Have £1000 to upgrade my system, where to spend it?

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As in the title guys, have £1000 to spend on upgrade and not sure where best to spend it.

Current System;

CPU: I7-6700k
Mobo: Maximus VIII Hero
RAM: 16gig DDR4 3200
GPU: EVGA 1070 SC
Storage: SM961 256gb, Evo 250gb, WD Blue 1TB
Monitor: 2x Benq RL2640h


Any ideas?
 
What do you use the PC for?

if its gaming then save the money as your system should handle anything.

if video editing you may benefit more the extra cores etc
 
Needles said:
Primarily a gaming PC, no content creation at all.
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I would save your money then, no games would benefit from upgrading or if they did it wouldn't warrant the cost for the parts.

I take it nothing is struggling and you just have the upgrade "itch" like the rest of us on here when something shiny comes along lol
 
ED209 said:
I would save your money then, no games would benefit from upgrading or if they did it wouldn't warrant the cost for the parts.

I take it nothing is struggling and you just have the upgrade "itch" like the rest of us on here when something shiny comes along lol
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You are correct, money burning in my pocket and shiny things all around.
 
Thats a killer system already, similar to mine which runs everything with ease.

A nice new case maybe? An ultrawide monitor?

I just bought myself a dark base pro 900 to replace my 10 year old tj09. An ultrawide could be next on my list :D
 
I have an NZXT H440 that is only a year old and immaculate, do have my eye on the evolv glass though.

Would love an ultrawide but common issues like blb and ips glow really put me off, hoping sone revisions help correct those issues, that and Acer and Asus pulling their fingers out and providing QC that matches prices.
 
for me it would be monitor, and despite some negativity on panel uniformity/bleed/glow etc i would buy an UW as personally i love mine and most that buy one, love them.

If you get a bad one then just return it for a replacement until you get one your happy with. My first one was good and still is over a year later :)

To run it at its best though i would recommend a 1080 minimum and 1080ti recommended gpu for decent fps at max settings, i turn things down like AA as its not really needed at this screen res.
 
The only thing I would upgrade is monitors and then graphics card. The system is splendid as it is.


Ive got say, Holy Hell those AOC monitors are ugly. Love the spec, but why do manufacturers insist on designing top end products for children. I specifically won't buy the ASUS or Acer superwides because of their godawful 'man-child' styling and *shudder* Predator logo on the latter.

I was delighted to see the Dell g-sync monitor as it was a gaming thoroughbred with a grown up aesthetic. Hoping they fill out their lineup at some point.
 
Hold off until AMD release their new graphics cards later this month - even if you don't want them, they'll push the price of other components down.
 
WantoN said:
The only thing I would upgrade is monitors and then graphics card. The system is splendid as it is.


Ive got say, Holy Hell those AOC monitors are ugly. Love the spec, but why do manufacturers insist on designing top end products for children. I specifically won't buy the ASUS or Acer superwides because of their godawful 'man-child' styling and *shudder* Predator logo on the latter.

I was delighted to see the Dell g-sync monitor as it was a gaming thoroughbred with a grown up aesthetic. Hoping they fill out their lineup at some point.
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I went with a dell sd2716dg 1440p 144hz gsync .... great monitor.

Had RMA'd my 980ti to evga who told me I was getting a 1070 back, got a 1080 instead.

Thats me for awhile.
 
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