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Hey all,
I'm thinking about upgrading some bits on PC (Or starting from scratch) as it has been a while and whilst attempting to play Cities Skylines 2 yesterday (Which doesn't seem to run "well" on any hardware at the moment) it definitely seemed far off the pace.
It's been 3 years since I have upgraded it to the following spec:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE
RAM: Crucial Ballistix BL2K16G36C16U4B (2x 16GB)
GPU: NVidia GTX 1080 FE (With aftermarket cooler)
Storage: Samsung EVO 870 (500GB) SSD & WD Blue 500GB SSD
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000W
Case: Be Quiet Pure Base 500DX
Monitor Some Acer Ultrawide curved Freesync monitor (I have no idea of the model but the serial is very long!)
In terms of gaming I'm not a huge gamer nowadays, mainly Battlefield 4, Titanfall 2, Cities Skylines, PS1/PS2 emulation and casual games. Potentially might look to play the newer CODs when they come out but recently not been a fan of the newer releases.
I might look into getting the new Forza Motorsport as well as the next Test Drive Unlimited game when its out.
I was thinking for the PC it deffinitely needs a bump on the GPU but might also need a CPU to go with:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
GPU: AMD 7800XT or NVidia RTX 4070 (Can't quite decide which one is better)
RAM: Same as now but with 2 extra 16GB DIMMs
Storage: Possibly get a 4TB SSD
I will be honest, it's been an age since I have looked into PC hardware as I mainly tinker around with servers and lab stuff, I've watched a few reviews and browsed various posts on the latest and greatest but I don't think I can stomach spending £1K+ on an upgrade mainly focussed around the GPU and the recent hardware releases seem a bit "pants" and expensive for lack of better phrasing
Does the above look okay or would I be better sourcing used parts or am I just throwing my money away?
Any help is greatly appreciated
EDIT: Realised this might be in the wrong place and need moving to the upgrade advice forum
I'm thinking about upgrading some bits on PC (Or starting from scratch) as it has been a while and whilst attempting to play Cities Skylines 2 yesterday (Which doesn't seem to run "well" on any hardware at the moment) it definitely seemed far off the pace.
It's been 3 years since I have upgraded it to the following spec:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE
RAM: Crucial Ballistix BL2K16G36C16U4B (2x 16GB)
GPU: NVidia GTX 1080 FE (With aftermarket cooler)
Storage: Samsung EVO 870 (500GB) SSD & WD Blue 500GB SSD
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000W
Case: Be Quiet Pure Base 500DX
Monitor Some Acer Ultrawide curved Freesync monitor (I have no idea of the model but the serial is very long!)
In terms of gaming I'm not a huge gamer nowadays, mainly Battlefield 4, Titanfall 2, Cities Skylines, PS1/PS2 emulation and casual games. Potentially might look to play the newer CODs when they come out but recently not been a fan of the newer releases.
I might look into getting the new Forza Motorsport as well as the next Test Drive Unlimited game when its out.
I was thinking for the PC it deffinitely needs a bump on the GPU but might also need a CPU to go with:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
GPU: AMD 7800XT or NVidia RTX 4070 (Can't quite decide which one is better)
RAM: Same as now but with 2 extra 16GB DIMMs
Storage: Possibly get a 4TB SSD
I will be honest, it's been an age since I have looked into PC hardware as I mainly tinker around with servers and lab stuff, I've watched a few reviews and browsed various posts on the latest and greatest but I don't think I can stomach spending £1K+ on an upgrade mainly focussed around the GPU and the recent hardware releases seem a bit "pants" and expensive for lack of better phrasing
Does the above look okay or would I be better sourcing used parts or am I just throwing my money away?
Any help is greatly appreciated
EDIT: Realised this might be in the wrong place and need moving to the upgrade advice forum
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