so what is your next computer upgrade?

skellattarr · Sep 22, 2020

I plan on getting an Asus Strix RTX 3090 it's going to take me till march to save for it if I can control my self with spending.
if somebody has already done a thread like this I'm sorry

xman2007 · Sep 22, 2020

Definitely for me it will be a CPU upgrade, likely Ryzen 3600/3700 (depending how prices drop following Ryzen Zen 3 launch) either will be a decent upgrade however. I'm still annoyed I pulled the trigger on a 5600 XT only about a month ago with Navi2 just around the corner (inpatient) however in the grand scheme of things it is still perfectly fine as I only game at 1080p/75hz anyway and it chews through my games at that res/FPS just fine with more in the reserve tanks if needed, in fact it's right around the performance of your GTX 1080 which isn't all that bad IMO

with a 3600/3700 CPU I think my rig will then be perfectly balanced until I feel the upgrade itch again, which hopefully won't be for another year or 2 maybe....

27MaD · Sep 23, 2020

A new GPU, i had to sell my 1650 so i can afford upgrading from Ivy bridge to Zen+, and i think it was worth it, looking at 1650 (Super), RX 570-580. used or new.
After that i'm replacing my 120GB Kingston A400 SSD and my WD Blue 500GB HDD with a 500GB SSD.

freeagent · Sep 23, 2020

For me it would probably be a new gpu. Something decent, something that will laugh at my 1080p/60 monitor, something that will surely be bottlenecked by my geriatric 3rd gen intel. After that I will get a new system for it, something that should last as long as my current rig. I know I’ll be sitting out on this batch of intel and amd. I can wait till a new breed comes.

PooPipeBoy · Sep 23, 2020

I'm literally planning on placing an order today for computer upgrade parts. Going to be a very exciting one too because I rarely do major upgrades like this.
My trusty Core i5 4670K, Asus Z97-E and 16GB 2133MHz Corsair Vengeance will be retired from full-time duties in favor of a Ryzen 3100, Asus B550-F and 32GB 3600MHz GSkill Ripjaws.
If the Ryzen 3100 seems like an odd choice, that's because it's a stop-gap until the Zen 3 5700X is available. The 3100 is still a great CPU though and I'll probably re-use it in a family member's office machine upgrade.

Toothless · Sep 23, 2020

Coolers or ssd for one of the big boy servers.

windwhirl · Sep 23, 2020

Extra hard drive(s). Deciding between getting a pair of 6 TB drives or one big 10 TB drive now and another down the line.

skellattarr · Sep 24, 2020

well darn, it's going to take me to may to save up for that card. I guess I can wait

Nuckles56 · Sep 24, 2020

Watercooling and a custom desk/PC case build will be first most likely or maybe a new CPU/GPU depending on how much of an itch I have

sepheronx · Sep 24, 2020

A few items.

I have an engineering sample core i5 10500 headed my way so I'm waiting to buy a z490 MSI motherboard. I just purchased ddr4 3600 16gb ram, a thermaltake S300 case. Saving up for the Mobo, and PSU.

As well, got $500 set aside to buy a new GPU when it releases. Either the Navi 2 or whatever is cost/performance for Nvidia (RTX 3060 I presume).

yotano211 · Sep 24, 2020

skellattarr said:
well darn, it's going to take me to may to save up for that card. I guess I can wait

Ask yourself if you really need a 1500 card for work or just to play games with the most expensive card on the market atm. It appears to be only 10-15% faster than a 3080 while being double the price.

biffzinker · Sep 24, 2020

I thought this thread served the same purpose?

What's on your hardware wish list ?

I wonder, if you there's something you're either willing to buy or just very, very curious to try out as far as PC hardware goes, what would it be ? I've got two items on the list. First is alienware AW2518H 240Hz G-sync panel second is the G903 mouse with the Powerplay wireless charging...

www.techpowerup.com

Feel free to disregard otherwise.

hat · Sep 24, 2020

Probably nothing for a while yet... Give it a couple years?

Tomgang · Sep 24, 2020

For my part, a complete new machine based Zen 3/ampere if everything goes well this time.

skellattarr · Sep 24, 2020

biffzinker said:
I thought this thread served the same purpose?

What's on your hardware wish list ?

I wonder, if you there's something you're either willing to buy or just very, very curious to try out as far as PC hardware goes, what would it be ? I've got two items on the list. First is alienware AW2518H 240Hz G-sync panel second is the G903 mouse with the Powerplay wireless charging...

www.techpowerup.com

Feel free to disregard otherwise.

I thought there was another thread go ahead and close this one

Flanker · Sep 24, 2020

Likely to be an SSD as my 275GB drive is getting a bit tight, otherwise everything else has been handling my needs.

Frick · Sep 24, 2020

biffzinker said:
I thought this thread served the same purpose?

What's on your hardware wish list ?

I wonder, if you there's something you're either willing to buy or just very, very curious to try out as far as PC hardware goes, what would it be ? I've got two items on the list. First is alienware AW2518H 240Hz G-sync panel second is the G903 mouse with the Powerplay wireless charging...

www.techpowerup.com

Feel free to disregard otherwise.

For me a wishlist in this context is something unrealistic or further away ("in three years I'll bench press 150kg and I'll have a gaming system for $10000"). "Next upgrade" is just the next upgrade. But I didn't follow that thread, maybe it became - or was from the start - just upgrade plans.

In any case whatever GPU €100 will get me.

EzioAs · Sep 24, 2020

Planning on a GPU upgrade next year. I'm waiting to see how the sub-$280 GPUs shape up. I'm also tempted to upgrade to an 8-core Zen 3 CPU if MSI really made my current motherboard compatible with the Zen 3 CPUs.

Athlonite · Sep 24, 2020

Next upgrade for me will most likely be a new mobo in the X570 form as X470 is now getting a little long in the tooth then after that maybe an R9 5xxx CPU depending on price ofcourse

Lindatje · Sep 24, 2020

Replace my Ryzen 3600 to ZEN 3 8 core.

My MSI 2070 Super to a RDNA2.

FinneousPJ · Sep 24, 2020

I'm building a new system depending on reviews of Zen 3 & RDNA2. I expect a gain of ca. 100 % from Zen 1 and Vega 64.

lZKoce · Sep 24, 2020

If second hand Vega 56 drops below 140 EUR, I might as well get one.

Vya Domus · Sep 24, 2020

lZKoce said:
If second hand Vega 56 drops below 140 EUR, I might as well get one.

Not really worth it coming from a 580.

Sithaer · Sep 24, 2020

GPU is what I will upgrade first and what I need the most, hopefully later this year/early next year.

Something in the ~400$ price range 'after taxes'.
Will see what AMD comes out with and how the RTX 3060 will be priced in my country and if both of those options fail then I will grab something from the second hand market with 1-2 years warranty.

2070/S-5700/XT performance is more than enough for my needs anyway, playing on a 2560x1080 75Hz monitor.

Thought about a CPU upgrade but to be honest I don't really need it yet, I don't play anything that would benefit from it.
If that changes in the near future then I can always sell my current one and grab a 3600 or so. 'current mobo supports it'

After or maybe along with the GPU I plan on buying a 1TB SSD 'Kingston A2000 probably' and use it as a main game launchers+game drive cause atm they are all over my system and I want to sort them out. :laugh:

Other than that I should buy a new keyboard since I already had to DIY repair my current one 2 times and I'm kinda tired of it.

lZKoce · Sep 24, 2020

Vya Domus said:
Not really worth it coming from a 580.

I don't know it looks like to me 4GB ->8GB + 30-40% in performance depending on what you do. Looks like an upgrade that can be felt in real life. Depends on price though, that's all that matters to me on this one.

System Name	ROG MACHINE
Processor	Ryzen 9 3950x
Motherboard	Crosshair viii Hero
Cooling	Corsair hydro H115i
Memory	g-skill rgb 64gb 4x16gb ddr4 3200mgz
Video Card(s)	asus rog strix 1080
Storage	samsung 960 evo 1tb m.2/mushkin reactor 1tb ssd/ 3x toshiba 3tb hdd , 10tb seagate
Display(s)	Acer 4k monitor
Case	thermal take view 71 rgb
Audio Device(s)	creative ae-5 sound card
Power Supply	corsair AX 1200i 1200 watt psu
Mouse	corsair 65
Keyboard	corsair k95
Software	windows 10 pro 64bit

Processor	Ryzen 1600AF @4.2Ghz 1.35v
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-A-MAX
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx L120t
Memory	16GB Team Group Dark Pro Sammy-B-die 3400mhz 14.15.14.30-1.4v
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 5600 XT THICC II PRO
Storage	240GB Brave eagle SSD/ 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Dell SE2719HR
Case	MSI Mag Vampiric 011C AMD Ryzen Edition
Power Supply	EVGA 600W 80+
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard	Gigabyte A320M-S2H (rev 1.X) BIOS version: F52
Cooling	(CPU:Wraith Spire) Case:4xAlseye EY-120(3xFront Intakes+1xRear Exhaust)+1xTop Exhaust stock case fan
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz C15 16GB (8 x 2) (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15R ver5.39)
Video Card(s)	Colorful TomaHawk GTX 1650
Storage	Colorful CN600 120GB + Kingston A400 2.5" 120GB + Western Digital Blue 500 GB (5000AAKX)
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster E1920
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB520
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE 550 80+ White
Mouse	Redragon Griffin
Keyboard	HP SK-2885
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Processor	X5690 ES
Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Formula
Cooling	Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT, TY143
Memory	10Gb G.Skill mix
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 980 Classified 3988 @ 1495/2001
Storage	Intel 545S
Display(s)	Hisense 55"
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C TG, White
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence ST
Power Supply	CM Silent Pro M2 850
Mouse	Zowie EC2 Evo
Keyboard	Logitech G15
Software	Yes

Processor	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (Zen 3 TBA...)
Motherboard	Asus B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600MHz CL18
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 1060 6GB Dual
Storage	250GB Samsung 850 Evo
Case	Antec Three Hundred U3
Power Supply	Zalman ZM700-SV 700W Silver

so what is your next computer upgrade?

skellattarr

xman2007

27MaD

freeagent

PooPipeBoy

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

windwhirl

skellattarr

Nuckles56

sepheronx

yotano211

biffzinker

What's on your hardware wish list ?

hat

Enthusiast

Tomgang

skellattarr

What's on your hardware wish list ?

Flanker

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

What's on your hardware wish list ?

EzioAs

Athlonite

Lindatje

FinneousPJ

lZKoce

Vya Domus

Sithaer

lZKoce

System Name	Veraltet
Processor	3700x
Motherboard	AsRock Taichi Ultimate x470
Cooling	NH-D15 Chromax
Memory	G.Skill 2x16GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX1080 Ti Gaming X
Storage	2 NVME + 4 HDD
Display(s)	LG 34UB88-P + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	CoolerMaster NR600
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Arctis 5
Power Supply	Rosewill Fortress 750w
Mouse	Corsair Scimitar Pro
Keyboard	Corsair K57
Software	Windows 10 Professional
Benchmark Scores	Brrrrrrr

System Name	System V
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	AMD Wraith Stealth // a bunch of 120 mm Xigmatek 1500 RPM fans (2 ins, 3 outs)
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix Sport LT 3200 MHz (BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE) (CL16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 580 8 GB
Storage	SHFS37A240G / DT01ACA200 / WD20EZRX / MKNSSDTR256GB-3DL / LG BH16NS40 / ST10000VN0008
Display(s)	LG 22MP55 IPS Display
Case	NZXT Source 210
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G430 Headset
Power Supply	Corsair CX650M
Mouse	Microsoft Trackball Optical 1.0
Keyboard	HP Vectra VE keyboard (Part # D4950-63004)
Software	Whatever build of Windows 10 is being served in Dev channel at the time.
Benchmark Scores	Corona 1.3: 3120620 r/s Cinebench R20: 3355 FireStrike: 12490 TimeSpy: 4624

System Name	Storm Wrought \| Blackwood (HTPC)
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700x @stock ~4.25GHz boost speed \| i7 2600k
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WIFI m-ITX \| Some POS gigabyte board
Cooling	BQ Dark Rock Slim, CM MF Pro 120 Air Balance, stock 180mm \|BQ Shadow rock LP + 4x120mm Noctua redux
Memory	G.Skill Trident 2x8GB 3600MHz 16-15-15-35 \| 2x4GB 2000MHz @1866
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Aorus Xtreme Edition \| MSI LP GT 1030
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1TB, 850EVO 500GB, 2TB Seagate Barracuda, LG Blu-ray \| 120GB Sandisk SSD, 4TB WD red
Display(s)	Samsung UJ590UDE 32" UHD monitor \| Sammy 1080p 55" TV
Case	Silverstone TJ08B-E \| Custom built wooden case (Aus native timbers)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard, HD 599 cans \| Logitech z163's
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 550 \| Corsair SF 450
Mouse	Rapoo (can't remember the model number) \| Some logitech one
Keyboard	Rapoo v56 \| Some logitech one
Software	Win 10 Edu \| Ubuntu 20.04
Benchmark Scores	Look in the various benchmark threads

System Name	PCGR
Processor	Intel 10500 ES
Motherboard	MSI Z490 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Snowman MT4 Dual Fan
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 1070 Turbo
Storage	1x 1tb ADATA XPG 8200 Pro NVME \| 1x 1TB WD Blue HDD
Display(s)	BenQ 24" 1080P
Case	Thermaltake S300
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Cooler Master 550W MWE 80+ Gold
Software	Windows 10 64bit Pro

System Name	MSI GE75 Raider
Processor	i9 9880h
Cooling	2 laptop fans
Memory	32gb of 3000mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 2080
Storage	x2 2tb Seagate Firecuda 510 SSD nvme, WD Red SA500 2.5in 4TB
Display(s)	17.3" IPS 1920x1080 144Hz
Power Supply	280w laptop power supply
Mouse	Logitech m705
Keyboard	laptop keyboard
Software	lots of movies and Windows 10 with win 7 shell
Benchmark Scores	Good enough for me

Processor	Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	PNY Anarchy-X XLR8 Red DDR4-3200 16GB kit & PNY Anarchy-X XLR8 Red DDR4-2666 16GB kit
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, SanDisk Ultra II 480 GB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster C27H711 OC refresh rate 110Hz
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v2004

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: Athlon II x4 630 3.5GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: GIgabyte GA-770T-USB3
Cooling	Corsair H70 :: Thermaltake Big Typhoon
Memory	2x4GB DDR3 1866 :: 2x1GB DDR3 1333
Video Card(s)	2x PNY GTX1070 :: none
Storage	Plextor M5s 128GB, WDC Black 500GB :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, WD RE3 1TB
Display(s)	Acer P216HL HDMI :: None
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - iLive IT153B Soundbar (optical) :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: something
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Suffering from random access memory loss.
Processor	Intel Core i7 980X @ 4.42 GHz (when becnching op to 4.77 GHz)
Motherboard	ASUS P6X58D Premium
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler with 3 x noctua nf-f12 industrialppc-3000 pwm 120 MM fans
Memory	12 GB DDR3 CORSAIR 1600 MHz TIMMINGS 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 GAMING
Storage	2 x Samsung 950 PRO 256 GB M.2 NVME SSD, Crucial MX300 2 TB SSD, WD RED 4 TB + WD AV-GP 2 TB HDD.
Display(s)	24" SAMSUNG
Case	ANTEC TWELVE HUNDRED
Audio Device(s)	ONBOARD realtek sound card.
Power Supply	THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER 1500 WATT
Mouse	Logitech G903 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	LOGITECH G19s
Software	WINDOWS 10 PRO 64 BITS
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/fs/13514527 https://www.3dmark.com/spy/2333033

Processor	Intel Core i5 8400
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370N-Wifi
Cooling	Silverstone AR05
Memory	Micron Crucial 16GB DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX1080 G1 Gaming 8G
Storage	Micron Crucial MX300 275GB
Display(s)	Dell U2415
Case	Silverstone RVZ02B
Power Supply	Silverstone SSR-SX550
Keyboard	Ducky One Red Switch
Software	Windows 10 Pro 1909

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 2600x
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	AMD Wraith Spire I think
Memory	2 x 8GB G-skill Aegis 3000 or somesuch
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB
Display(s)	BenQ GL2450HT
Case	Antec dumpster find
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + slightly repaired Sony DR-ZX302
Power Supply	Fractal Design Effekt 400W
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell Sk3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	I once had +100 dorfs in DF, so yeah pretty great

System Name	Cumquat 2000
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 3700X
Motherboard	Asus Strix x570-F Gaming
Cooling	Cryorig R1 Universal
Memory	16GB GSkill TridentZ DR4-3200 16-18-18-38 1.35V
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX5700 8GB DDR6 1750/1700
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe gen3 x4 1X Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 1x Sandisk 128GB PCIe, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	ViewSonic VX2457 MHD 75Hz FreeSync 1920x1080p
Case	SilverStone Raven RV02B-W + 3x SS AP181 + USB3.0 upgrade
Audio Device(s)	Realtek S1220a + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W Speaker set
Power Supply	Enermax RevolutionXT II 750W 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	Logitech G105
Software	Windows 10 X64 PRO (build 2004)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Cypher-C4
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory	16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1060 Jetstream 6GB
Storage	250GB Crucial MX500 + 320GB WD Blue + 1TB Samsung F3 + 2TB WD Black + 4TB Toshiba
Display(s)	Acer XV272UP
Case	Corsair Obsidian 750D
Audio Device(s)	Behringher UMC202HD Audio Interface + Mackie HM-4 + Sennheiser HD 280 Pro + Sennheiser GSP 300
Power Supply	Corsair HX750i
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 310
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K70 (MX Blue)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Violet
Processor	AMD Ryzen 3600 4.4Ghz 1.41v
Motherboard	ASRock x570 Phantom Gaming X
Cooling	Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
Memory	G.Skill Flare x 16GB 3400Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio 8GB
Storage	Western Digital WD Black SN750 1TB
Display(s)	3440x1440
Case	NZXT H440 New Edition Window
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Razer NAGA TRINITY
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB
Software	Windows 10 64bit

Processor	R7 1700 non-X @ 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 5
Cooling	Noctua
Memory	32 GB 3200 MT/s CL16
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Vega 64
Storage	2x 500 GB SSD, 2x 3 TB HDD
Case	Silverstone FT02
Software	Manjaro Linux, W10 if I have to

System Name	Sandfiller
Processor	I5-7600K
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-P
Cooling	Noctua NH-L9i
Memory	2 x 8GB Cruicial 2400 mhz DDR4 CL17
Video Card(s)	RX 580 4GB NITRO+
Storage	Cruicial M.2 275GB drive
Display(s)	2560x1080 LG 29"
Case	TT URBAN R31
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell Somethin wireless
Software	Windows 10 x 64 bits

System Name	Good enough
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 1700X - 4.0 Ghz / 1.350V
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro4
Cooling	Deepcool Gammaxx L240 V2
Memory	16GB - Corsair Vengeance LPX - 3333 Mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	OEM Dell GTX 1080 with Kraken G12 + Water 3.0 Performer C
Storage	1x Samsung 850 EVO 250GB , 1x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB
Display(s)	4K Samsung TV
Case	Deepcool Matrexx 70
Power Supply	GPS-750C

Processor	Ryzen 5 1600x @Stock
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX B350-F
Cooling	Be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 'CPU', 3x Raijintek Auras 12 +3x Cooler Master MF120L non led case fans
Memory	2x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 570 Gaming 4G @stock clock/950 mV Undervolt
Storage	1 TB WD Blue, 3 TB Toshiba P300, 120 GB WD Green 2.5 SSD
Display(s)	29" 2560x1080 / LG 29WK600-W
Case	In Win 101c Black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger
Power Supply	Cooler Master 650W MWE Gold
Mouse	Motospeed V20
Keyboard	Genius Scorpion K10
Software	Windows 10 Pro