Upgrade path for my WC rig

namaan

namaan

namaan

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Hey guys

about 4 years ago, i purchased the Ultima Scimitar watercooled PC from the fine folk at OCUK.

now, i'm mulling over getting back into gaming, and looking around i see that the tech has changed massively, and as such ..i'm a little lost.

will post specifics when i get home, but the CPU is a Core I7 , running at 4Ghz on a GA-Z87X-OC , and an AMD r9 290x

case is a coolermaster cosmos II

is it worth shelling out the £££ on a new build, or do i just run it until it dies?

Cheers

N
 
orbitalwalsh said:
dx12 will help a lot for that i7 and 8 threads. Most recent AAA titles will push it though !

what monitor res and hz your running ?

normally would suggest GPU upgrade and wait to see what December brings to the CPU market war
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1920x1080
only 60hz at present.

new monitor is on the cards in the near future...

cheers

N
 
orbitalwalsh said:
in theory, could slap in Vega 56 which is killer price to performance ! think comes with 2 free games - though might be 64 . and a monitor

not knowing budget but nice low upgrade, moving to 1440p to offload the CPU and giving it more of a life span

ODE
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £471.68 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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@Plec @Journey @EsaT @tamzzy @Danny75 might be able to shed some possibilities

if your GPU watercooled ?
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Yep GPU is watercooled.

cheers for the insight.
 
Danny75 said:
Yeah.

SSD (if you don't have a decent size one already), 1440p monitor and new GPU is where the money would be best spent on. All three can transfer to a new system as well, if needed. Maybe RAM (second-hand) if you only have 8GB or is it 16GB?

And find out which PSU (brand/model) to see if it's decent for a Vega 56.
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Currently got 16GB of ram
PSU is a superflower 850W... can't recall model from memory.
 
orbitalwalsh said:
wondering how the fluid is looking after 4 years ! whats the longest period without use ?
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don't panic, the fluid has been changed a few times :) probably not as often as is optimal though, but the temps are always been fine, and the system stable.

over the course of ownership it's probably not seen a huge amount of use compared to some hardcore gamer rigs.
 
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