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What should i upgrade?

_Riley_
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So I've been thinking about upgrading my computer but i

 

I use my computer for are audio recording/ light video editing (never anything more than 1080p) and playing games. The most intensive being a very heavy Minecraft mod pack. 

 

 

My current pc specs are:

 

CPU: Intel Xeon 1220 3.1ghz quad core

 

motherboard: intel extreme board dz77ga-70k

 

memory: 8gb of ddr3 1600mhz

 

GPU: Radeon r9 280 3gb

 

storage: 640gb hard drive

 

PSU: 650-watt corsair power supply

 

I don't really have a set budget that I'm willing to spend because the research that I've been doing has been all over the place also why I'm asking for advice. 

 

Thank you so much!

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2 minutes ago, _Riley_ said:

I use my computer for are audio recording/ light video editing (never anything more than 1080p) and playing games. The most intensive being a very heavy Minecraft mod pack

I would get a 240gb or 480gb ssd and another 8gb of ram. The ssd will make a huge difference.

CPU: Intel I5-7500 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240

Motherboard: ASRock B250M PRO 4

Memory: 16GB Patriot Viper Elite

Gpu: Asus Dual 1060 3GB

Storage: Corsair 120GB M.2 NVME

500GB Samsung 860 EVO

1TB WD Blue

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+Bronze

Case: Phanteks P350X

Monitors: HP Omen 25in 144hz

and some 25in Acer

Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX RGB

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro

Headphones= VModa Crossfade Wireless(but used wired)

Speakers: Some janky speakers I jerry-rigged

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SSD and GPU first. Zen 2 Ryzen will come early next year so not the best time to upgrade that yet, though if the CPU is getting slow you could get the Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600, 2600 being 10% faster, after the GPU.

 

As for GPU, that's because RX 570/580 are plenty cheap atm.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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