Hello Everyone,
Decided to upgrade my, now 7 year old PC build. Some of the components aren't holding up recently and I think the motherboard might be going. Just looked at some parts and guides and want some advice if everything looks good or anything that can get changed.
To answer the questions linked in the sticky,
"
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
- Mostly gaming, not looking to game in 4k or VR or anything. Standard fare like yearly COD games, RPGs etc. Also do some minor CAD work with Autocad/Inventor etc.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Around $700 for the parts Im looking for (I am reusing a bunch from my current pc)
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States.
5. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No brand preferences.
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Yes.
Will be reusing,
Gigabyte 750H PSU (less than a year old, the PSU I had in my system bit the dust after 6 years)
Radeon RX 580 Video Card (Video card prices are ridic right now and I can wait, card is also under 1 year old, the previous PSU blew the old card along with itself.)
Thermaltake Full Size ATX case.
Samsung 320GB SSD
Western Digital Black 1TB Hard Drive
Keyboard/Mouse/Speakers.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speed, not overclocking.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
1920x1080 for general use, in games I generally use lower resolutions.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it? "
This month/ASAP.
This is the parts I've been looking at,
Ryzen 7 3700X
AsRock B550
(Bundle here, https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4229967&quicklink=true )
Crucial 16GB Ram (https://www.newegg.com/ballistix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164173)
Windows 10 Pro 64Bit (https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro/p/N82E16832350412)
(currently using Windows 7, but can't upgrade it. It's on a license from my college and they no longer offer OS software to students, and the software I have won't be upgraded)
Is it worth it to go up to 32GB for the RAM?
Can somebody give me feedback if everything will play well together or suggest any better alternatives? I don't really keep up with tech that much in terms of PC Building.
Thank You!
Decided to upgrade my, now 7 year old PC build. Some of the components aren't holding up recently and I think the motherboard might be going. Just looked at some parts and guides and want some advice if everything looks good or anything that can get changed.
To answer the questions linked in the sticky,
"
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
- Mostly gaming, not looking to game in 4k or VR or anything. Standard fare like yearly COD games, RPGs etc. Also do some minor CAD work with Autocad/Inventor etc.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
Around $700 for the parts Im looking for (I am reusing a bunch from my current pc)
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States.
5. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
No brand preferences.
6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Yes.
Will be reusing,
Gigabyte 750H PSU (less than a year old, the PSU I had in my system bit the dust after 6 years)
Radeon RX 580 Video Card (Video card prices are ridic right now and I can wait, card is also under 1 year old, the previous PSU blew the old card along with itself.)
Thermaltake Full Size ATX case.
Samsung 320GB SSD
Western Digital Black 1TB Hard Drive
Keyboard/Mouse/Speakers.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speed, not overclocking.
8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?
1920x1080 for general use, in games I generally use lower resolutions.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it? "
This month/ASAP.
This is the parts I've been looking at,
Ryzen 7 3700X
AsRock B550
(Bundle here, https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4229967&quicklink=true )
Crucial 16GB Ram (https://www.newegg.com/ballistix-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164173)
Windows 10 Pro 64Bit (https://www.newegg.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro/p/N82E16832350412)
(currently using Windows 7, but can't upgrade it. It's on a license from my college and they no longer offer OS software to students, and the software I have won't be upgraded)
Is it worth it to go up to 32GB for the RAM?
Can somebody give me feedback if everything will play well together or suggest any better alternatives? I don't really keep up with tech that much in terms of PC Building.
Thank You!