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My current rig spec:
Essentially this is a 2022 OC Hatchet. My main use case is racing sims in VR and I am CPU limited at certain times. CPU performance seems to have come a long way since the 11700 so I'm seriously thinking about upgrading. Unfortunately there is nowhere to go with this motherboard...
As I see it I have two broad choices: 1. I can buy a new CPU, motherboard, RAM (and AIO cooler?) for this rig and fit it. I have no experience with this kind of upgrade and I'm not sure how much trouble I might get myself into. Also, I'm wary of how difficult Windows 11 might be about the change in config. 2. I can buy a brand new system with a lesser GPU, swap the GPUs and flog my current rig with the new GPU in it. I can see this being very expensive though.
I'd appreciate recommendations on the best course from those with more experience than me, with cost definitely being a concern. Also current CPU recommendations would be nice.
Many thanks in advance.
| Case | Phanteks Evolv X ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Black |
| Power Supply | 1000W 80 Plus Gold Rated PSU |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 11700K Hyperthreaded Eight Core Processor with 5.0GHz boost |
| Motherboard | MSI Z590 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4 Motherboard |
| Cooler | Phanteks Glacier 360mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury Beast RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit |
| Primary Solid State Drive | WD Black SN850 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T1X0E) |
| Secondary Solid State Drive | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive |
| Graphics | GeForce RTX™ 4090 WINDFORCE 24G |
| Network | 2.5Gb LAN & WIFI 6 with Bluetooth v5 support |
| Audio | 7.1 High Definition Audio |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 11 |
Essentially this is a 2022 OC Hatchet. My main use case is racing sims in VR and I am CPU limited at certain times. CPU performance seems to have come a long way since the 11700 so I'm seriously thinking about upgrading. Unfortunately there is nowhere to go with this motherboard...
As I see it I have two broad choices: 1. I can buy a new CPU, motherboard, RAM (and AIO cooler?) for this rig and fit it. I have no experience with this kind of upgrade and I'm not sure how much trouble I might get myself into. Also, I'm wary of how difficult Windows 11 might be about the change in config. 2. I can buy a brand new system with a lesser GPU, swap the GPUs and flog my current rig with the new GPU in it. I can see this being very expensive though.
I'd appreciate recommendations on the best course from those with more experience than me, with cost definitely being a concern. Also current CPU recommendations would be nice.
Many thanks in advance.
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