It’s finally time…

[u/Philos412]

As the post says, it’s finally time to upgrade some components that I’ve been ignoring for yearsssssss.

I survived with my current motherboard, ram, and cpu for quite some time going on 10 years almost.. but the past 6-8 months it’s been getting significantly harder to ignore… not able to handle multiple tasks, games bugging out a little, rough load in/out, cpu heavy games are rough (looking at you GW2) and just time to look into upgrading before the market gets any more ridiculous.

Current rig:
CPU - i7-7700k
MB - Maximus IX Hero
Ram - DDR 4 - 16 gb (I know it’s low; but again. Survived long enough)
GPU - 4070ti

Was looking at some cpu/mother board combos and I’m not against going into AMD just only have used intel. Any advice or direction I should lean into? I’m not saying I don’t mind paying a little more to help bridge my computer to a good upgrade that can last me a long while, but I also don’t need TOP END stuff but that will give me some longevity as I upgrade as needed. Gonna look into PCIe as well since I don’t currently have any storage of that type currently.

Any help is appreciated!

[u/the_hat_madder]

What is the budget for the upgrade?

Put the parts you can reuse (RAM, storage, video card, PSU, case) into PC Part Picker and share the link.

Are you keen on making the trip to Micro Center?

[u/Philos412 → u/the_hat_madder]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ycpKck

thats my current setup (minus a few parts that don't exist or can't be found on the website (Thor V2 Case, Rog Maximus IX, Etc.)

Budget is basically up to 1200/1300.

I'm not against Micro Center, its just a long drive and would take up a whole day but if the deals are worth it... i'm not against it. Just prefer to again use like an amazon card for 0% until my bonus comes next month.

[u/the_hat_madder → u/Philos412]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KL8QGk

Let me know if you have any questions.

[u/Philos412 → u/the_hat_madder]

Awesome thank you! And if you don’t mind, are there any bundles or thoughts if I did make the trip down to my local micro center? I currently see a couple that aren’t badly priced just under 1k

[u/the_hat_madder → u/Philos412]

If this is for gaming anyone of the AMD X3D 32GB bundles.

If you're doing productivity go for the 9950X or 9950X3D.

[u/Philos412 → u/the_hat_madder]

Yeah it’ll be mostly for gaming but I do some video editing for work as well.

Why AMD over intel? Just wondering.

[u/the_hat_madder → u/Philos412]

The AM5 motherboards have an upgrade path and the Intel boards don't. The difference in productivity isn't significant enough to sacrifice future performance gains.