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Hello Everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my PC because It's probably time, I've had this PC for a while now and I'm looking to get rid of it. I'm undecided on my next move for a new PC, considering I know about computers I just can't build them. I've looked at plenty of prebuilds online and have been close to pulling the trigger but I always seem to find some sort of bottleneck such as the power supply or another part in the computer that will hurt it. I'm looking for some advice on what I should upgrade to, I'm not familiar with building PC's myself so my best bet would be taking it to a place like Fry's if they will build it if I have the parts or buying a prebuild online. PC is mainly used for gaming.
West US/ Budget 800-1000

Current Specs
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Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34
Processor: AMD FX 6350 6-Core 3.9 GHZ
RAM: 8GB
GPU: NVIDIA PNY GTX 960
PSU: Corsair CX500M
Case: Cyberpower GUA890
Windows 7 64x
 
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Yeah, you're definitely right in saying that it's time for an upgrade. The issue with buying prebuilt is, as you said, there's either some massive bottleneck or you might be paying for stuff you don't need. For example, you could transfer a few things from your old build into a new one (your hard drive, possibly the PSU depending on if you want to OC etc.), should you get it built for you/build it yourself.

Personally, I ALWAYS advise building it yourself, regardless of how inexperienced you may think you are. There's a HUGE community/amount of literature on building it yourself, even a 3 year old could build it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwkSXAGxjE

There's nothing wrong with buying prebuilt, but if you're doing so only out of...
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Yeah, you're definitely right in saying that it's time for an upgrade. The issue with buying prebuilt is, as you said, there's either some massive bottleneck or you might be paying for stuff you don't need. For example, you could transfer a few things from your old build into a new one (your hard drive, possibly the PSU depending on if you want to OC etc.), should you get it built for you/build it yourself.

Personally, I ALWAYS advise building it yourself, regardless of how inexperienced you may think you are. There's a HUGE community/amount of literature on building it yourself, even a 3 year old could build it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwkSXAGxjE

There's nothing wrong with buying prebuilt, but if you're doing so only out of unreasonably worrying that you'd mess something up, I'd really recommend taking a look at building it yourself. Do you have an SSD?

What are the specs of your current monitor? This is an all round beast of a PC that shouldn't break a sweat with the latest AAA titles (though I can definitely shave off a few bucks depending on what you want to do with the system, such as going with an 8400 and a b360 board instead):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B360 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.00 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($458.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $874.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-22 23:40 EDT-0400

You will need to reinstall windows after the hardware upgrade.
 
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Building a PC is much easier then you might expect. If you have both hands and most of your fingers, it should only take a few hours. It's worth the experience. If you really dont want to build, the prebuilt PC's don't seem nearly as over priced as they did in the past. Also its probably worth waiting for at least an update on the new NVIDIA cards. Upgrading to 1 series higher just seems like you should get more for your $$.
 
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Well building your own PC in my opinion is the best option but if that's completely off the table then I'd defiantly recommend designing your PC and buying it from one of the companies that builds it for you. My opinion is its better to have all the parts picked yourself and knowing how well they will preform than just settling for some parts you like and some you dont, but if you can find a pre built one with all the parts you like then defiantly go for that.

In terms of your actual parts I dont really know what to suggest but my best advise it to find a few games you play often or know you want to play on your new PC and how well you want to run them (eg. low - ultra) and then look for some bench markings online and find out which parts preform well for their price. Although I would defiantly recommend upgrading 16GB of RAM as I have friends who have 8 and they sometimes struggle, whether you want DDR4 or 3 is up to you and how much you are willing to spend on RAM.
 
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Pcpartpicker.com has a lot of good completed builds that you can look at. If you pick one with lots of good ratings you'll be alright. You can also filter by price range and preferences like Intel or AMD.
 
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I appreciate the response,
I'm currently using an Asus VG248QE 24" 144hz
That build looks pretty solid so far, I'm probably going to use that as a foundation but I'm gonna take a look at some other builds I can find on their website.
As for cooling, do you think it would be necessary to get liquid cooling for that current build or stick with fans?
 
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Ah I see,
I already have a hyper 212 fan which should probably do the job.
Also unfortunately I don't have an SSD put that would probably be put in the computer later in a year or so if I went ahead with this build which I'm probably going to do and have someone help me build it.
Thanks for the help
 
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