So I have a 10 year old build still chugging along. I was hoping to migrate as many components as possible. I am in Australia and have the 'Corvid Slush Fund' $750 AUD bonus to utilise for an upgrade.
The only components I think I will need to upgrade/swap should be: Motherboard, CPU and RAM.
Does the build sound ok so far, AMD Ryzon 5 3600, G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB(2x8) and Asus TUF X570 +wifi?
I do some photoshop, audio work and gaming.
I plan to migrate to it a sata connected SSD, 6 HDDs and a DVD-R drive (8x SATA).
I was hoping my Noctua NH-D14 cooler would still be compatible but presume it won't (and will use the Wraith to start). Just found this, yay! https://noctua.at/en/nm-am4-mounting-kit
I have a bunch of Noctua PWM and regular case fans to use.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970, not the best GPU but it's 'great' to me being on a 10 year old CPU (AMD Phenom II 965 black x4). I plan to at least upgrade base components first before considering GPU, monitor or other upgrades.
I have a Fractal Design R3 case (I think it is, whatever the latest model in 2009-2010 was). I am happy with this. Would like to upgrade eventually but it does the job and I figure to use it until I can afford an upgrade.
I would like an M2 drive for boot \ O/S drive but will put that on the 'future' list, using my Samsung 850 Pro SSD for the mean time.
I was hoping to use my Corsair HX650 PSU as I presume this should be enough for the build with a single GPU.
I have a 21.5" LED LCD Benq monitor with a few dead pixels I would really like to upgrade but again, priority is main components - CPU, mobo and RAM.
I mostly wanted the Asus motherboard after having issues with Gigabyte (microATX) mobos in 2009-2010, and my Asus M99XEVO surviving to this day 10 years later and still running well.
Does my mobo/CPU/RAM plan sound ok for the money? Any recommendations or suggestions? Budget could go a little higher but would like to keep at $750 AUD if possible.
The only components I think I will need to upgrade/swap should be: Motherboard, CPU and RAM.
Does the build sound ok so far, AMD Ryzon 5 3600, G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB(2x8) and Asus TUF X570 +wifi?
I do some photoshop, audio work and gaming.
I plan to migrate to it a sata connected SSD, 6 HDDs and a DVD-R drive (8x SATA).
I was hoping my Noctua NH-D14 cooler would still be compatible but presume it won't (and will use the Wraith to start). Just found this, yay! https://noctua.at/en/nm-am4-mounting-kit
I have a bunch of Noctua PWM and regular case fans to use.
I have an Nvidia GTX 970, not the best GPU but it's 'great' to me being on a 10 year old CPU (AMD Phenom II 965 black x4). I plan to at least upgrade base components first before considering GPU, monitor or other upgrades.
I have a Fractal Design R3 case (I think it is, whatever the latest model in 2009-2010 was). I am happy with this. Would like to upgrade eventually but it does the job and I figure to use it until I can afford an upgrade.
I would like an M2 drive for boot \ O/S drive but will put that on the 'future' list, using my Samsung 850 Pro SSD for the mean time.
I was hoping to use my Corsair HX650 PSU as I presume this should be enough for the build with a single GPU.
I have a 21.5" LED LCD Benq monitor with a few dead pixels I would really like to upgrade but again, priority is main components - CPU, mobo and RAM.
I mostly wanted the Asus motherboard after having issues with Gigabyte (microATX) mobos in 2009-2010, and my Asus M99XEVO surviving to this day 10 years later and still running well.
Does my mobo/CPU/RAM plan sound ok for the money? Any recommendations or suggestions? Budget could go a little higher but would like to keep at $750 AUD if possible.