Made this comp way back in 2013
Processor: i5-3570 @ 3.4 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M LE
RAM: 8GB (2x4)
GPU: GTX 650 Ti OC 1GB then switched to GTX 1060 3GB in 2017
HDD: 500gb, SSD: 250gb
Given the age, I believe it’s a good time to do an upgrade, even more so with the newly announced RTX 30 series
Targeted specs
Processor: i5 10600k
Motherboard: ASUS Prime z490
RAM: Corsair LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) ddr4 3200
HDD: WD 2 TB Black
SSD: 500gb Crucial MX
Now for the GPU, since the RTX announcement - I am happy to just reuse my old GTX 1060 for the mean time while waiting for the RTX 3070 to be readily available. I am expecting until December or January before stocks get normalized.
- RTX series will be comparable or more vs 2070/80 at lesser price point (correct me here if I am wrong)
- I dont have a 144hz monitor yet - planning to buy along with RTX 3070 once available
My monitor at the moment: Samsung LS27D390 - not the best, just a 1080p 60Hz. I don’t plan to do any 4k gaming anytime soon (or rather I have no experience with it yet if it is worlds apart compared to the 180p one that I am used to) and am just aiming for 1440p 144Hz.
Budget: 1k USD. Another 1k USD for monitor and GPU down the line
Thoughts?
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looks like a solid plan, just two questions
Why the 2TB black HDD? What are you planning to put on there?
Why not bring your current 250GB SSD over or do you plant to give that PC to someone else? If not you can use the 250GB SSD as a boot drive or place a couple of games on it.
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Only thing I’d change is get some 3600 CL16 RAM - it’s not much more expensive and you get some gains out of it.
Nothing in particular, I just saw the price point of 2 TB and upgrading from 1TB looks good. Come to think of it, I might just increase my SSD to 500GB and reduce HDD to 1TB or even 500GB
just some advice
1- you won’t see any real world difference between the WD black and WD Blue but your wallet will
2- games are only getting bigger in size, a 500GB won’t hold much if you have a STEAM, GoG, Origin, etc., library you want to download.
3- filling your SSD up in used space will slow it down
Personally I would go with something like a 1TB SSD. Or a 256GB SSD boot drive and 1TB SSD drive…or two 1TB SSD drives. Basically, don’t spend your money on something you probably won’t or don’t want to use.
FYI, newegg has sale on the 1TB WD 550N NVMe for $95 - Enter code EMCDRDN39 at checkout to get the full discount.
Thanks! I’ll probably stick to both SSD’s 250 (boot) and 1TB. As for newegg - I am not from the US so they charge a premium for shipping (Philippines). Stuck with local resellers
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good luck, you can always get a docking station and use your current 500GB as a backup drive when needed for pictures documents, etc., That way it won’t sit and spin needlessly in your new PC.
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Been very satisfied with my Sabrent 2.5" and 3.5" USB enclosures.
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I have the Sabrent lay flat docking station to use with old HDDs and even 2.5 SSDs. I use the old HDDs to back up and store family pictures.
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Get a 250/500GB SSD for Windows, a 1TB SSD for games that have rough loading times and a 2TB WD Black HDD for file storage and games that don’t have rough loading times.
Most of my steam games load just fine off of a spinner. It’s mainly games with big persistent worlds, like MMO’s, that need an SSD.
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