What should I do with my current PC build?

FearInduced · Jul 17, 2016

---Specification's as of now---

--Case: Enermax Ostrog ECA3253-BR
--MotherBoard: MSI B85-G41 Military Class 4 Motherboard
--CPU: Intel Core i5 Devil's canyon 4690K 3.5 Ghz overclocked to about 3.8 Ghz
--CPU Fan: Stock fan that came with it.
--GPU: 4GB memory ASUS DirectCU Mini GTX 970
--RAM: DDR3, 8GB (2x4GB) dual channel Corsair Vengeance
--HDD: 1TB Western Digital Blue

I have 1,574$ to spend on this, so don't hesitate to suggest the best, because for a gaming PC, I'm willing to get the best.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 17, 2016

What is your PSU ?
Get Z87 or Z97 MB.
What monitor you are using ?

FearInduced · Jul 17, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

Right now it's an EVGA 600 watt 80+ bronze and I'm on a BenQ 1080p 60hz monitor (RL2240HE).

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 17, 2016

than your upgrade list is Z87/Z97 MB, upgrade to 16GB ram, get GTX 1070

Tradesman1 · Jul 17, 2016

A Z97-A or Pro gaming mobo, Hyper 212 EVO or Cryorig H7 cooler for the CPU to OC, A GTX 1080 GPU (just got an Asus Strix OC which is sweet

), 2x8 GB 2400/10 GSkill Trident X DRAM, a good 240/256 SSD

coozie7 · Jul 17, 2016

Just to add to Tradesman1:

Get the SSD and motherboard together, some MBs' support PCI-E M2 drives, which can be significantly faster than SATA3.

Upgrade the display, if you're going to go for that big GTX1080 it's going to demand at least a 1440 Gsync display, and you might want to consider going 4k if you purchase such a monster graphics card!

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 17, 2016

there is no need for GTX 1080 with 1080p@60Hz

Tradesman1 · Jul 17, 2016

n0ns3ns3 :

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Never know when you might move up to 144, or switch to multiple monitors, or whatever.

n0ns3ns3 · Jul 17, 2016

Well ... I know when ... when the 34" 21:9 will be reasonably priced.
And the GPUs are getting a lot of performance each year for the same price.
better buy 1070 and later 1170 or 1270

FearInduced · Jul 17, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Are all of these, "Pro gaming mobo" board's LGA 1151? Give me a specific list of what you'd do if you had my PC, I'll take into account any of my own changes.

Tradesman1 · Jul 17, 2016

The Z97 Pro Gaming which is 1150 - no need for 1151 and getting a Skylake CPU, your 4690K is more than sufficient

FearInduced · Jul 17, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Should I get a new PSU or no? Is the ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Fatal1ty Z97 Killer a good choice? BTW, GTX 1080 it is. Everything else, I've gone with what you've suggested.
Oh and BTW, how would I do the transferring of my Windows 10? Isn't it more complicated than just replacing motherboard's?

Tradesman1 · Jul 17, 2016

The Killer is a good mobo, and Win 10 you may have to reactivate, but shouldn't be a big deal, the EVGA should be fine

FearInduced · Jul 17, 2016

Tradesman1 :

Could you tell me how to do that please? What is this, "Reactivate"? It was originally Windows 8.1 disk, but it had me do the free upgrade to Windows 10 (I still have the packaging and the code and all that). I'd appreciate the help.

Tradesman1 · Jul 17, 2016

It will tell you, it may well just take and be fine, else it will give you a message and a couple of days to reactivate, if so, follow it and it will give you the option to reactivate on-line, choose this, it will reactivate or give you a number to call and an error code, call and it walks you through (you key in the error code, it ask how many computers it's installed on, you tell it 1 and they will give you a new code

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