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zadermac said:
Hmm interesting vr never crossed my mind ill have to look into that.
Here is my current old build do you think the 3600 build is powerful enough to warrant the upgrade?
https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/user/zadermac/saved/#view=mx2Zf7
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At 4K I don't think you'd see much of a difference between the 3600, 9900K, 3700 and 6700 but it comes down to the game as well, more CPU heavy games you may see a difference. If you weren't going to use the 6700 as a secondary system I'd say hold onto it.

Even though the 6700 is older it's still an excellent CPU due to the extra threads.
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You don't need a 9900K (plus the 212 EVO is not sufficent enough to keep it cool) for 4K gaming. The Ryzen 3600 would be plenty for gaming and has a much better upgrade path as well as being much cheaper. This build would perform about the same for $600 less. I also changed the storage as that Samsung is too expensive for 250gb.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($342.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($263.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($165.45 @ Ascent Technology)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($192.79 @ Paradigm PCs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card ($0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($179.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $1142.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You can update the BIOS without the CPU, here's how.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXunUAriE
 
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Yea it seems to be going just fine at 4k as far as I can tell. The only thing is its pretty old now so I was hoping to start fresh and buy for at least the next 3 to 6 years. And I also wanted my current build as a guest gaming pc. I have $2000 nzd and I wanted to get something powerful and beautiful lol.
 
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zadermac said:
Yea it seems to be going just fine at 4k as far as I can tell. The only thing is its pretty old now so I was hoping to start fresh and buy for at least the next 3 to 6 years. And I also wanted my current build as a guest gaming pc. I have $2000 nzd and I wanted to get something powerful and beautiful lol.
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For your budget you can easily go 9900K or Ryzen 9 3900X. Both CPU's should easily last 5-6 years if your just gaming. For multitasking such as streaming or rendering/editing video I'd go with the AMD and for your budget you might as well grab 2x16gbs (32) @3200mhz (With Intel the speeds don't matter and to match budget it was lowered to 2666). If you decide on the 9900K then grab a good 240mm AIO and mount it on the top as exhaust as that 212 won't be good enough.

AMD:
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor ($899.00 @ DTC Systems)
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($263.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($419.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($192.79 @ Paradigm PCs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card ($0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($179.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $1952.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-05 09:55 NZST+1200

Intel:
PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900KF 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($799.00 @ PC Force)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($214.02 @ Paradigm PCs)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($332.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($299.00 @ PB Technologies)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($192.79 @ Paradigm PCs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card ($0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($179.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $2015.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-05 09:58 NZST+1200

As a side note the build I posted originally would probably game just as good as these builds at 4K.
 
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Thanks that's awesome just wondering how are the features on the amd board compared to the intel elite board. I skimped on my current board and kind of felt let down by the lack of versatility.
 
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zadermac said:
After a good look it looks like that is the best value board. I'm just wondering I could save around $400 if I dropped to the 3700x would that make a huge difference?
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No, even the 3600 would work well.

Get this.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($342.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($263.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($159.00 @ PB Technologies)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($192.72 @ Paradigm PCs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card ($0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($179.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $1135.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-05 11:57 NZST+1200

And use the rest of your budget for VR & games!
 
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zadermac said:
Hmm interesting vr never crossed my mind ill have to look into that.
Here is my current old build do you think the 3600 build is powerful enough to warrant the upgrade?
https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/user/zadermac/saved/#view=mx2Zf7
Click to expand...
At 4K I don't think you'd see much of a difference between the 3600, 9900K, 3700 and 6700 but it comes down to the game as well, more CPU heavy games you may see a difference. If you weren't going to use the 6700 as a secondary system I'd say hold onto it.

Even though the 6700 is older it's still an excellent CPU due to the extra threads.
 
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