Time for a upgrade

Dunnc

Dunnc

Dunnc

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Hi current system has been going for a while 10 years- swapped out ram/storage/gpu a few tear ago, to keep it going.

Specs are below
I7-920
Asus P6X58D-e
8 gig ram
Asus GTX 970
Corsair HW 850
250 GB ssd
1tb HDD

Monitor is a Samsung 2443

Looking to replace the cpu-mobo-ram-psu-case-storage, gpu is being held back by the cpu and would likely become the new bottleneck- with the upgrade. Though that can be upgraded at a later date with a newer monitor.

Cases not that many cases i like the look off for around 100- though did quite like the look of the corsair carbide 400c

Budget wise looking about £1000-1,2000+ and the main use will be for gaming ie BFV etc

I was going to upgrade earlier but waited for the 9 series, prices are a bit crazy but have improved on the i5 end or is amd the better route to take.

thanks
 
It's over budget by £262.00 as I'm pretty tired but wanted to give you some food for thought.

The monitor you have I believe is 60hz 1080p off the top of my head so you're cpu is going to matter more, but as you say you can upgrade monitor and GPU at a later date.

The promo bundle gives you everything but a cooler, power supply, case and gpu and while prices are really high atm on intel products, this chip should give you a massive performance boost in games, once paired with a good monitor and modern gpu you'll be flying.

Someone will be along with a more sensible spec shortly.




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^^ @Dunnc above is an animal

thought would peg it down a bit 8 core intel and keeping corsair in mind for a case but a nicer one

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digging deeper and going all in for ryzen+ vega+ freesync screen ... sell your old set up of gtx 970 to fund some cash towards GPU etc

ODE
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VIdar the 9990k bundle is nice but way more then im looking to spend on a cpu and it is overpriced at current.

Orbitalwalsh the first build - the cpu choice is interesting, i know the saving is about 80-90 between the oem and retail version at current but is the 9700k worth going for over the 8700k as the margin in performance is only 10% and retail 8700ks are about the £400 mark. Or is the oem 9700k worth going for at that price.

I did see that the 8600k and 9600k retail have both dropped down to about £250 and £270 ish- would these be more a viable option as its a more reasonable price 9 series. Also bit of a odd question say i bought a 8 series would it be better to buy a Z390 board or stick with a Z370 board?

Motherboard i have been a bit unsure- is it better to spend more say between 150-200 or keep it below 150?

The ram would it be worth spending more and getting a 16GB set of 3200MHz ram or is 3000 the better performance/price point?

The amd build is interesting, only built intel before and would be a massive upgrade over what i have. It does solve the gpu/monitor issue at the same time for a good overall price- just have to add a new os, as still running win 7.

Something definitely to consider, thanks
 
True it is very costly but the lesser 9 series chips no longer support Hyperthreading. My spec was more for a point of reference than anything yet if you plan to upgrade screen and gpu later it's still the absolute best gaming processor on the market despite is seriously inflated price and will probably last you a good 5 years.
 
8700k Vs 9700k - the 9700k wins just about in multicore benches and scores higher in single . Both down to higher clock speed but also the rule of physical core count is better then artificial (SMT/hyper threading ) - these normally add about 30% performance on top .

Also why I linked the Gym gahyye board, can even use the cheaper £120 one and it'll still be better then most z370 boards, this is down to Gigabyte throwing 10+1 phase set up compared to their 4-8 before hand . Some vendors haven't gone as extreme like Asus and has bene caught out this time around

Gigabyte range is 10+1, Aorus is 12+1/2 - what your spending the extra cash on is looks, lighting and features such as better audio or WiFi etc
 
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