Upgrading my Gaming PC or starting afresh
Hello everyone, my CPU died and I'm at a crossroads and hoping for some advice. I bought my rig 4 years ago second-hand. It was originally built in 2017 using high-end parts. It was not something...
Hello everyone, my CPU died and I'm at a crossroads and hoping for some advice. I bought my rig 4 years ago second-hand. It was originally built in 2017 using high-end parts. It was not something I was looking for TBH, but at the time GPUs were hard to get and it was a crazy deal. Here is what's left of the rig:
- Motherboard - ASUS x99 Deluxe II, fits Intel i7 LGA2011-v3 CPU socket
- PSU - EVGA Supernova 850 T2
- RAM - 32GB, 4 sticks of G.Skill Trident Z 3200 DDR4
- GPU - EVGA 1080 Ti Founder's Edition 11 GB
- Case - In Win 904 plus - large and spacious case
- Storage - Couple of Samsung SSDs
- CPU Cooler - Have ditched the Corsair AIO, picked up a lowest tier fan for $10 to keep it booting while I figure out what to do
Options I'm floating.
- Get a compatible CPU, but that socket is harder to come by for my MOBO and likely to be second hand + get a new CPU cooler, and upgrade GPU.
- Replace MOBO, GPU, and get a new CPU and CPU cooler. The PSU is 6 years old but it's decent quality and 850 watts should be enough?
Price range/goals:
- Happy to spend a bit on something that is mid to slightly upper range, but not high end. Thinking $$ will go into the GPU and CPU (maybe $600-800 USD ea?), something reasonably good that's just before the latest gen to get a discounted price. If replacing MOBO, something simple and medium range would be ideal.
- Play some current AAA games like Baulder's Gate 3 and Elden Ring decently, at medium-high settings (not ultra), and don't need super high FPS.
- Ideally supports 4k resolution for desktop use but for gaming I'd be mostly sticking to 1440p/1080p.
- I don't want to overclock (those days are over)
- Likely to sell in 2ish years, don't need heaps of futureproofing
- If replacing MOBO, open to going to the AMD ecosystem for price/performance ratio. I've only ever used Intel so know less about AMD systems.
- Don't need raytracing, DDR5
- For CPU cooler I don't mind AIO but if anyone has any non-water cooled recommendations I'm all ears
I'm at a bit of a loss at what to do, and there are not many PC-building threads here on Tildes, so I thought I'd ask for some advice. Anyone have opinions on option 1 or 2 above, or is there a third option I'm not thinking of? And does anyone have part recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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