So background is that I used to be into overclocking back in the days of AMD Athlon (AXIA 1000 to 1333 anyone?!) and then P4's. Since then I got married, kids etc. and the gaming side has taken a back seat.
I have liked to keep it going to dip in and out when I have time. Now my oldest son is 10 I am playing more stuff with him and my rig has got to the point where I'm stuck on Windows 7 as Win10 drivers don't exist for my motherboard and really need to upgrade.
My current rig:
Mainly play things like BEAMG Drive, Assetto Corsa etc.
I have just started to look and have tended to always have Asus mobo's which have tended to serve me well over the years - is the Asus ROG Strix Z390-F good? - I5 or I7? - is 16GB ram 'enough'?
Welcome your thoughts please!
I have liked to keep it going to dip in and out when I have time. Now my oldest son is 10 I am playing more stuff with him and my rig has got to the point where I'm stuck on Windows 7 as Win10 drivers don't exist for my motherboard and really need to upgrade.
My current rig:
- Coolermaster 'OCUK' case from circa 2001 with 80mm f&r, 120mm side and top + custom fan controller
- Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard
- I7 1st gen, I think a 920
- 12GB (4x3GB) DDR3 1333
- Asus Radeon RX 570 ROG STRIX OC 8GB Graphics Card (I upgraded to this earlier this year, so this can stay - paid £145 for it. I like that it has 2xDVI outputs)
- Corsair CXM 750W Semi Modular 80+ Bronze PSU (Around 5 years old, this can probably stay?)
- Samsung Evo 840 128GB SSD (only use this as my system/C: drive, so guessing this can stay)
- 1TB WD 7200 SATA HD (guessing this can stay as my main storage drive)
- Samsung DVD writer / CD drive (this can stay)
Mainly play things like BEAMG Drive, Assetto Corsa etc.
I have just started to look and have tended to always have Asus mobo's which have tended to serve me well over the years - is the Asus ROG Strix Z390-F good? - I5 or I7? - is 16GB ram 'enough'?
Welcome your thoughts please!