Upgrading my PC

Aug 7, 2018
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G'day,

I'm look to upgrade my current PC that I use for school, casual gaming and photo editing. I am also looking into live streaming on twitch aswell.

Specs:

ASUS GeForce GTX 1050ti
i5 6400
1TB HDD
Gigabyte ga-h110m-h
8gb G.SKILL Value DDR4

Im thinking about upgrading my CPU to a i5 7500 or an i5 7600k, I don't think I will stay with the 1050ti in the coming years, probably upgrade to a 1070/1070ti after I am sure with all my other upgrades. I am also 100% sure that my next purchase will be a SSD, most likely a 120gb version so I can store my windows 10 and my most commonly played games.

Any recommendations would appreciated, thank you :)
 
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If you are going to stick with Intel, I would recommend you upgrade to an i7 processor due to the added functionality of hyperthreading. This feature was designed for things like video encoding across many cores to lessen the overall burden on your CPU. You certainly could buy a $220 processor like the i5-7600k. Personally, I suggest you look into the i7-8700k.

It will cost you an extra $100 but just look at the performance comparison here (Look at the multi-core performance comparison):
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7600K/3937vs3885

With regards to your interest in upgrading your storage from a HDD to a SSD, I'd stay away from the SATA drives. Instead, go for one of the PCI Express SSD...
If determined to go to the 1070, an i7 7700 / i7 7700K might be a better fit to get the most from the GPU (the most expensive part).

If keeping the costs down, I would opt for the 7600K and a 1060 6GB, but if we're talking 1440p gaming, I suppose the 1070 is the better option in this case.

As for the 120GB SSD, not sure it will be enough for an operating system and all the rest, if you're inclined to install a lot of programs (or any games) onto C drive. I've got around 60GB used at present on Windows 7, not including major games.

My goto SSD drive right now is the Samsung 850 Evo, 500GB, as its price is pretty good, for the amount of space you're getting. It's one of the fastest 2.5" SSDs as well (4th out the 2.5" drives, and 120th if you include PCIe SSDs on UserBenchmark).

With 500GB, you're good to install pretty much anything, including a few heavy games, if you want to take the load off the HDD's speed limitations.
 

dragonstar914

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The Ryzen 5 2600x is well balanced with a 1070(ti) and the extra threads are great to have for streaming. I would however suggest getting a larger SSD if you are spending that much on other parts. You might want to consider picking up around a 500gb SSD which you should be able to find for a decent price these days. You also many want to consider upgrading to 16gb of RAM that is on your motherboard makers approved list with between 2400-3000mhz, since Ryzen likes fast RAM.
 

dafyingmonkey

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If you are going to stick with Intel, I would recommend you upgrade to an i7 processor due to the added functionality of hyperthreading. This feature was designed for things like video encoding across many cores to lessen the overall burden on your CPU. You certainly could buy a $220 processor like the i5-7600k. Personally, I suggest you look into the i7-8700k.

It will cost you an extra $100 but just look at the performance comparison here (Look at the multi-core performance comparison):
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7600K/3937vs3885

With regards to your interest in upgrading your storage from a HDD to a SSD, I'd stay away from the SATA drives. Instead, go for one of the PCI Express SSD cards if you have an extra slot on your motherboard. They operate much faster than the SATA cable drives.

Here's a great example of this in action (An overall increase of 100% better performance as well as twice the storage capacity for only $10 more):
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-120GB-vs-Samsung-960-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-250GB/3484vsm200373
 
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