Whats your current spec and what one thing would you upgrade

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Hi all.

I'm not sure if this has been asked before hand and apologies if it has but could you post what your current PC spec is and if you were able to afford a change what it would be. I don't want this to be about who has the badest/over priced spec as we all get what we can afford and need. i'm just curious what everybody has.

For me, my last PC was over 12 years out until the MB went bang. I had an Intel Q9450 running at 4GHz. I had a pair of GTX8800 in SLI. The motherboard was a P5N-D. Nothing special but adequate enough at the time for gaming and Uni work. I had two HDD and both were standard Western Digitals and the system had 16GB Ram. It was running on a 800W PSU air cooled in a Coolermaster S case. There were 8 case fans and the system ran pretty much 24/7 at the time. I was running two Asus Monitors. A VW222s and a VE247. I donated both to a local charity.

I'm currently using a Dell E6420 laptop although I have upgraded it with an SSD and doubled the Ram. I was very close to getting the Germanium with some subtle tweaks but was advised to wait on the new CPUs/GPUs. Since then I've continued to browse the posts on here and watch plenty of YT reviews and am now dithering between the Germanium and the Titan Shikra. I've asked already on the Germanium thread but generally speaking when do OCUK update the pre built specs for systems like the Germanium/Shikra. Does anybody who has been a long term member know this ?

Anyway back to my reason for this thread, please kindly post your specs ? It would be interesting to see what you have. If you have multiple PC then only the main PC would be sufficient.
 
2600k running at 4.8ghz as it has been since what feels like forever.
24gb ram with a mild overclock
280x clocked to within an inch of its life
brace of Samsung 850 ssds
and a few mechanical drives.


one thing I would change would be a tasty GPU. I've recently added a 4k monitor and the old 280x just doesn't pass muster these days think everything else is up to the task though :) that 2600k feels like it will go on forever
 
Tower system spec:

Coolermaster HAFX case
6600K @ 4.2/4.3ghz
Corsair Vengeance low profile 16gb ddr4 ram @ 2400mhz (think it downclocks to 2133)
Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 motherboard
KFA2 Nvidia GTX980Ti
a couple of Samsung 850 Evo SSD's 500gb/1TB
Be Quiet! 650w modular PSU

If I was upgrading right now, I'd definitely change the CPU to one that's better for content creation/rendering, so probably nothing lower than a Ryzen 2700 (most likely between a 1920x - 2950x). That would, however, mean changing my motherboard and memory...and probably a new PSU as well.

Oh, and while we're at it, let's go with a new case. :D
 
6700k @ 4.7ghz
Alpenföhn Brocken 3
16gb Corsair LPX RAM @ 3000mhz
Asrock Z170 Extreme 7+
Palit GTX 1070 Super jetstream
Samsung 256gb 950 PRO M.2
Samsung 500gb 840 EVO
Samsung 2tb Spinpoint M9T
EVGA 650w PSU
Phanteks Pro M TG
Dell U2412M
Steelseries Rival 700
Roccat Suora

Wouldn't mind a change of monitor, maybe a 34" ultrawide and a better/quieter keyboard.
 
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i9 9900k - i'd change Intels NDA so i could sell the damn thing - (I could pay for 3 months of kids nursery fee's with it ). Miss my 7600k/z270 strix running 5.2ghz which replaced aging i7 860/ROG

GT 710 - 2070 as the GT 710 just isn't holding its self with minesweep anymore

1440p TN 60hz- no sync monitor - would to move up to 144hz+
 
4790k @ 4.7ghz w/ Thermaltake RIING 240mm AIO
16gb DDR3 @ 2100
Gigabyte Gaming 5
980Ti (with H50i)
1440p/144hz Gsync Dell Monitor
2x 250gb SSDs
Corsair HX850 Pro
-packed into an Evolv X
Corsair K70
Corsair M65 RGB
Seenheiser GSP300s

The only thing I would change would be the GPU, maybe a 1080Ti
 
Main machine:

7700k
16gb ddr4
Gigabyte Z270 Ultra Gaming
1080TI in SLI
Creative AE-5 sound card
1440p/144hz 27" Dell Gsync
Samsung SSD 850 pro 256gb
Crucial SSD MX300 1TB
Corsair Hydro H100i AIO
Corsair carbide 540
Logitech G502
Corsair strafe rgb

Probably add an NVME drive, not fussed tbh.
 
i7 4790k @ 4.6Ghz
Asus Maximus VI Hero
Inno3d GTX1070 iChill Air Boss X3
16GB Samsung Green 2133Mhz@9-10-10-21 1N
SK Hynix SL301 250GB SSD
Sandisk Ultra II 960GB SSD
BeQuiet Straightpower 11 550w
Creative Soundblaster Z
Dell 27" 2560x1440 144hx Gsync monitor

Watercooling
Pump - Alphacool VPP655 (D5 Vario)
CPU Block - Alphacool Eisblock XPX
GPU Block - Aquacomputer Kryographics GTX1080
Reservoir - XSPC Photon 270 res
Radiator 1 - Coolgate G2 360mm
Radiator 2 - Coolgate CG360

At some point the cpu/motherboard/memory will be upgraded but at the moment there is nothing that has any worthwhile single core performance increase over my 4790k to justify the huge cost. I know my cpu would be hammered by a up to date Ryzen or Intel cpu in multicore tasks but I couldn't care less about that. I play mainly simulators and older games which are all single threaded so single core performance is everything to me.
 
I7 5820k @4.4ghz (5core/10thread) 4.3ghz (6core 12thread)
Cpu cooler : hyper 212 x (ye that cools it fine)
Ram : crutial 8gb 2400mhz
Amd r9 fury x
Samsung 850 pro ssd
Crutial bx300 ssd
Crutial m500 ssd
Two 2TB HDDS (forgot the brand)
Psu - none right now
Mobo - asus x99-a

I want a new gpu but nothing out now is worth the price...

I want more ram, but for now im gona get a new cheepo psu till my rma and get some more ram... i can fit upto 64gigz but i duno if spending £500 on ram for this cpu is worth it.. but because its quad channel..it heavy ram tasks it should smash the i9 9900k from its huge memory bandwidth..but ill need to fill all 8 slots (expensive).. i duno... i need it for heavy editing effects as that eats up ram and 4k video scrubbing in real time with no lag.....

And some games i get frametime drops from the ssd to ram paging thing... so i need to make a huge ramdisc but need moooar ram for dat...

Wat u guys think?
 
5820k at 4Ghz. H110 AIO. 64 GB Ram, SSD boot, other random drives, gtx 970.

GPU is the only thing I'd change. And my monitors. Ones a 24" 1080 Dell, the other a 25" 1440 Dell, I'd like 2x 27"s at 1440.
 
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5820k at 4Ghz. H110 AIO. 64 GB Ram, SSD boot, other random drives, gtx 970.

GPU is the only thing I'd change. And my monitors. Ones a 24" 1080 Dell, the other a 25" 1440 Dell, I'd like 2x 27"s at 1440.
How come u only have it at 4ghz?
Mines at 4.3ghz 1.26volts on a cheepo cooler
 
I honestly don't think I need to change anything. Ok, none of my pc is bleeding edge, but it's all pretty decent and does exactly what I want.

I guess money no object, I'd throw in a 2080ti. But my 1070 is plenty fast enough for now.
 
It probably would go further but it's quite a hot chip and I like running my fans low all the time. :D
Mine hits around 73c under fullish load at 4.3ghz with a hyper 212x....
U running it under a tap, u should be getting better....
And i have no case fans.... i run my pc on its side with the pannel open...(try that)

Whats your serial number? The first letter.. that shows its binning

L & J apparently the best.... joker said he got 4.6ghz at 1.25v
 
I can't actually think of anything to upgrade in my current machine.
Nothing really grabs me as a big leap from what I have.

Specs
7700k @ 5ghz
1080ti 2100/6000mhz
16gb 3600mhz 8 pack
34" X34a ultrawide monitor
1tb SSD
250gb SSD
3tb mechanical drive
4tb USB drive
All watercooled

Most of my recent spends have been on the room rather than the machine in it!
 
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I can't actually think of anything to upgrade in my current machine.
Nothing really grabs me as a big leap from what I have.

Specs
7700k @ 5ghz
1080ti 2100/6000mhz
16gb 3600mhz 8 pack
34" X34a ultrawide monitor
1tb SSD
250gb SSD
3tb mechanical drive
4tb USB drive
All watercooled

Most of my recent spends have been on the room rather than the machine in it!
8700k or ryzen would give u smoother gameplay in newer titles like assassins creed
 
I have a 1700x and a GTX 1070.

Not looking to upgrade for a while yet, but the next thing I want to upgrade to is a graphics card that is at least as quick as a 1080ti, supports vesa adaptive sync and costs around £400. Currently this graphics card is fiction, but hopefully some time in the next generation or two it will exist.

The next thing after that will be what ever the last AM4 compatible flagship CPU is, assuming its a worthwhile upgrade, and I'll look to buy one as soon as the AM4 replacement hits the market and the prices drop :)
 
Just updated my GPU to a 1080Ti and have a new monitor on order - its making my Intel 2500k @4.5GHz look a little long in the tooth (7 years at that overclock and counting!), so I'm speccing up a CPU / Mobo / Ram overhaul in the next couple of months. Case, PSU, HDD etc are all staying for now
 
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