Serious PC/Gaming Setups

[General Mario]

I have some weird Intel AMD build from when ryzen wasn't a thing. I was thinking of upgrading soon but I am not too sure what to upgrade first

Spoiler

CPU: i7 4790K
GPU: AMD 290X
RAM: 8gb
PSU: Corsair HX750i
Cooler: Some huge nouctua air cooler that I don't know the name of.
SSD: 128gb
HDD: 2tb

Well, whats your budget if you want to upgrade? Because as far as I can see, the ram should be fine as long as you arent doing too much multitasking, and the cpu/gpu could certainly use upgrades.

 

[Khiel]

Used to have 8, but got 16 gigs and forgot that I had 4 ram slots on my motherboard

Best to take the two 4's out and just have the two 8's in there on dual channel - unless your MOBO supports quad channel

Will get more mileage for the 16 you have, which is usually better, unless you actually use 24gb of RAM usually

 

[Bman]

Well, whats your budget if you want to upgrade? Because as far as I can see, the ram should be fine as long as you arent doing too much multitasking, and the cpu/gpu could certainly use upgrades.

Around 500 cad. Was thinking ram would be one of the first things I would upgrade

 

[General Mario]

Around 500 cad. Was thinking ram would be one of the first things I would upgrade

i wish we canadians had cheaper parts..

Have you thought about going ryzen? The new 3000 series is coming out soon, so you may want to see their options for that.

Card wise, maybe an rx 570 if you can strech the budget

 

[Bman]

i wish we canadians had cheaper parts..

Have you thought about going ryzen? The new 3000 series is coming out soon, so you may want to see their options for that.

Card wise, maybe an rx 570 if you can strech the budget

would have to replace my whole motherboard for a ryzen and that would push the cost up a lot. But the 570 is pretty much the same as a 290x, just more quiet and cooler. Do you think I should go for a CPU first or GPU?

 

[General Mario]

would have to replace my whole motherboard for a ryzen and that would push the cost up a lot. But the 570 is pretty much the same as a 290x, just more quiet and cooler. Do you think I should go for a CPU first or GPU?

in that case get a cpu upgrade, but ill be honest when i say you are prob gonna need a new mobo regardless of wheter its intel or ryzen

 

[Spungey]

 

[axido]

ah yes

Spoiler: n word

Processors: Xeon X5680, overclocked @ 4.25GHz
Graphic Card: GTX 1070Ti
RAM: 12GB DDR3
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Power Supply: Corsair TX750W
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
System Cooling: Cooler Master ML240L water AIO, 2x Noctua NF-S12s for push/pull configuration on the radiator
Storage: 2x WD Green 120GB SSD, 2x Generic 500GB HDD
OS: Windows LTSC, arch linux

and so ends the tale of the little wanderer.......


today 9:30 a psu i've not replaced for 10 years decided to go crazy go stupid

motherboard boots but won't get past the chipset loading

F

 

[Salami]

no more poverty pc boys

new specs :
i3-4160
gtx 950
870 evo ssd
pny ssd that was 50 bucks 480gb
8gb ram

its gamer time

 

[FieldersNL]

What about your cable management? I tossed mine just in the back with a few ziptied and some loose but could barely closed my case, it's still yet not probably closed but who cares? Cable management sucks.

 

[axido]

and so ends the tale of the little wanderer.......


today 9:30 a psu i've not replaced for 10 years decided to go crazy go stupid

motherboard boots but won't get past the chipset loading

F :(

weather update

new psu, motherboard doesn’t boot at all and one of the hard drives is dead

thank god for raid 1

 

[qbmax]

necroing to post my pc, image is a little old ive gotten a new 1080p monitor at 144hz, shits life changing


also i FUCKING HATE BRAIDED USB CORDS AHHHHHHH

 

[Deleted member 6062]

is that a blackboard

 

[axido]

necroing to post my pc, image is a little old ive gotten a new 1080p monitor at 144hz, shits life changing


also i FUCKING HATE BRAIDED USB CORDS AHHHHHHH

specs or die instantly

PLEASE PLUG YOUR KEYBOARD FROM THE BACK

 

[keiiou]

necroing to post my pc, image is a little old ive gotten a new 1080p monitor at 144hz, shits life changing


also i FUCKING HATE BRAIDED USB CORDS AHHHHHHH

that's a gamer desk if I've ever seen one

 

[Stalker]

I have an old i5 6600k and a 1080ti

which cpu do i upgrade too when i have money

 

[Whilt]

I have an old i5 6600k and a 1080ti

which cpu do i upgrade too when i have money

Something ryzen unless you want to blow out all the stops and get something very high end (£400~)

 

[cloudperson]

I have an old i5 6600k and a 1080ti

which cpu do i upgrade too when i have money

something from the ryzen series
up to u on what u choose but I’d recommend the 2700

 

[axido]

I have an old i5 6600k and a 1080ti

which cpu do i upgrade too when i have money

depends on your budget but ryzen is the alpha male unless you can throw an i7 6700k into that socket (not the best choice)

 

[Stalker]

depends on your budget but ryzen is the alpha male unless you can throw an i7 6700k into that socket (not the best choice)

i'd definitely switch to a different motherboard the one i have is small and meh