Upgrading to 2020

Briggsy

Briggsy

Briggsy

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Morning all! I've not upgraded my PC hardware for about 5 years now and feel like it's time for a change.

Current spec is:
GPU - 980 Ti
CPU - i5 6600k
Ram - 2x8GB Corsair DDR4 Vengeance 2666
Motherboard - Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z170X
Power Supply - EVGA Supernova 850W G2
Tower - NZXT H440 (I think)

I don't really keep on top of what is best to get so don't know anything about where the state of hardware is at the minute, apart from graphics cards.

I'm thinking of going a bit overboard as I have a bit of spare cash at the minute. I'd like an i9 just to future proof it a bit, is it worth it? I'm not going to upgrade the graphics card right now, waiting for the next release from NVidia later this year. Is it worth it to upgrade the RAM to 32GB? Do I need a new motherboard?

Ideally I would also like a smaller case but understand that a big case is kind of needed due to the size of high end graphics cards nowadays. What are the current best cases available? Being quiet is a huge factor.

Any advice would be appreciated!
 
bagel said:
How comes intel for 1080? Only reason I can think of is if you were running 1080/240hz
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because Intel can really stretch its legs at 1080p the gpu becomes the bottleneck, and if you overclock Intel at 1080p you do get some serious gains, on the flip side who these days plays at 1080p (i mean yes pro gamers who need the very highest frame rates it's relevant) the sweet spot for gaming is really 1440p and at that scale the gpu becomes the bottleneck and intels gains are almost gone, thats why AMD is better as it's almost the same performance at gaming but costs less, one more big selling point for AMD is its productivity numbers, it absolutely wipes the floor leaving Intel pretty far behind.
 
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wookiee87 said:
because Intel can really stretch its legs at 1080p the gpu becomes the bottleneck, and if you overclock Intel at 1080p you do get some serious gains, on the flip side who these days plays at 1080p (i mean yes pro gamers who need the very highest frame rates it's relevant) the sweet spot for gaming is really 1440p and at that scale the gpu becomes the bottleneck and intels gains are almost gone, thats why AMD is better as it's almost the same performance at gaming but costs less, one more big selling point for AMD is its productivity numbers, it absolutely wipes the floor leaving Intel pretty far behind.
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Sure but if Ryzen can get good enough frames at 1440p it's also fine for 1080p right? Unless like you said you are running uncapped chasing max possible fps
 
bagel said:
Sure but if Ryzen can get good enough frames at 1440p it's also fine for 1080p right? Unless like you said you are running uncapped chasing max possible fps
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either platform will offer really good fps, but if your focused on max fps at 1080p then Intel wins hands down purely down to faster clock speed's of their cpu's, as i said earlier though if your planning a 1440p setup then the difference between the two is a lot closer so in that respect AMD is the way to go because it's cheaper and uses a lot less power
 
Smokey26 said:
LOL nobody is forcing you to do anything. If you want inferior thats upto you. Just like how people drive peaugots i suppose..........
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yeah noting wrong with 1080p gaming if you prefer it then it's going to be great for high fps gaming, which is needed if you play competitive games where the high fps is very welcomed.
I played at 1080p for most of my computing days and was very hesitant to move up, but man i was very pleased and have since gone from 1440p upto 4k which is unreal, however i have a 2080ti so it can push relatively high fps and look amazing at 4k
 
Smokey26 said:
LOL nobody is forcing you to do anything. If you want inferior thats upto you. Just like how people drive peaugots i suppose..........
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I wasn't being serious
I'm quite happy with 1080p still but 1440p monitors have dropped in price dramatically. Tempted to buy a new one
 
wookiee87 said:
yeah noting wrong with 1080p gaming if you prefer it then it's going to be great for high fps gaming, which is needed if you play competitive games where the high fps is very welcomed.
I played at 1080p for most of my computing days and was very hesitant to move up, but man i was very pleased and have since gone from 1440p upto 4k which is unreal, however i have a 2080ti so it can push relatively high fps and look amazing at 4k
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I tend to play competitive shooters as well. It's my preferred game type. I could always purchase a new 1440p and have best of both worlds and flip between the two depending on the game ;).

I am looking to upgrade soon and I've started saving. My system is old and it's still pushing it!
 
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