Puddingsbane 1153 Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 I think the time has come to up the specs on my PC a little. Currently: CPU: Intel i5 7600K GPU: Asus ROG GTX1070 STRIX MOBO: Asus Prime B250-M RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2400mhz HDD: 4TB Toshiba for storage PSU: Corsair CX500 80+ Bronze_______________________________________ Since the situation with all that crypto bullshit cooled off and GPU prices went down drastically I went browsing the used parts on one of the websites and came across some pretty interesting stuff, so here's the plan: CPU: staying the same currently. maybe in near future I'll go for 7700K or even Ryzen chips for my next build GPU: 1070 serves me very well for my current PC so no need in upgrading, but for my next build I'm opting for MSI GTX1080 Ti X-Trio beast MOBO: came across the Asus Maximus Hero VIII for only 70$! 70 FREAKING DOLLARS for a 300$+ board! Hell yea I'm taking it, but the only thing is I'll need to flash the BIOS for my Kaby Lake CPU to newer version RAM: 16GB will suffice but 16 more will definitely come in near future SSD: I'm thinking M.2 and all opinions are welcome considering the SSD part. PSU: will have to up it to 700w or 750w._____________________________________________________________________ So to sum it up - new board, SSD and PSU for now Scrappydoo and Substanz like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scrappydoo 680 Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 nice enough build why would you want to upgrade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Puddingsbane 1153 Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 nice enough build why would you want to upgrade First and foremost because I have a small addiction problem considering PC hardware, and second I'm lacking the SSD and with the new 1803 windows build i am experiencing slower boot and load times than before. And with my current hardware I think that Asus B250 board is just weighing down the potential of the other components, it's not a bad board but it's mediocre at best and lacks a lot of useful features some higher end ones have. PSU wise I need extra juice just in case. MasterYI and CaphallO like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MasterYI 566 Posted May 27, 2018 Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 PSU wise I need extra juice just in case. It smells like OC to me Quote No fancy image here. Don't ask why! Link to post Share on other sites
Puddingsbane 1153 Posted May 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 It smells like OC to me Nope, I'm getting wattage errors sometimes and it randomly looses display but keeps working with a black screen. My guess is the GPU takes a little more the PSU can handle at higher loads and it crashes my drivers, that's why. I've always go with a premiss that there's no such thing as too much PSU wattage, better have more than less. EDIT: Same thing is happening with my RX 470 8GB rig, but that's the known issue with AMD 400 series of cards. MasterYI likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MasterYI 566 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Yeh, you are right, always better to have more watts to spare, that way the power supply is not that forced and its more reliable Quote No fancy image here. Don't ask why! Link to post Share on other sites
Puddingsbane 1153 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 UPDATE: Motherboard arrived few days ago!! Asrock Fatality X370 Gaming Professional Series. Got it extremely cheap (I'm a bastard and a prick at negotiating PC hardware prices, and a proud one I must say) only 100$ for a over 300$ board. And in about 2 weeks (heard from a guy today) the Ryzen 7 1800X is arriving as well, again got it cheap for just shy over 200$. Will post screens and aida reports when it's done ;) Roohansama, Substanz and Dettie like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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