game storage. Also have 2x 500gb 7200rpm Sata 3.5 HDD’s I could also raid.

 

Cooling

  For now I would like to get a AIO Cooler maybe the EKWB EK Fluid Gaming A240 ($159)

 

Windows

  Already have a copy of Windows 10 Pro

 

What else am I forgetting? Any Changes I should really consider? Looking for Advice/Tips as its been 6 years since I built a computer. Really looking to get into VR gaming with this PC. Thinking about waiting until Black Friday to see if i can get better deals then current pricing. 

[Krosis]

Looks good. Is there a reason you're going 850W? Your system doesn't need more than 650W. For M.2 drive, go for the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB.

[Codyisin]

15 minutes ago, Krosis said:

Looks good. Is there a reason you're going 850W? Your system doesn't need more than 650W. For M.2 drive, go for the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB.

Eventually wanting to go 2x 1080's in SLI figured that 850w was probably the way to plan for the future on that one.

[Krosis]

1 minute ago, Codyisin said:

Eventually wanting to go 2x 1080's in SLI figured that 850w was probably the way to plan for the future on that one.

Ah okay, that makes sense.

[m0n4rchy]

7 hours ago, Codyisin said:

   So starting out i built my last system in March of '12 and its time for an upgrade things have changed so I am looking for a little advice. I have about $1000 - $1200 to budget for the build but could go up a little bit if the extra investment is really worth it. Really going for the strongest bones I can get now and upgrade the rest over time. For now I am planning to use the existing video card as it’s the strongest part of my current build upgrading that later for a 1080 SLI setup.

 

Current System

  CPU

• Amd Phenom II X6 T1100

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte 770TA-UD3

  RAM

• G.Skill 1800 Mhz 2x8GB

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB

 

New System

  Case

• Thermaltake P5 Alpine Editon (Already Have)

  CPU

• Amd Ryzen 2700x ($320)

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI ($209)

  RAM

• G.Skill Trident 2x8gb 3600mhz Z RGB F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX ($182)

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB (Reuse)

  PSU

• Evga SuperNOVA G3 850 Gold 220-G3-0850 ($109)

 

Current Total $802

 

Storage

  Looking at a M.2 drive for boot doesn’t need to be that big. I already have 4 x 120 GB Sata3 6gb\s SSD ill likely raid for game storage. Also have 2x 500gb 7200rpm Sata 3.5 HDD’s I could also raid.

 

Cooling

  For now I would like to get a AIO Cooler maybe the EKWB EK Fluid Gaming A240 ($159)

 

Windows

  Already have a copy of Windows 10 Pro

 

What else am I forgetting? Any Changes I should really consider? Looking for Advice/Tips as its been 6 years since I built a computer. Really looking to get into VR gaming with this PC. Thinking about waiting until Black Friday to see if i can get better deals then current pricing. 

Woah, a Phenom II X6! I can definitely see why you want to upgrade, haha.

 

To make things easy, here's a PCPartPicker list that I put together (WARNING: CONTAINS A 1 TB M.2 DRIVE, WHICH YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE ME FOR INCLUDING. Also, something something it's right at the $1200 mark, oops.) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nrpy8Y

 

I didn't include:

 

Case: ...you already have a case, and a pretty nice one at that. Should be no problem keeping that.

Graphics Card: Since you insisted on keeping your GTX 1060, I'm not going to challenge you on that.

 

Now, about the other parts...

 

CPU: I kept this the same. It's a really good CPU. Not much more to say on it.

CPU Cooler: Bumped this up to 360mm. However, I am not quite sure if it will fit. Never owned that case, sorry. If it doesn't support it, that's my fault entirely.

Motherboard: Made this the best AM4 motherboard that money can buy... also, it's just a really good motherboard. I can confirm, since I'm on the X370 version, the Crosshair VI.

Memory: This is just about the best memory kit that you can get for Ryzen. Low latency, high speed. Yeah!

Storage: 1 TB M.2 drive, oops. It's only $170, though.

Power Supply: Same basic idea of yours, but a bit cheaper.

 

And that is all! Take a look through that list, and have a great day.

[SHROUD]

8 hours ago, Codyisin said:

   So starting out i built my last system in March of '12 and its time for an upgrade things have changed so I am looking for a little advice. I have about $1000 - $1200 to budget for the build but could go up a little bit if the extra investment is really worth it. Really going for the strongest bones I can get now and upgrade the rest over time. For now I am planning to use the existing video card as it’s the strongest part of my current build upgrading that later for a 1080 SLI setup.

 

Current System

  CPU

• Amd Phenom II X6 T1100

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte 770TA-UD3

  RAM

• G.Skill 1800 Mhz 2x8GB

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB

 

New System

  Case

• Thermaltake P5 Alpine Editon (Already Have)

  CPU

• Amd Ryzen 2700x ($320)

  Motherboard

• Gigabyte X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI ($209)

  RAM

• G.Skill Trident 2x8gb 3600mhz Z RGB F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX ($182)

  GPU

• PNY GTX 1060 6GB (Reuse)

  PSU

• Evga SuperNOVA G3 850 Gold 220-G3-0850 ($109)

 

Current Total $802

 

Storage

  Looking at a M.2 drive for boot doesn’t need to be that big. I already have 4 x 120 GB Sata3 6gb\s SSD ill likely raid for game storage. Also have 2x 500gb 7200rpm Sata 3.5 HDD’s I could also raid.

 

Cooling

  For now I would like to get a AIO Cooler maybe the EKWB EK Fluid Gaming A240 ($159)

 

Windows

  Already have a copy of Windows 10 Pro

 

What else am I forgetting? Any Changes I should really consider? Looking for Advice/Tips as its been 6 years since I built a computer. Really looking to get into VR gaming with this PC. Thinking about waiting until Black Friday to see if i can get better deals then current pricing. 

Build something like this.....

I know that the psu that I HV suggested is a bit overkill, but the 650w, 750w ND 850w are going fr around same price... so higher capacity one will be better.  

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $854.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-15 02:42 EDT-0400

[Codyisin]

On 9/14/2018 at 10:09 PM, m0n4rchy said:

Case: ...you already have a case, and a pretty nice one at that. Should be no problem keeping that.

Graphics Card: Since you insisted on keeping your GTX 1060, I'm not going to challenge you on that.

 

Now, about the other parts...

 

CPU: I kept this the same. It's a really good CPU. Not much more to say on it.

CPU Cooler: Bumped this up to 360mm. However, I am not quite sure if it will fit. Never owned that case, sorry. If it doesn't support it, that's my fault entirely.

Motherboard: Made this the best AM4 motherboard that money can buy... also, it's just a really good motherboard. I can confirm, since I'm on the X370 version, the Crosshair VI.

Memory: This is just about the best memory kit that you can get for Ryzen. Low latency, high speed. Yeah!

Storage: 1 TB M.2 drive, oops. It's only $170, though.

Power Supply: Same basic idea of yours, but a bit cheaper.

 

And that is all! Take a look through that list, and have a great day.

Motherboard

   I picked the Gigabyte over the Asus for two reasons. 1st  It has dual M.2 Heat sinks the Asus only has one 2nd The on-board audio DAC seem's to be a bit better. 

 

Case

   Actually supports up to a 480mm Radiator. The gigabyte board is lighted orange so i was thinking about getting a full copper radiator that might be cool.

 

Storage 

  Damn 1tb M.2 given pricing lately that's not a bad price on one that large.

[m0n4rchy]

48 minutes ago, Codyisin said:

Motherboard

   I picked the Gigabyte over the Asus for two reasons. 1st  It has dual M.2 Heat sinks the Asus only has one 2nd The on-board audio DAC seem's to be a bit better. 

 

Case

   Actually supports up to a 480mm Radiator. The gigabyte board is lighted orange so i was thinking about getting a full copper radiator that might be cool.

 

Storage 

  Damn 1tb M.2 given pricing lately that's not a bad price on one that large.

Let me break down your choices.

 

Motherboard: That's fine, I just recommend that one to most people, since almost always it has what they need. That's a great choice too, though.

 

Case: Okay, good to know. That WOULD be some great aesthetics, so go ahead.

 

Storage: Yeah, and it's even better now. Western Digital is selling a 1 TB M.2 drive for $160. https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0B/dp/B073SB2MXT/