- Dec 5, 2012
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I've been building PCs for a while now but I'm at a stage where I'm drooling over the new stuff (but my stuff now is still fairly viable overall). I've always been a value player where I find good times to sell most components and upgrade. In the back of my mind I think I know the answer to my question but I'd like some feedback regardless. The machine is used for gaming and video editing.
CPU: AMD FX9590
CPU Cooling: Coolermaster Seidon 240m.
GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC X2 (SLI) (Note I have sent in my info for the settlement).
MoBo: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Ram: 16GB DDR3 @ 1600
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000w G2
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 28" (4K).
Monitor 2: Some LG 1080p I use on the side for dual tasking.
SSD: Some sort of budget Crucial 256GB. It only has the OS, Premier, and some essential programs that need to be installed on it.
HDD: I have a WD Blue (that has 34,000+ power hours on it). It currently has nothing important on it. I also have a 2TB Hybrid that now holds most of my non essential programs and games. Currently at 9,000 power hours.
Case: NZXT Phantom 530
Other info: A good portion of the games I play are actually not that graphically intensive (I mean like Overwatch and... Shadowverse). However, every 3 months or so I do get like a AAA title (like eventually I plan on getting Dishonored 2) and I've recently gotten Civ VI. If a game has good mod support you can bet I'll mod it... a lot.
For editing I have my info edited to allow my cards to handle rendering versus the CPU. I do use after effects. ATM I don't edit in 4K, but have upscaled into it. My GPUs are poor overclockers. I do not overclock my CPU much for... obvious reasons.
I already have a good quality peripherals.
Basically
1. Am I wrong to assume that right now I'm not going to see a reasonable performance boost if I upgrade to a new CPU? (barring Zen being insane).
2. Should I swap out my 970s for a 1080? The tests I've seen overall have 1080s at like a 10% upgrade to the 970 SLI, but I've heard people claim it's actually much higher.
3. Is my MoBo holding me back right now?
4. How long do I have until my WD Blue dies?
5. I plan on getting VR (probably) once a clearer picture of vive vs rift is revealed.
6. I might also want a PS4, but that's not a high priority. Basically I want to play the FFVII remake and persona V >.> In otherwords I do have other things I can spend the money on.
7. A year down the road if I don't upgrade within the next month, how much am I going to lose by sitting on my current parts for another year? Is anything realistically going to come out where I'm going to be like "this would run better if I upgraded" etc.
Note: I see a 30% increase to = generally be something I'd upgrade to.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
CPU: AMD FX9590
CPU Cooling: Coolermaster Seidon 240m.
GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC X2 (SLI) (Note I have sent in my info for the settlement).
MoBo: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Ram: 16GB DDR3 @ 1600
PSU: EVGA Supernova 1000w G2
Monitor: Samsung U28D590D 28" (4K).
Monitor 2: Some LG 1080p I use on the side for dual tasking.
SSD: Some sort of budget Crucial 256GB. It only has the OS, Premier, and some essential programs that need to be installed on it.
HDD: I have a WD Blue (that has 34,000+ power hours on it). It currently has nothing important on it. I also have a 2TB Hybrid that now holds most of my non essential programs and games. Currently at 9,000 power hours.
Case: NZXT Phantom 530
Other info: A good portion of the games I play are actually not that graphically intensive (I mean like Overwatch and... Shadowverse). However, every 3 months or so I do get like a AAA title (like eventually I plan on getting Dishonored 2) and I've recently gotten Civ VI. If a game has good mod support you can bet I'll mod it... a lot.
For editing I have my info edited to allow my cards to handle rendering versus the CPU. I do use after effects. ATM I don't edit in 4K, but have upscaled into it. My GPUs are poor overclockers. I do not overclock my CPU much for... obvious reasons.
I already have a good quality peripherals.
Basically
1. Am I wrong to assume that right now I'm not going to see a reasonable performance boost if I upgrade to a new CPU? (barring Zen being insane).
2. Should I swap out my 970s for a 1080? The tests I've seen overall have 1080s at like a 10% upgrade to the 970 SLI, but I've heard people claim it's actually much higher.
3. Is my MoBo holding me back right now?
4. How long do I have until my WD Blue dies?
5. I plan on getting VR (probably) once a clearer picture of vive vs rift is revealed.
6. I might also want a PS4, but that's not a high priority. Basically I want to play the FFVII remake and persona V >.> In otherwords I do have other things I can spend the money on.
7. A year down the road if I don't upgrade within the next month, how much am I going to lose by sitting on my current parts for another year? Is anything realistically going to come out where I'm going to be like "this would run better if I upgraded" etc.
Note: I see a 30% increase to = generally be something I'd upgrade to.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
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