Upgrade from i7 6700k + 980ti

MattHep

MattHep

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Hi guys

Well, i think like a lot of others this time stuck at home is proving boring and potentially expensive.

My current rig is

i7 6700k
MSI 980ti 6GB
16gb DDR4

Although this is still a fairly competent system id like some more punch especially now im gaming at 3440 x 1440. I would like to make the most of the 120hz refresh rate.

This is where I am at the minute and would appreciate some thoughts.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,551.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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£45 cheaper MSI B450 Tomahawk is perfect for 3700X and would do decently well also with 12 cores when having good case cooling.
More expensive board really makes sense only, if you're certainly going to upgrade CPU to above next-gen consoles level.
(which have clock speed capped variant of 3700X)

That's crazy price for memory of especially such slow latencies.
Hundred less gives good 2x16GB kit.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs432g320c6k-my-106-pa.html
And this £170 Crucial would overclock to lot better latencies.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20d-cr.html


Now is historically bad time to buy expensive graphics card.
For years Nvidia has focused into pumping butts of users... err price tags and performance per price is worser and really bad.
2080 Super (expensive) is like only 25% faster than sub £400 Radeon 5700 XT.
And value will deflate faster than claims that Coronavirus won't affect western countries.
Next-gen consoles will bring 2080 Super level GPU into mainstream!
And no doubt suffer less from raytracing, which makes RTXes crash down with like 30% and even to 50% level framerate drop.

Right time to buy expensive card is when next-gen GPUs are out later in the year.
(and no doubt Nvidia will still have bad performance per price when people just keep asking for more rape&robbery)
 
EsaT said:
£45 cheaper MSI B450 Tomahawk is perfect for 3700X and would do decently well also with 12 cores when having good case cooling.
More expensive board really makes sense only, if you're certainly going to upgrade CPU to above next-gen consoles level.
(which have clock speed capped variant of 3700X)

That's crazy price for memory of especially such slow latencies.
Hundred less gives good 2x16GB kit.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs432g320c6k-my-106-pa.html
And this £170 Crucial would overclock to lot better latencies.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20d-cr.html


Now is historically bad time to buy expensive graphics card.
For years Nvidia has focused into pumping butts of users... err price tags and performance per price is worser and really bad.
2080 Super (expensive) is like only 25% faster than sub £400 Radeon 5700 XT.
And value will deflate faster than claims that Coronavirus won't affect western countries.
Next-gen consoles will bring 2080 Super level GPU into mainstream!
And no doubt suffer less from raytracing, which makes RTXes crash down with like 30% and even to 50% level framerate drop.

Right time to buy expensive card is when next-gen GPUs are out later in the year.
(and no doubt Nvidia will still have bad performance per price when people just keep asking for more rape&robbery)
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Thanks for the advice, I've got an itch to upgrade but I blame it on boredom and the fact I haven't done it for a few years. I want to enjoy some more modern titles at higher rates making the most of my monitor. But this does make me think about waiting, It's whether its really worth the wait for me.
 
MattHep said:
Thanks for the advice, I've got an itch to upgrade but I blame it on boredom and the fact I haven't done it for a few years. I want to enjoy some more modern titles at higher rates making the most of my monitor. But this does make me think about waiting, It's whether its really worth the wait for me.
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Yeah, damned if you do, damned if you don't...

Though that really applies only to graphics card:
3700X is well priced for its performance and later you can buy improved architecture Zen3 with also higher core count models likely becoming cheaper after year from release.
12 core Zen3 (likely 4900X) would boost both single core performance and make sure games made to squeeze 8 cores don't suffer from background stuff.

But expensive graphics card is just buying empty air.
Higher models have always had luxury in price, but Nvidia took rape&robbery to stratospheric level.


Though maybe you could look if you have good audio setup.
In good part of the games sound is big part of immersion.
 
If you absolutely must upgrade (I would advise waiting for new RTX 3 cards) then you can shave half of your proposed spend off for little loss.

3700X is fine, board is fine, but 16GB is more than enough, be a long time before >16GB is needed.

Also get a 2070Super over a 2080Super, for such a small improvement it costs hundreds more. Or even a 5700XT is like half that price for about 20-30% loss in speed (while still a major improvement on 980Ti).

While I would still hang on for new GPU's at the very least (as CPU's don't tend to present anywhere near as bad investments as GPUs), the 6700K and 980Ti build should get a decent price second hand.
 
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