With mainsteam DDR5 systems just a little too far down the road (especailly when you don't want to be an early adopter) I need a reasonably priced interim upgrade for my Skylake system so my 3080 can stretch its legs properly. I was pricing up a 5950X system but don't quite see the value with updates so close.
I'm upgrading to a AW3821DW for productivity (web developer) but need my PC to be able to game with as much quality as possible at 3840x1600. I also dabble in some 3D rendering to a decent core/thread count would be nice.
Current System
i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz
H115i AIO
Asus Maximus Hero VIII
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB PC4-25600C16 3200MHz
3080 FE
HX750 (from 2011 but is handling the 3080 just fine)
Some Preferences
What do you guys recommend without getting into silly money? I'm not setting a budget as such, under £500 would be nice but I'm variable for a little quality of life and longevity (in case the next gen is out of reach). I should get a little back selling my current MOBO/CPU/RAM so I'm open to some variance for quality but if there's a solid cheaper option that won't be a compromise I'm also open-minded.
Cheers
I'm upgrading to a AW3821DW for productivity (web developer) but need my PC to be able to game with as much quality as possible at 3840x1600. I also dabble in some 3D rendering to a decent core/thread count would be nice.
Current System
i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz
H115i AIO
Asus Maximus Hero VIII
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB PC4-25600C16 3200MHz
3080 FE
HX750 (from 2011 but is handling the 3080 just fine)
Some Preferences
- I'm a little out of the loop but I suspect AMD is the way to go.
- I can get an AM4 bracket for my cooler.
- I have a little aversion to cheap motherboards, prefer a reasonably priced board with quality caps etc (similar level to my current board). Are ASUS still quality?
- While I don't care too much about pretty lights or Wifi, I would like to take full advantage of an M.2 SSD that won't steal GPU lanes (I have SATA SSDs at the moment).
- I also have a 2 disk RAID 1 array I'd like to keep.
- Decent potential overclock.
What do you guys recommend without getting into silly money? I'm not setting a budget as such, under £500 would be nice but I'm variable for a little quality of life and longevity (in case the next gen is out of reach). I should get a little back selling my current MOBO/CPU/RAM so I'm open to some variance for quality but if there's a solid cheaper option that won't be a compromise I'm also open-minded.
Cheers
