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So my current gaming PC has been going for years (mostly for lower spec games like Rimworld, Civ6, The Witness) with the only update being a GeForce GTX 970 a year ago:
Core2Quad 6600 @ 2.9 GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB DDR2
Corsair 700W PSU
But it is time to finally get a new rig since this one has lasted (overclocked no less!) for 8 years.
Given that I have a pretty slow upgrade cycle, should I jump to the top with a Ryzen 2700 + X470 motherboard as that might provide greater longevity or stick with a Ryzen 1600 + X370?
Anticipated uses:
- Gaming
- Eventually add some VR
- Programming
My plan is to keep my current GPU until prices calm down a little (then maybe go to 2x GPU for VR in a year). I'll also grab 16 GB DDR4.
Budget: Ideally would like to spend not more than ~$800-1000 for case, cpu, mobo, psu, mem, windows 10 (everything but GPU)
Core2Quad 6600 @ 2.9 GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB DDR2
Corsair 700W PSU
But it is time to finally get a new rig since this one has lasted (overclocked no less!) for 8 years.
Given that I have a pretty slow upgrade cycle, should I jump to the top with a Ryzen 2700 + X470 motherboard as that might provide greater longevity or stick with a Ryzen 1600 + X370?
Anticipated uses:
- Gaming
- Eventually add some VR
- Programming
My plan is to keep my current GPU until prices calm down a little (then maybe go to 2x GPU for VR in a year). I'll also grab 16 GB DDR4.
Budget: Ideally would like to spend not more than ~$800-1000 for case, cpu, mobo, psu, mem, windows 10 (everything but GPU)
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