The best intel build under $2300

Mohlee

Mohlee

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Hi guys.. I made a 7700k rig in 2016 but I am thinking of moving now to 8th gen. Need an entirely new pc because old board of asus z270a is only compatible with 7th gen only.

So this is my budget. $2300 max.

Want to build a gaming rig.

My previous rig specs:

Asus z270a board
Intel 7700k 4.6ghz OC-able to 5.2 ghz
SSD 480 gb
SSHD Samsung 2TB
Ram Corsair vengence 2x8 16 gb 3200 mhz
Cooler master cooling fans x2
Cooler master 550w power supply
corsair gaming case tower
gpu gigabyte rx480 8gb 256bit DDR5
 
pastymuncher said:
Hi and welcome to the forums. :)

Save your money as there is very little to gain going from 7th to 8th gen. Seriously, it would be a complete waste of money. A 7700k that can clock to 5.2Ghz isn't going to be struggling anytime soon plus it seems to be a golden chip because most 8700k's can't even clock that high. The only thing that I would change would be a new gpu and even then it would depend on the res that you game at. A new gpu will give you the biggest boost plus if you are gaming at 1080p maybe a new 144hz 1440p monitor to go with it. I wouldn't change anything else. Which series is that 550w Coolermaster psu?
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hey thank you so much.

I am currently gaming on 1080p 144hz. I have a good 2k 144hz monitor. Asus MG279Q.

Currently I am getting around 120-130 fps in Rainbow six siege (the game I play almost daily) with a little tweaking in graphic settings. I want a system who can generate similar amount of fps in 2k. So I was thinking of moving to 8th gen. Since the game demands a lot of processing power. However the load can be shifted on gpu but my gpu isn't that good. Its a mid-tier graphics card.

Its elite v2 550w
 
StarShock said:
I would hold fire a week see how the 9th gen stacks up. Likely not going to be a huge jump in performance, but there are some questions about how the 9700k 8 core 8 thread compares to the 8700k 6 core 12 thread. Also just at the moment the intel chips are overpriced, hopefully come down a bit.

Also as above unless you have a specific use case that wants the extra cores, that 7700k is still a beast. Most games will see next to no improvement
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That is true. My main purpose is gaming. My dad sometimes uses it for rendering though. He's an interior designer.
 
lee32uk said:
I would rather have a nice IPS/VA panel with a high refresh rate over a 240Hz TN one. I doubt you can tell the difference between 240Hz and 144Hz/165Hz anyway. If you go 4K then you are going to be on a 60Hz panel unless you fancy forking out £2K+ for a 144Hz model and a 2080 ti to go with it.
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yeah that would just explode my budget. I have a maxed out budget of $2300.

I am only thinking about gpu, psu and monitor. Will try to get a 144 or 165 hz with g-sync. or a 240 HZ. Omg, its so confusing rn!
 
lee32uk said:
A 240Hz limits you to 1920 x 1080 resolution and also a TN panel. A 1440p IPS/VA 144Hz/165Hz Freesycn/G-Sync is a better option if you have the budget. The G-Sync route is usually the more expensive option as G-Sync screens are usually a higher price than an equivalent Freesync one.

So you would have to compare a Vega 56 or Vega 64 against the price of a GTX 1070/ti/1080 and then of course the screen itself. The Vega 56 is roughly on par with a 1070 and the Vega 64 a 1080.
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yeah that make sense.
 
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