- Jun 1, 2014
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Hi everyone!@
I've been having trouble deciding on what to do in terms of upgrading. Instead of wracking my brain over this for much longer I decided to ask the community for advice.
Do I spend it all on a 980TI? Build a Haswell-E and Reuse my GPU for another year or so? I'm just looking for some insight.
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: ASAP
Budget Range: $1100 CAD
maybe up to $1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming @ 1080p144hz, Rendering 3d models in Vue
Are you buying a monitor: / No
Parts to Upgrade: This is where I'm stuck. 8350@4.8, 16gb Mushkin Blackline, Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0, HIS Radeon 7970 reference.
Will be reusing Seasonic Platinum Series 860w, 500gb Samsung EVO, my WD Red, Black drives.
Corsair 550D with silencing covers OFF (on if new build is cool enough)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Usually use NCIX but no preference.
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Winnipeg, Canada
Parts Preferences: Seasonic, Nvidia are my only preferred brands
Overclocking: Usually, but not a must.
SLI or Crossfire: Love this tech. but going with single card for cool n quiet.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p144hz, planning on upgrading to 2k w/ g-sync within 2016
Additional Comments: Ideally I'm looking to upgrade for performance but the quieter the pc the better.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I've got the itch. My main pc is a space heater, and want something near silent opposed to my jet engine. I was planning on waiting until Skylake-E/Pascal but with the declining CAD I doubt I'll be in a position to be building a new PC in 2017. In some games Im doing fine but others I have to drastically scale down settings to get close to 144fps.
TL
R Too hot, too power hungry, too noisy and to top it off I have that enthusiast upgrade itch that I'm dying to scratch. Technically my system is fine. but the aforementioned by-products of the system are getting on my nerves. Heating my house is fine in -40C weather but come summertime it's game over.
I've been having trouble deciding on what to do in terms of upgrading. Instead of wracking my brain over this for much longer I decided to ask the community for advice.
Do I spend it all on a 980TI? Build a Haswell-E and Reuse my GPU for another year or so? I'm just looking for some insight.
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: ASAP
Budget Range: $1100 CAD
maybe up to $1500System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming @ 1080p144hz, Rendering 3d models in Vue
Are you buying a monitor: / No
Parts to Upgrade: This is where I'm stuck. 8350@4.8, 16gb Mushkin Blackline, Asus Sabertooth 990fx R2.0, HIS Radeon 7970 reference.
Will be reusing Seasonic Platinum Series 860w, 500gb Samsung EVO, my WD Red, Black drives.
Corsair 550D with silencing covers OFF (on if new build is cool enough)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Usually use NCIX but no preference.
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Winnipeg, Canada
Parts Preferences: Seasonic, Nvidia are my only preferred brands
Overclocking: Usually, but not a must.
SLI or Crossfire: Love this tech. but going with single card for cool n quiet.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p144hz, planning on upgrading to 2k w/ g-sync within 2016
Additional Comments: Ideally I'm looking to upgrade for performance but the quieter the pc the better.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I've got the itch. My main pc is a space heater, and want something near silent opposed to my jet engine. I was planning on waiting until Skylake-E/Pascal but with the declining CAD I doubt I'll be in a position to be building a new PC in 2017. In some games Im doing fine but others I have to drastically scale down settings to get close to 144fps.
TL
R Too hot, too power hungry, too noisy and to top it off I have that enthusiast upgrade itch that I'm dying to scratch. Technically my system is fine. but the aforementioned by-products of the system are getting on my nerves. Heating my house is fine in -40C weather but come summertime it's game over.
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