Reavan Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) I built my current PC back a little over 4 years ago and have recently been thinking it might be time for an upgrade or two I'm currently running: INTEL i7 6700k EVGA GTX 980ti 6GB 16GB DDR4 RAM ASUS Maximus VIII Ranger MOBO Storage: 250GB SSD and 1TB HDD I have already decided on bumping up my ram to 32 GB but since I'm no that big into PC building I'm not sure what would be decent upgrades that won't be to hard on the wallet. **Edit** Added storage devices Edited July 28, 2020 by Reavan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The cheapest and most effective upgrade, is adding an SSD drive with enough capacity to hold both windows and dcs ... If you dont have one of these drives already. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherSider Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) You might want to start thinking about a full upgrade. I keep seeing people trying to hang on to their old i7's. but they are limiting your upgrade paths. Anything older than a 7000 series bottle necks the new GPUS DDR4 ram is much better than DDR3 which is the chip set I think your system is likely running? if you canibalize you case and power supply you could build a i5 10700k( this chip is almost as good as the i7 9700k but cheaper) a 2060-2070rtx and 32gb of 3200 DDR4 ram an SSD and a MOBO for 7-800 bucks. If you can wait a little long when the 3000 series RTX comes out the used market will flood with 2000 series RTX and you could maybe knock 150 to 200 bucks off your price. Edited July 27, 2020 by TheOtherSider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAiracobraX Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 if you canibalize you case and power supply you could build a i5 10700k( this chip is almost as good as the i7 9700k but cheaper) a 2060-2070rtx and 32gb of 3200 DDR4 ram an SSD and a MOBO for 7-800 bucks. Are you referring to the i5-10600k or the i7-10700K? Either way, i would be hard pressed to find those components (including video card) and stay within $800, I can see it if not buying a video card (I just bought these components for a i7-10700K system) and without video card it cost me $830, buying a decent 2070 super would bring it up to wards $1200. These numbers are from $USD, i know it varies in other countries but stil... Intel i7-10700k, 32GB DDR4, GTX 1080 8GB, 1TB NVMe SSD, LG32GK850G 2560x1440 Monitor, Noctua u12a cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svsmokey Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Were i to upgrade that system , it would be with another 16 gig ram as the op stated , an ssd , and if the wallet allows , a 2070S . With a bios update , he could prolly plug in a 7700k later as well . 9700k @ stock , Aorus Pro Z390 wifi , 32gb 3200 mhz CL16 , 1tb EVO 970 , MSI RX 6800XT Gaming X TRIO , Seasonic Prime 850w Gold , Coolermaster H500m , Noctua NH-D15S , CH Pro throttle and T50CM2/WarBrD base on Foxxmounts , CH pedals , Reverb G2v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David OC Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) SSD Windows install would be good. If not you will see a big load time difference with DCS / page file on it and be smoother. Some get stutters on normal slow drives. New GPU, that GPU is holding you way back. That CPU is still good for a 1080ti or 2070 super etc. I run the 7700K still with 1080ti and hold 60 fps locked 99.9% of the time max settings @ 1440P. Overclock on the 6700k I hope, seeing you are running the ASUS Maximus? What Monitor is all this for? 2070 super (mid VR with ok eye candy on etc) https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2070S-Super-vs-Nvidia-GTX-980-Ti/4048vs3439 Edited July 28, 2020 by David OC i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Download PDF Tutorial guides to help get up to speed with aircraft quickly and also great for taking a good look at the aircraft available for DCS before purchasing. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reavan Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Appreciate all the suggestions so far, I guess I should have mentioned the storage on my pc as well which is a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. I've got a 1TB SSD ordered already to move DCS over to along with the 16GB of ram I mentioned in the OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaderface Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Unless you are struggling with VR, I´ll wait a little untill fall 2020 And if you can wait a llittle bit longer yet: end of 2021 (with a second hand 1080ti or similar you can wait playing on flat screen with your actual system). Many things will happen in those timeframes. Edited July 28, 2020 by Leaderface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecat Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Apropros of nothing: About a month ago I bought 60 shares of AMD stock at $49.50. This afternoon it's at $73+ in after-hours trading. Which means I will definitely be upgrading to a primo Ryzen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaderface Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Apropros of nothing: About a month ago I bought 60 shares of AMD stock at $49.50. This afternoon it's at $73+ in after-hours trading. Which means I will definitely be upgrading to a primo Ryzen. Remember: That money is not yours untill you close your position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecat Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Remember: That money is not yours untill you close your position. True that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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