PC Upgrade

[SPKloppers]

Good day all,

I'm in the market for an upgrade of my current PC (Exciting times! ~ current build lasted +- 8 years on the 3rd gen CPU i7-3770k). I'd appreciate some comments, ideas or suggestions to the parts I have in mind below. I realise that its mainly personal preference (Intel and Nvidia fan) based but I'm of the believe that there are certain parts that are just better value for money than others.

I mainly use the PC for gaming (CSGO, PUBG, Rust, Dota). I do not see the direct need for overclocking, although I might consider this in the future, therefore the "k" version of CPU. WiFi, Bluetooth and RGB lighting are luxuries and not necessities for me.

Parts that I will keep from my current PC:

• SSD: Samsung EVO 850 250gb SSD (Windows and Steam games ~ This will be my next upgrade as soon as a decent special on bigger size SSDs pops up);
• GPU: Nvidia Ge-Force 1070ti DUKE;
• Monitor: Samsung S23B370 (Unfortunately my current budget doesn't allow for a monitor upgrade immediately).

New parts that I am considering:

• Upgrade kit from Evetech: Maximus XI Hero, i7-9700k upgrade kit (I guess this is where I'm not 100% sure on the build);
• Case from Evetech: Corsair Spec Omega RGB;
• PSU from Evetech: Corsair RM 550W;
• HDD from Evetech: Seagate BarraCuda 2tb.

I'd appreciate any builds on the build.

Thanks.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Wait a month get Ryzen 7 3700X combo.

 

[Zuner]

Yup, also waiting to get a ryzen build in a month or 2.

 

[ponder]

Caveat emptor https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...service-and-unfair-business-practices.846078/

 

[ponder]

Wait until 7 July for the new ryzen 3xxx benchmarks before making a decision.

The ram in that kit seems low end, psu is fine, change hdd to wd blue, case is fugly but that's a matter of personal taste.