My PC is aging and it's time to build a new one...
I'm not as in to gaming as I was when I built my PC ~5.5 years ago, but I still want to build a decent rig.
Can I reuse my Corsair AX860i, or should I replace it? This PSU has not given me any issues and I have no reason to suspect that it is even close to being worn out.
Will I have to do a fresh install of windows or can I plug my SSD and HDD directly in to my new MOBO and away I go?
I plan on going with an RTX 2070, I do not want to do SLI and my only other PCIe accessory will be a wifi card. Therefore I do not need a tonne of extra room and I am wondering if there is much of a performance drop with regards to cooling when you go from a full tower to a mid tower. My full tower right now has 3 140mm fans on the front, one on the bottom, 3 on the top, and one in the back. If I go to a smaller mid tower case will I still be able to keep good temps with less fans since the volume inside the case will be less?
Do games still not utilise hyperthreading? When i built my PC 5.5 years ago, as far as I was aware, new games did NOT utilise hyperthreading and therefore it was a waste of $ to go to an i7 over an i5. Currently I am looking at the new i5 9600k, but if new games can utilise hyperthreading I don't mind paying a bit more.
The games I mostly play do not require a tonne of power, HOWEVER I love to play Arma 3 and so it's very frustrating for me that all of the games I play run great on my current PC except for Arma 3 which often chugs along at 25fps. I used to get 35-40FPS with an overclock on my 4670k, but my motherboard is dying... My overclock settings have reset to factory and I can't access BIOS. Will a 9600k, 2070, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and my same SSD run Arma 3 at 1440p at a good frame rate?
Thanks,
Layne
I'm not as in to gaming as I was when I built my PC ~5.5 years ago, but I still want to build a decent rig.
Can I reuse my Corsair AX860i, or should I replace it? This PSU has not given me any issues and I have no reason to suspect that it is even close to being worn out.
Will I have to do a fresh install of windows or can I plug my SSD and HDD directly in to my new MOBO and away I go?
I plan on going with an RTX 2070, I do not want to do SLI and my only other PCIe accessory will be a wifi card. Therefore I do not need a tonne of extra room and I am wondering if there is much of a performance drop with regards to cooling when you go from a full tower to a mid tower. My full tower right now has 3 140mm fans on the front, one on the bottom, 3 on the top, and one in the back. If I go to a smaller mid tower case will I still be able to keep good temps with less fans since the volume inside the case will be less?
Do games still not utilise hyperthreading? When i built my PC 5.5 years ago, as far as I was aware, new games did NOT utilise hyperthreading and therefore it was a waste of $ to go to an i7 over an i5. Currently I am looking at the new i5 9600k, but if new games can utilise hyperthreading I don't mind paying a bit more.
The games I mostly play do not require a tonne of power, HOWEVER I love to play Arma 3 and so it's very frustrating for me that all of the games I play run great on my current PC except for Arma 3 which often chugs along at 25fps. I used to get 35-40FPS with an overclock on my 4670k, but my motherboard is dying... My overclock settings have reset to factory and I can't access BIOS. Will a 9600k, 2070, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and my same SSD run Arma 3 at 1440p at a good frame rate?
Thanks,
Layne
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