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List your Spec and a one year update plan

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Processor: i7 3930k
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
Cooling: Deep Cool Assassin
Memory: 16gig DDR3 1600
Video Card(s): EVGA GTX 780ti SC ACX
Hard Disk(s): Seagate 2tb Hybrid SSHD
LCD/CRT Model: HP ZR30W 30" 2560*1600/SOYO Topaz S 24" 1920*1200
Case: SilverStone Fortress FT04
Power Supply: XFX 750W XXX edition
Software: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Planning on upgrading to a AMD 1700 based system with a GTX 1070 and will probably add a SSD also
 
Specs where they should be, and it's kind of one step back and two steps forward as I get my hands on a Socket 1366 Motherboard and moar cores to crunch with, also hoping to find a cheap Socket 2011 Motherboard soon, for the same reason.
 
Specs of my desktop is on the left.

Maybe get a 1050Ti and *maybe* a secondary SSD but no planned anymore

I also have a recently bought laptop in which I replaced its HDD with a SSD and nothing more
 
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
MSI 990FXA-GD80 AM3+ AMD 990FX
CORSAIR H60 High Performance Water Cooler
G.Skill Ripjaws 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3 1600
SAPPHIRE HD 7970 3GB GDDR5
XFX Black Edition XPS-850W Plus Silver
SEAGATE Barracuda 7200 RPM 1TB

It works great, but its time to upgrade. Just not sure what I want to do....................
 
If i dont get a higher paying job then im stuck with what i got. If i do get one then expect me to ryzen up with the eye of the tiger
 
I am assuming a quad core 8 thread RyZen APU? That does sounds delicious, if AMD pairs it up with a 470 level GPU inside

I expect something more similar to a 460, and for me that's more than enough. I'm currently gaming from an 184 shaders Intel "HD":kookoo: Graphics.
 
As the title suggests. List out your main rig's spec and then illustrate out what you plan to upgrade within the next 12 months. I am talking REAL planned upgrades, not day dreaming of filling up your machine with 4 TitanXp and etc.

Just upgraded last month from:
Asus Sabertooth 990FX v1 with 8320FX @ 4.6Ghz/ Noctua NH-14D https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018
32GB of DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
120GB SSD
2x 2TB Hitiachi 7200rpm drives RAID0
2x R290s (Powercolor)

To:
AsRock Fatal1ty X370 Pro Gaming (crapload of features) with Ryzen R1700 @ 4.0Ghz/1.3825v and Cosair H100i v1 AIO.
64GB of DDR4 G.Skill TridentZ @ CL14 3000 running at CL14 2667 (currently)
Boot: evo 960 500GB m.2 NVMe
Others: SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD, 5TB Toshiba X300 7200rpm HDD
and still
2 x AMD R290s (Powercolor)

Hope to upgrade to 1 or 2 Vegas....
to pair with my Benq XL2730z 27" 2560x1440 @ 144Hz freesync monitor.
 
Intel 7700K
Asus Maximus IX HERO
1TB Samsung 960 EVO
48GB Tridentz @3000Mhz
GeForce 1070 GTX

Intel 6900K
Asus X99-A USB 3.1
32GB Tridentz @3000Mhz
512GB Intel 600P
GeForce 780 Ti

Anxiously waiting for Skylake-X so I can upgrade Broadwell-E. While 7700K will last me a long time for gaming.
 
Specs on the left

by april 2018 I might have added a new SSD to my system(preferably 500GB or higher), Maybe add an SSD to my ROG Laptop as well to boost OS performance(128GB enough). aside from that I'm currently fine with my set up until something breaks. Kinda waiting for a worthy successor to my 4.5ghz i7-2600k. maybe when Intel Core i series retires or AMD comes up with something revolutionary for gaming performance.
 
Specs are under my profile. Really no desire to upgrade anything. Maybe a GTX 1080ti next year
 
I expect something more similar to a 460, and for me that's more than enough. I'm currently gaming from an 184 shaders Intel "HD":kookoo: Graphics.

Intel HD 530 is actually pretty capable for casual light gaming. It even ran Tales of Berseria on medium settings.

There is no way to put iGPU that's on par with 470 though. Memory bandwidth and speed are the main bottleneck. 460 may be doable but would require quad memory channel support and high speed ram kit - at which point you might just as well buy a 460.
 
This is what I am getting and building tomorrow. (I barely got the 1600 because they're almost sold out the day they came out)

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: AsRock AB350M PRO 4
Cooling: Stock AMD
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400 or better
Graphics Card: Currently deciding between a used 480 and Vega

I don't see upgrading the GPU within a year, unless Volta is something to behold, then again Nvidia's poor performance in DX12 seems lacking so far, and I can't say anything about Vulkan, haven't heard anything about it in a while even though it's supposed to be superior to DX12.

Gaming with mods requires serious GPU horsepower for some games, even when the R9 380 4GB was new, it struggled at 900p for me. I require at least somewhere between the performance of 1060 and 1070.

I am only worried about the GPU choice, Pascal mid-range has really took everything down a notch when it launched, but AMD GPU's seem to age better through drivers while Nvidia only supports what's current.

Might be getting a 1080p 75hz Freesync monitor as soon as I am able to splash on one, new monitors are pricey here. Not to mention RAM, SSD's and mid to high range Intel CPU's, even last gen offerings usually cost more and sales almost never happen. Ebay and Amazon are off-limits most of the time for PC components outside of UK for me, postage costs are way too high or they don't post anywhere but the country that the item resides in.

I already have the Thermaltake Core V21 uATX, my trusty XFX Core Edition PRO 650W and an ADATA SP550 250GB (I got it while I was on holiday in UK).

I don't have enough money to burn to upgrade the whole system properly every 3 years or less. Sometimes I can sell old components to make up for the new cost but I lose out by a lot for great improvements in a few games and only marginal in others. I have to wait about 5 years before any big upgrade is justifiable like this one I am planning.

If I have to think back I should be actually upgrading from Phenom II 1605T X6, 4GB of DDR3 and a GeForce 460, I bought these new. The i5 2400 rig I had was mostly from buy and sell sites, I justified the upgrade just because the the single-core IPC that Skyrim and Fallout liked, but I didn't lose much money doing so, the six-core wasn't fully utilized in a lot of games even in 2014.
 
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Current setup :D

Processor:
intel i7 3770 *Dellided*
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory: 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s): GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Hard Disk(s): Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
LCD/CRT Model: 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case: Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Sound Card: On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply: Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va

Other hardware: 4 piece herb grinder

Upgrades:

Cooling: Thermaltake Pacific RL 240mm + GTx 980 waterblock / December
Hard Disk(s): 2x 2TB HDD / 3 months
Power Supply: Themaltake Thoughpower 600W

**Processor / Board / Ram was about to be upgraded, due some communication problems... guess its no gonna happen... **

Other Hardware: Space case 60mm 4 layer purple grinder / Cali crusher 6 60mm 4 layer purple grinder

:lovetpu:



Regards,
 
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My current PC specs are on my System Specs, my 1 year plans are to get a B350 motherboard and 16GB DC kit RAM, and wait for a while just in case there's a price drop on the Ryzen 1400, and upgrading the GPU next year
 
3770k / 16gb ram / GTX 770 / 2GB 240 gb seagate 600 ssd / mechanical 1tb hdd,

I plan to get a 1TB SSD, NVME with a PCI-E adapter, if they drop below $200, which seems unlikely. That would be in next year, maybe 2 years if its not at the price I want. I also want to buy a x7xx nvidia card in 2 generations so 3070 if thats what its called, thats probably 2 years out.
 
Current setup

System Name:

Eurocom Tornado F5 laptop
Processor: i7 7700k at 4.4hgz
Cooling: 2 laptop fans
Memory: 32gb of 2666mhz DDR4
Video Card(s): Nvidia 1070
Hard Disk(s): 2tb SSD 2.5in, 1tb SSD m.2, 500gb SSD m.2
Optical Drive: non
LCD/CRT Model: 15.6inch 120hz screen
Power Supply: 230w power supply
Mouse: Logitech m705
Keyboard: laptop keyboard
Software: lots of movies and Windows 10 Pro with win 7 shell

I am not upgrading, I am actually downgrading. With the price hike on SSDs and memory I am selling the Crucial x300 2tb SSD drive that I have now for a small profit and will go with a Samsung 2tb spinpoint HD M9T, I dont need the speed of a SSD that I once thought and the small profit will off set the price I paid for the laptop. Other thing is I will sell the 32gb Crucial ddr4 memory, I'll go back to 8gb. And I will make a small but bigger profit, vs SSD, from the memory.
Thats all for me, I'm set with this laptop for some years. Or maybe get a better delid contact on the processor so that I can hit 4.7ghz.
 
I'll upgrade my GPU this year or the next, upgrading the Ram (from 16 GB to 32 or 48 GB) is on the (very) long run too.
 
I plan to get a Ryzen 7 or better and some ridiculous gpu.

I will give my current setup to my brother who is still using an nforce4 939 dual core with a 5770 gpu currently.
 
Realistically...I'll be lucky if I get my R9 280X swapped out for a GTX 1070 in the next year. Everything else should still be the same(as my current system specs).
 
Currently running

Cooling: Currently on air, replacing tubing and fitting and radiator
Processor: Ryzen 1700X
Motherboard: Crosshair VI Hero
Memory: 16gb (2 x 8) Trident RGB 3200 C16
Video Card(s): RX 480
Hard Disk(s): 256gb SSD, 2TB HD
LCD/CRT Model: 24" IPS ZR24W
Power Supply: Seasonic X-850
Sound Card: Essence STX II
Mouse: Scimitar (might replace/rma having issues with it)
Keyboard: k95 rapidfire

future additions/replacements/upgrades

Processor: if there is a sensible upgrade/downgrade down the road
Memory: Second kit to up total to 32gb, if need arises but in no hurry with current prices
Hard Disk(s): M.2 Drive, preferably 512gb, same as above, in no hurry waiting for prices to come down
Video Card: Hard Disk(s): current card is a hold over, waiting to see what is the better card after Vega launch

After that it's case and cooling, and then I'm golden for the next 5 yrs because the monitor I want doesn't exist yet at least at the prices I'm willing to pay.

Case:
1st choice: Phanteks Evolve TG blk(heard bad things, but I feel like this would be a fun/interest project to correct the problems )
2nd choice: In Win 805i (too expensive, hoping for a deal/sale)
3rd choice: Corsair 570x (ugh don't want to, if I don't have to but if an opportunity to get one on the cheap comes around...)

Cooling: new 360 pump/rad combo
 
Intel 6900K

Why "anxiously waiting" for the SKX? I mean excluding the extra lanes (and the newest X99 mobos prety much help to have anyone covered), you'd be looking for a $1K+ upgrade for some measly IPC improvement, unnoticed outside synthetic benching.

Not being argumentative for the sake for it, just honestly curious.
 
Processor: Pentium G4560
Motherboard: Asus Prime Z270-P
Cooling: Corsair H40
Memory: 12GB DDR4-2400
Video Card(s): Gigabyte GTX560 Ti 448
Hard Disk(s): Intel 600p 256GB + 1.5TB HDDs
LCD/CRT Model: 2x 1080p
Power Supply: Antec HCG 620W
Software: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

7700K and 970 should be fine..
 
CPU: I7 980X @ 4.25 GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 and 3 120 MM fans and thermal grizzly kryonaul thermal paste for cpu cooling
Motherboard: ASUS ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM second gen X58 with USB 3.0 and sata 3.
Memory: 12 GB triple channel DDR3 1600 MHz corsair memory (6 x 2 GB)
SSD + HDD: Samsung 950 PRO 256 GB M.2 NVMe +Crusial M4 64 GB SSD + SAMSUNG EVO 250 GB SSD + CRUCIAL MX300 275 GB SSD + 2 x WD Velociraptor 150 GB 10000 RPM in software raid 0 + WD Caviar Black 1 TB + WD AV-GP 2 TB
Video card: 2 x Zotac GTX 970 in sli
PSU: Thermaltake ToughPower 1500 Watt PSU
Monitor: Samsung 24" 1920 x 1200 resolution.
OS: Windows 10 PRO 64 bits OS

If i plan to upgrade any thing, it would video cards by replace GTX 970 sli with one GTX 1080 TI card but i might wait to TI gets cheaper on the used marked. Maybe complete new system next yeah when skylake E/X299 comes out. But that is not for sure yet. Else i keep the system as it is now for hole 2017 at least. Else i might planing on getting me a 4K monitor later this yeah together with GTX 1080 TI but it depends on what my wallet says.
 
Just upgraded from FX8350 + GA-990FXA + 16gb 1866 Corsair Vengeance to
R7 1700X + GAX370 Gaming K7 + 16gb G. Skill Trident Z 3200 cl 16 a few weeks ago.

But everything else is the same. As for upgrade. Planning on getting a good freesync 1440p monitor and maybe those new AMD cards to replace my gtx 970 and 23" asus ips.

Still saving due to ryzen wallet damage. Hahaha
 
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