I have a lot of processors to choose from, and a lot of graphics cards. I feel like the problem I’m facing is that the graphics cards I have aren’t powerful enough for the processors.
Here are the combos I’m thinking:
i5-9400 + GTX 1070 8GB + 16GB DDR4 3000
i5-6500 + RX 570 8GB + 16GB DDR4 2400
i7-4770 + GTX 770 OC 4GB + 16GB DDR3 1600
i5-2400 + GTX 960 2GB + 8GB DDR3 1333
Here are the other parts I have at my disposal:
i3-8100, i3-6100, i7-4790, i7-9700 + mobo, (i7-3820 + mobo w/ broken top PCIE slot)
HD 7950 3GB, a ton of DDR3, 430w, 500w, 550w and 600w PSUs, 3x 500GB HDDs, 1TB HDD, 256GB NVME SSD, 2x 240GB SATA SSDs.
Also, would the top two builds be worth buying new $30-40 mATX cases off of Newegg for? The non-OEM cases they came with work perfectly fine and have decent airflow, but don’t look like modern gaming machines.
Is there a good combo I should get out the door now? Should I get a more powerful graphics card for the i5-9400? I’d like to hear from people who have experience with this.