Possible Upgrade?

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RobCharles1981

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Hey Guys,


I'm looking ahead with ideas to upgrade my current system current specs in my Signature Bellow.


All I possibly need is a New CPU, Motherboard and Ram and I want also look into getting a new Case, with removable dust fitters and good for cable management has to be about the same size as my current case 690ii advanced.


I do gaming and also Video Editing also.



What can you recommend me?


Cheers
Rob
 
Mate, there is bang for the buck in all price categories, you looking at spending 1 grand ? 2 grand ? 3 grand ? 500 Euros ?
 
If it's a gaming upgrade, put your money into a new GPU, liquid cool and overclock your current CPU, and double your memory.
 
Davva2004 said:
If it's a gaming upgrade, put your money into a new GPU, liquid cool and overclock your current CPU, and double your memory.
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Well it would be a Gaming Upgrade as well as for Video Editing.
I just want to keep up to date on the goings on in hardware.


I've had the build now since 2011/2012 so Its more or less time to consider some action. I'm thinking of sticking to Intel, but have heard good reports with the AMD Ryzen.


:)
 
Every build or upgrade needs cash. You need to tell us how much or we're literally wasting our time.
 
RobCharles1981 said:
I don't know of an exact price I'm sorry to say.

Probably £300-£400 or somewhere along those lines?
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OK well that pretty much rules out Intel completely. The problem is that you are on DDR3, that is a real kick in the pants because you need to buy an adequate amount of DDR4. However, I will try my best.

£179

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-Ryzen-...TF8&qid=1542656903&sr=8-1&keywords=ryzen+1700

£107

https://www.amazon.co.uk/STRIX-B350...8&qid=1542656934&sr=1-1&keywords=strix+b350-f

£100

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...al-channel-kit-grey-tlgd416g30-my-087-tg.html

Total of £386. That is where my cash would go, and then I would upgrade the CPU later.
 
At £400, you can afford either the CPU and mobo OR the GPU. If your video editing software uses the GPU for hardware acceleration, put the money into that and you also get to benefit from gaming on it.


This will get you a 120mm AIO cooler so you can overclock your CPU, 16GB of DDR3-2400 memory (in blue, so it matches your board) and a GTX1060 6GB which is the perfect 1080P gaming card with plenty of CUDA cores for video encoding.


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nbsMr6
 
Putting that sort of money into DDR3 is a false economy, IMO. You will never get anything like that when you come to sell it later.
 
Davva2004 said:
At £400, you can afford either the CPU and mobo OR the GPU. If your video editing software uses the GPU for hardware acceleration, put the money into that and you also get to benefit from gaming on it.


This will get you a 120mm AIO cooler so you can overclock your CPU, 16GB of DDR3-2400 memory (in blue, so it matches your board) and a GTX1060 6GB which is the perfect 1080P gaming card with plenty of CUDA cores for video encoding.


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nbsMr6
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This is what I may go down the road with, as it looks the better option! :)
I'm also debating on getting a Water Pump Corsair H Series what can you recommend?
 
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You'd better off with an air cooler than a 120mm AIO tbh. 120mm AIOs are not worth it especially the cheap ones. Just my 2 cents. I'd get a nice Cryorig H7, if you wanted to spend more on the AIO then any of the NZXT or Corsair 240mm are worth it.
 
Honestly I don't see the point of AIOs at all, they sit awkwardly between high end air coolers and a proper custom loop. Sure, they're convenient, but they're only slightly better than a proper air cooler yet cost more, are louder and more prone to failure.

AIOs make sense in compact setups where there's no space for an air cooler, otherwise I'd steer clear. I regret buying into this fad.

Also, what, why would he go from r9 390 to a GTX 1060? They,re really close in performance, sure the GTX is more power efficient but that's about it. Similarly, why would he swap NH-U12S to a 120mm AIO? Even in cooling power that's a sidegrade.

For editing the Ivy Bridge i5 is showing its age, I'd personally save up until Ryzen upgrade (either 6 core or even 8 core) is feasible, and sell the ivy CPU/DDR/Mobo. A 2600 would cool well under that Noctua, be night and day in video editing and provide a slight boost in gaming. That would also be a platform you could build on in the future.

Example: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/z82vbX at £388, would result in a respectable gaming/editing setup especially for 1080p. I don't know how much a 3570k/8gig/Z77 would sell for, maybe £140 is in the ballpark? Either way, you could easily fit a case in that budget as well, after selling the old hardware.
 
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AIO are good because they allow much easier and better access to your motherboard without ripping your hands to shreds. They also put much less pressure on the PCB. If you move your rig around a lot (LAN maybe) they are a much better option.

I agree that a 120 is not good enough if you are overclocking, though.

And yeah, I think spending that on DDR3 now is a complete waste of money but ho hum I said what I had to say. And yeah the 3570k is really beginning to show its age now, because Sandy is too and it clocked higher so there was nothing in it.
 
Not really, both have serviceable VRM's and you could probably get a little more out of the cpu, but seeing as you are going ryzen, and most of those tap out at 4.2 or 4.3 ghz, i wouldn't stress to much about it as ryzen 2 prettymuch boosts up to those frequencies on its own as long as the temperatures allow it.
 
Of those two I'd go with the Tomahawk which was originally my own selection, but then I opted for the MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon since it has the same VRM as their X470 Gaming Plus.

Downside being lack of voltage offset control on MSI bios.
 
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