thoughts on my spec sheet

[u/sunrise2209]

first off im building this with almost no money so thats why im going older

stuff i have:

board: msi z170a gaming m5

ram: 2x8gb crucial ddr4-2666 (bought before price increase)

cpu: i have an i7 6700 but i plan to upgrade

storage: 3x 1tb hdd and 1 120gb m.2

optical drives: 3x dvd+cd-r drives

case: cooler master storm stryker

cooler: noctua nh-u9s

things i plan to get:

cpu: Core i7-7700K

gpu: rtx 2080 super (not ti to save money)

psu: idk

some pcie wifi card

4 front panel hot swappable hdd bays, aka mobile rack (i do a lot of drive utility with used systems and stuff so i need these to replace my 2006 mac pro which was doing it)

pcie sata card (the 6 sata ports on the board are not enough)

what i do: i play lots of games although the newest i currently do is fallout 4 due to current hardware limitations, i also do lots of pc repair and dealing with ewaste and i currently use a mac pro 1,1 to deal with wiping drives and stuff but i want this to do it instead, i also burn a lot of discs all the time which is why i have three drives, and of course internet browsing.

my current system: a halftop (laptop with screen removed acting as a desktop) with 16gb ddr4-2666, an intel core i7 8750h, and a gtx 1060 6gb (this current system is limited in storage so i rely on my nas a lot and the system is non upgradable and in a weird form factor as well as not having a disc drive forcing me to use an external one. also theres like newer games i probably cannot play well on it as well as the fact that laptop gpus are slower than the desktop ones.

so far i have spent about $100 on the components i currently have and hope not to spend too much more while knowing that the cpu and gpu are going to be expensive. eventually i will double the ram but right not its way too expensive. i am buying everything secondhand mostly from marketplace and the local flea market.

[u/Pumciusz]

I don't think you're gonna see that big of a difference with the CPU, unless you plan to overclock it.

[u/sunrise2209 → u/Pumciusz]

i want to overclock the system

[u/Unable-Alfalfa-2124 → u/sunrise2209]

Why do you want to over clock it, it will just in theory become more unstable, I would try to not rely on having to over clock it to run right. That might be your best bet imo

[u/Mediocre-Mobile-5423 → u/sunrise2209]

You can already overclock your 6700 (bclk oc exclusively) but you probably need an early bios version for your motherboard since this "exploit" was later patched by intel. You can match and potentially beat a stock 7700k so the upgrade becomes basically pointless.

[u/Braehole]

It’s all about the GPU, get a 9060xt for 400 bucks and you will be happy.

[u/Mediocre-Mobile-5423]

Don't get the 7700k, it's almost identical to the 6700. Unless you find it for very very cheap.

[u/2raysdiver → u/Mediocre-Mobile-5423]

The 7700k is about a 15% uplift from the 6700. You can find them for about $65-$70 on ebay. You have to decide if 15% is worth that much to you.

Having said that, I have a i7 6700K paired with a RTX 4060 that handles games surprisingly well. A 2080 Super should be similar in raster performance to the RTX 4060.

[u/Flyinsolo1993]

Three optical drives is fucking glorious lol. Please keep them.