laser 3d budget £750. gaming build spec advice

Does anyone have advice on gpu upgrade? Seems like thd gtx gpu's haven't progressed much from my current one (?)

Many thanks

My specs:
Lazer3D LZ7 Mini-ITX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB gpu
MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (Socket AM4) Mini-ITX Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Low Profile CPU Cooler - 92mm
AOC Q3279VWFD8 32" 2560x1440 IPS 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor
 
dfour said:
Well looked after second hand 6800 or XT to make sure you hit the 75htz refresh on the monitor.
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Thanks dfour.
My case is limited in size, but I could get an upgrade kit for it to give more gpu space like

[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]mickyflin[/COLOR]n said (?)​

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Slap said:

Lazer3D LZ7 XTD Upgrade Kit looks interesting...​

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lazer3d-lz7-xtd-upgrade-kit-ca-06s-lz.html
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That kit will make gpu upgrades much easier allowing for dual slot gpu's with a max length 280mm.
 
Slap said:
I've decided to upgrade my case with the following components this month:

Lazer3D LZ7 XTD Upgrade Kit​

Lazer3D LZ7 Case Stand - Midnight Black​

be quiet! SFX-L Power 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply

The GPU upgrade will be bought in January (gf rtx 4060 or 70?)

Am I good to go with order?

Many thanks
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I'd give myself a bit more breathing room asnd go for something like below which is atx3.0 compliant and will come with connection to 4000 series gpu if going that way. Seen it on offer away for similar price in stock but a promo code takes it dow to £134 incl free delivery...code is on the same page, just add at checkout

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £153.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​
 
Craig_d1 said:
I'd give myself a bit more breathing room asnd go for something like below which is atx3.0 compliant and will come with connection to 4000 series gpu if going that way. Seen it on offer away for similar price in stock but a promo code takes it dow to £134 incl free delivery...code is on the same page, just add at checkout

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £153.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​
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Many thanks for sound advice Craig!
I will defo invest in this psu.

I cant seem find that promo code (?)
 
Slap said:
Many thanks for sound advice Craig!
I will defo invest in this psu.

I cant seem find that promo code (?)
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It's being offered elsewhere. That's as far as I can say without breaking forum rules. It's either a search or pay the price here etc...the promo code is CORSAIR10..the 1000W variant of above with code brings in to below £150, so you'll be powering a 4090 no probs...it'll just stick out the side of the case..but if going for a 4070 or 4070 super(which looks more promising), the 850W is more than enough
 
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Merry Christmas all

I went for the 1000w variant in the end as it worked out the same in cost as the 850w one/gives that extra headroom for future gpu upgrades.
I also received a £10 Amazon gift voucher from Santa this Christmas....yippee
 
My current specs(future upgrades in bold):

Windows 10 Pro 64bit
Lazer3D LZ7 Mini-ITX Case
SF450 — 450 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU
AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit
TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (Socket AM4) Mini-ITX Motherboard
32" 2560 x 1440 LCD monitor
Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex Fan - 140mm
Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 Low Profile CPU Cooler - 92mm


So far I've purchased the following for the upgrade:

Lazer3D LZ7 XTD Upgrade Kit (GPU Compatibility: Dual Slot, up to 280mm in length, up to 125mm in height )​

Lazer3D LZ7 Case Stand​

Corsair SF1000L Fully Modular Low-Noise SFX Power Supply - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant - Quiet 120mm PWM Fan - 80 PLUS Gold​


I'm waiting a few more weeks (seeing how the new nvidea RTX40 series super gpu's pan out) to buy this gpu as it should fit nicely in the case and should give a big jump in performance:

Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Twin Edge OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (Length: 225.5 mm Height: 123.2 mm Width: 2.2 slot (40.1 mm) )​


My 480GB SSD is getting low on space (370gigs used) so will factor in another one to sit along side it. I think that 1tb should be more than enough for my use. Any recommendations?

Many thanks
 
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dfour said:
Have you got a drive in your m.2 slot @Slap ?
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No dfour I haven't. I've never used an M.2 drive, but that would make good sense! It would also save on space and another cable to power it right?

I could use it to store films videos and pictures etc freing up loads of space on my main ssd drive where my windows os resides.

Any recommendations on what to go for?


Cheers dfour! :)
 
Specs on storage on my mobo says:

1 x M.2 ports (M2_1, Key M)
  • Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s 2280 storage devices (1st, 2nd and 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics)
  • Supports PCIe 3.0 x2 and SATA 6Gb/s 2280 storage devices (AMD® Athlon™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics)
 
dfour said:
for a few quid more

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £93.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​


I would also swap drives so the much faster m.2 drive is your boot drive. WD have a free to use disk cloning program for just that.
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dfour said:
for a few quid more

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £93.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​


I would also swap drives so the much faster m.2 drive is your boot drive. WD have a free to use disk cloning program for just that.
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Thank you for the info dfour.
A 2TB SSD should be good for the rest of my life :)
I didn't realise I could clone the OS drive and copy it over to the new one. It makes good sense to utilise the extra drive's speed, thx.

It does scare me a bit if it went wrong tbh, but reading up a little on the WD cloning site, they strongly recommend making a back up of the source drive first (that would mean purchasing a external drive of sorts that would take my 400gigs of data on my pc)

A few other points where:
  • Source and target disks must have equal logical sector sizes.
  • Create a backup of the entire original disk before starting the cloning process.
  • Check the original drive for errors and bad sectors using the appropriate Operating System tools before starting the cloning process. The cloning process will fail if the original drive has errors or bad sectors.
A few more questions please:
How would I check the logical sector sizes of both drives?
My windows os is a once only install variety, could this cause any issues?

Cheers

Marc
 
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