Hiya
I posted here before and got some great advice, but ended up not upgrading for various reasons - back on it again now largely driven by having some time to physically make the upgrades and also for MS flight simulator launch fast approaching..
So here's my current ageing rig:
cpu - Intel Core i5-4690K
cooling - Cooler Master Seidon 120V
motherboard - MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150
memory - Patriot Viper 3 Red 8 GB 4 x 4
GFX - MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC
case - Aerocool DS 200 ATX Mid Tower Case
ssd - Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (current main drive)
hd - Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
psu - SeaSonic 520 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply
Based on the v helpful advice of this forum I have a basket here with some upgrades, updated by me as time has moved on already, which is why I need to run it by you guys
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Some questions: do I need a better cooler? - is the one that comes with the cpu not up to scratch?
Also unsure about the SSD - is that a good choice to work as my main boot + games drive?
Main uses are games + VR (rift S currently although im interested in the new reverb) - I have a 2560 x 1080 widescreen monitor which I may upgrade as well.
I have some budget but don't want to spend on things I don't need, but any degree of future proofing is also good.
Thanks for any advice/suggestions.
I posted here before and got some great advice, but ended up not upgrading for various reasons - back on it again now largely driven by having some time to physically make the upgrades and also for MS flight simulator launch fast approaching..
So here's my current ageing rig:
cpu - Intel Core i5-4690K
cooling - Cooler Master Seidon 120V
motherboard - MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150
memory - Patriot Viper 3 Red 8 GB 4 x 4
GFX - MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC
case - Aerocool DS 200 ATX Mid Tower Case
ssd - Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (current main drive)
hd - Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
psu - SeaSonic 520 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular Fanless ATX Power Supply
Based on the v helpful advice of this forum I have a basket here with some upgrades, updated by me as time has moved on already, which is why I need to run it by you guys
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0B)= £99.95
- 1 x MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £319.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
Total: £685.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)
Some questions: do I need a better cooler? - is the one that comes with the cpu not up to scratch?
Also unsure about the SSD - is that a good choice to work as my main boot + games drive?
Main uses are games + VR (rift S currently although im interested in the new reverb) - I have a 2560 x 1080 widescreen monitor which I may upgrade as well.
I have some budget but don't want to spend on things I don't need, but any degree of future proofing is also good.
Thanks for any advice/suggestions.