PC Gaming upgrade kit advice

Thanks Lupus & Ponder,
I am gonna buy a 2nd hand 1060 6GB until my friend's 2070 becomes available.
The ram I bought cos it's on special at Wootware, I don't think I will need 3600MHz

The 1050 is crap yes, currently playing on that. But hopefully the 1060 does a little better.
 
MariusJunior said:
Thanks Lupus & Ponder,
I am gonna buy a 2nd hand 1060 6GB until my friend's 2070 becomes available.
The ram I bought cos it's on special at Wootware, I don't think I will need 3600MHz

The 1050 is crap yes, currently playing on that. But hopefully the 1060 does a little better.
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1060 6gb will be fine for 1080p gaming as long as you don't max out all settings.
 
You will definitely be better off with that 1060 for now. The 1050 will bottleneck that new i5 in most games that are a bit demanding and that will inevitably mean slow framerates. Which games would you be playing on that machine?
 
MariusJunior said:
Thank you, I will look at amd. So far it looks like intel is doing better for games. Also, I have a laptop which is for working a coding, this will be for gaming almost exclusively. The price for amd is the nicest thing about it imo.
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Faster *right now* while games are mostly still not optimized to use more cores.
That is changing fast, you'll be much better off going for AMD in the longer run once games start using all those extra cores.
 
Conack said:
Faster *right now* while games are mostly still not optimized to use more cores.
That is changing fast, you'll be much better off going for AMD in the longer run once games start using all those extra cores.
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Both the intel 10600 & amd 3600 are 6C/12T, by the time he needs more than that there will be new platforms out from both companies.
 
ponder said:
Both the intel 10600 & amd 3600 are 6C/12T, by the time he needs more than that there will be new platforms out from both companies.
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True. If it was the 9600, it would have been a different story, but that 10600 is doing pretty damn well right now, and I don't see the 3600 or even the 3700X overtaking it in gaming performance ever.

That said, Death Stranding performance improves with more threads up until 32, if only barely.ds.png
 
MrMoboBlaster said:
You will definitely be better off with that 1060 for now. The 1050 will bottleneck that new i5 in most games that are a bit demanding and that will inevitably mean slow framerates. Which games would you be playing on that machine?
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Currently I am playing Doom 2016(holy ****) and a lot of COD Warzone.
 
I must say, I am super happy with my setup.
Will post some daylight pics with specs later. IMG_20200724_193916.jpgIMG_20200724_193907.jpgIMG_20200724_193853.jpg
 
ponder said:
Those LEDs will definitely give you 20 extra fps:p
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I'm having a hard time getting it to work with Aura sync. This rainbow puke is upsetting me. Currently it's breathing red and I can live with that.
I only got the cooler yesterday, from Techfox, really well priced and nice people.
 
L-Dog said:
Hey guys, I have a similar situation and want to start upgrading my PC part by part. Not sure if my CPU is bottlenecking but it definitely needs to be upgraded. Any recommendations on watch i should upgrade first:


Current Specs

Antec VP500P, 500w
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK8GX4M1A2400C14, 8GB, DDR4-2400, CL14, Black
Kingston UV400 SUV400S37/240G, 240GB, 2.5", SATA6G, Read/Write: 550/490MB/s
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 03G-P4-6160
Intel Kaby Lake Pentium G4560 BX80677G4560
ASRock B250M-HDV
Cooler Master MasterBox 3 Lite MCW-L3B2-KN5N - Black/Silver
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Hey guys upgraded the ram to 16 GB and I am also going to buy another 960GB SSD as I can always reuse this in a new computer in a couple of years. For my last upgrade I guess it will have to be the CPU, think the Mobo only supports 6th & 7th generation chips. Any recommendations ? I assume the existing intel Fan on the CPU should be fine ?
 
L-Dog said:
Hey guys upgraded the ram to 16 GB and I am also going to buy another 960GB SSD as I can always reuse this in a new computer in a couple of years. For my last upgrade I guess it will have to be the CPU, think the Mobo only supports 6th & 7th generation chips. Any recommendations ? I assume the existing intel Fan on the CPU should be fine ?
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Used i7-7700

The g4560 probably has a lightweight heatsink compared to the 7700
 
ponder said:
Used i7-7700

The g4560 probably has a lightweight heatsink compared to the 7700
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Seems like a decent deal
 
L-Dog said:

[Sale] - (Brand New) i7-6700 @3.40 GHz Cpu - R3000 | Intel

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Seems like a decent deal
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:eek:
People charge crazy prices for used Intel CPUs!
Thats 3300X money, and the 1600AF is even cheaper than that.

I suppose good resale value is par for the course when you don't allow newer CPUs to work on older motherboards.
 
Yip saw the used I7-7700 ranged from R 4000 - R 2800, the later snapped up in hours.
 
Which one of these is a better deal:

I7 - 6700 (R 2 200)

or

I5 - 7500 ( R 1500)



[Sale] - i7 - 6700 @3.4HGz + stock cooler R2250 incl postnet to postnet | Intel

Item: i7 6700 3.4GHz + stock cooler Age: 3 years Price: R2250 Warranty: none Packaging: CPU ray + bubbles Condition: excellent Location: Somerset west Reason: upgrade Shipping: will include postnet to postnet but risk is still on you. Collection: yep, mask and sanitiser please Link: Intel® Core™...
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[For Sale] - Intel Core i5 7500 Processor | Intel

Item: i5 7500 Age: 3 years Price: R1500 Warranty: Expired, but i have PoP Packaging: Yes Condition: Good Location: Pretoria Reason: Upgrading Shipping: At buyer expense Link: Intel Core i5 7500 Processor - Best Deal - South Africa
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L-Dog said:
Which one of these is a better deal:

I7 - 6700 (R 2 200)

or

I5 - 7500 ( R 1500)



[Sale] - i7 - 6700 @3.4HGz + stock cooler R2250 incl postnet to postnet | Intel

Item: i7 6700 3.4GHz + stock cooler Age: 3 years Price: R2250 Warranty: none Packaging: CPU ray + bubbles Condition: excellent Location: Somerset west Reason: upgrade Shipping: will include postnet to postnet but risk is still on you. Collection: yep, mask and sanitiser please Link: Intel® Core™...
carbonite.co.za carbonite.co.za


[For Sale] - Intel Core i5 7500 Processor | Intel

Item: i5 7500 Age: 3 years Price: R1500 Warranty: Expired, but i have PoP Packaging: Yes Condition: Good Location: Pretoria Reason: Upgrading Shipping: At buyer expense Link: Intel Core i5 7500 Processor - Best Deal - South Africa
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i7.

I would definitely take a "slower" 4c8t over 4c4t right now, especially if you want to play modern games.
 
L-Dog said:
Which one of these is a better deal:

I7 - 6700 (R 2 200)
or
I5 - 7500 ( R 1500)
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The i7-6700 all the way. More threads & higher boost clocks. You really don't want a 4c/4t cpu in 2020...
 
Think I might buy the I7-6700 later today, I assume my stock CPU cooler should be fine ?
 
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