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New Build or Upgrade?

BuckShotUS
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Hi everyone!

 

My current rig is about 4.5 years old and hasn’t been upgraded at all since built. It’s a Core i5 4690K on an Asus Z97-A mobo, 16 GB (4x4gb) G.Skill DDR3-1600, EVGA GTX 780 Ti SC, 1080p, on Windows 7. It’s just a gaming machine, and anything new would be the same. I do very little content creation, if any.

 

Im debating just building a new PC now that’s got a better upgrade path for the future. What I’m looking at is a Core i7 8700K on a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra mobo, 16GB (2x8) DDR4-3200, RTX 2080 and moving up to 1440p.

 

My other option is to upgrade what I have now and stick with 1080p for another year or 2. it is showing its age in the GPU department and either way my PSU is failing and has to be swapped. Maybe a 1070?

 

Would I be better served holding off a year or two to build a new rig or just build something now and upgrade it later?

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Right now the prices for the RTX cards are ridiculous if you don't need ray tracing. I will suggest to upgrade the GPU to something like the GTX 1070 or 1070Ti. The CPU should be good for another year, but after that an upgrade would be reasonable.

Please mention or quote me if you want a response. :) 

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I would get a second hand 4790k or go ryzen. a second hand 1080 ti is easy to get at the moment and will perform around the same as a 2080 without raytracing. If you're in the us, I saw a deal on a g2 from evga, tier 1 for a really low price. keep your eyes out for deals

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I'd upgrade the GPU and maybe also the CPU to a 4790K

Intel Core i9-9980XE 18c/36t, Asus TUF X299 Mark 1, 128GB DDR4 3200MHz, Palit RTX 5070, 2TB 970 EVO Plus, 2TB SN570, 8TB HDD, Meshify 2

PC 2: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8c/16t, MSI X470 Carbon, 32GB DDR4 2666MHz, Asus GTX 1080 Strix, 512GB Samsung PM981, 1TB Crucial MX500, Fractal Define R4

Old PC: Intel Xeon X5670 6c/12t @ 4.40GHz, Asus P6X58D-E, 48GB DDR3 1600MHz, EVGA GTX 970 ACX 2.0, 500GB, 250GB & 120GB SSD, 10TB & 2x 4TB HDD, Fractal Define R5

PC 3: Intel Xeon E5-2690 8c/16t @ 3.3-3.8GHz, ThinkStation S30 (C602/X79), 64GB (4x 16GB) DDR3 1600MHz, Asus GeForce GTX 960 Turbo OC, 1TB Crucial MX500

Laptop: ThinkPad T440p, Intel Core i7-4800MQ 4c/8t @ 2.7-3.7GHz, 16GB DDR3 1600MHz, GeForce GT 730M (GPU: 1006MHz MEM: 1151MHz), 2TB SSD, 14" 1080p IPS, 100Wh battery

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S23 256GB Watch: Samsung Galaxy Watch7 44mm LTE

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Z77: Intel Core i7-3770 4c/8t @ 4.22-4.43GHz, Asus P8Z77-V LK, 32GB DDR3 1648MHz, Asus RX 470 Strix, 1TB & 250GB Crucial MX500 and 3x 500GB HDD

PC 4: Intel Xeon X5675 6c/12t @ 3.07-3.47GHz, HP 0B4Ch (X58), 12GB DDR3 1333MHz, Asus GeForce GTX 660 DC2, 240GB & 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD

PC 5: Intel Xeon W3550 @ 3.07GHz, HP (X58), 8GB DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 (GPU: 1050MHz MEM: 1250MHz), 120GB SSD, 2TB, 1TB and 500GB HDD

PC 6: Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.8GHz, Asus P5KC, 8GB DDR2, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, 120GB SSD and 500GB HDD

HTPC: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.0GHz, HP DC7900SFF, 8GB DDR2 800MHz, Asus Radeon HD 6570, 240GB SSD and 3TB HDD

WinXP PC: Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 2.33GHz, Asus P5B, 2GB DDR2 667MHz, NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, 32GB SSD and 80GB HDD

RetroPC: Intel Pentium 4 HT @ 3.0GHz, Gigabyte GA-8SGXLFS, 2gb DDR1, ATi Radeon 9800 Pro, 2x 40gb HDD

My first PC: Intel Celeron 333MHz, Diamond Micronics C400, 384mb RAM, Diamond Viper V550 (NVIDIA Riva TNT), 6gb and 8gb HDD

Server: 2x Intel Xeon E5420, Dell PowerEdge 2950, 32gb DDR2, ATI ES1000, 4x 146gb SAS

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Thinkpad: Intel Core2 Duo T7200, Lenovo Thinkpad T60, 4gb DDR2, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, 1tb HDD

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Laptop: Dell Latitude E6430, Intel Core i5-3210M, 6gb DDR3 1600MHz , Intel HD 4000, 250gb Samsung SSD 860 EVO, 1TB WD Blue HDD

Laptop: Latitude 3380, Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 2c/4t @ 2.3GHz, 8GB DDR4, Intel HD 610, 120GB SSD, 13.3" 768p TN, 56Wh battery

Phone: Huawei Honor 9 64GB + 256GB card Watch: Motorola Moto 360 1st Gen.

Laptop 2: ThinkPad T450, Intel Core i7-5600U 2c/4t @ 2.6-3.2GHz, 16GB DDR3 1600MHz, Intel HD 5500, 250GB SSD, 14" 900p TN, 24Wh + 72Wh batteries

 

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Thanks for the responses everyone! Didn’t expect them so quick. In my local area, I found a brand new ASUS Strix 1080 Ti for US$650, based on current Newegg and Amazon prices that seems to be a steal. I’ll have to search more for a 4790K, there are none in my area and on Amazon they are $400+. Would my 4690K be a bottleneck for a 1080 Ti? I probably won’t go that big as I can still get a 1070 Ti or 1080 for half as much but it would be good info to have.

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