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[SOLVED] Looking for some pc-upgrade help

Dec 6, 2018
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Hello, as the title might imply i am looking for some help figuring out what to go for in terms of upgrades.

(i live in Norway, so i will be paying way too much for anything anyway, so don't worry too much about prices, feel free to link Amazon or the like, will check if i can get better prices at home myself - i post on here because i prefer English.)

My current system is as follows:
X99A-Raider Motherboard.
a I7-6900k (OC to 4.2ghz)
64GB of DDR4 ram. (i cannot remember what kind, sorry)
2x GTX 1080 graphics cards (I know 2 was unnecessary, was a bit stupid)
1200w PSU
as well as a 3tb HDD and a 500GB SSD.

i run two monitors, one at 1920x1080 60 and the other at 2560x1440, 144hz, this one also has g-sync.

Feel free to ask for more information as needed.

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I have an idea of what i want to go for, but i want more input.

In short, i need help figuring what to go for when it comes to CPU, new MOB (New chipset and all being likely) and a graphics card. an MOB socket SSD might also be nice. My main uses are Gaming and light streaming at 60FPS, 1080p
I do tend to go for higher specs, light overclocking and all that.

My Budget is not too much to worry about but i am not to the point of buying a new Titan GPU..
Maybe to the point of a RTX 2080TI if there is a sale or the price goes down.
But then comes the question, if one was to get that kind of a card.. what kind to get? is there a difference?

Looking forward to answers, thanks in advance.
 
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If you can wait another 4 months - Go with Ryzen 3
There are romours that the cpus might have 16 cores with turbo up to 5Ghz, but no pricing avaible, yet.

Other then that i Agree with lutfij - SLI its not worth. 1080ti if you can find one or 2080ti if you really have the money.

With motherboard mounted SSD you probably mean M.2 (NVME) SSD right? nearly every modern Motherboard does have atleast 1 Slot and high(er) end motherboard often have 2-3 or more Slots :)
Your post might seem to have some on the bone but in retrospect, you've left us hanging with how much your budget for an upgrade truly is, what you want to do with your system(and overall what you plan on doing in the future with it) and if you can bare the high shipping costs? Not all of what we will link might be available to you due to logistical issues from manufacturers and SKU's will vary.

I wouldn't go for SLI, it doesn't bring anything to the table apart from wasting money and as far as I can see it, your current system should be fine for a long while, albeit with a little higher overclock(on the rams perhaps) if you're sticking to 1080p gaming.
 
If you can wait another 4 months - Go with Ryzen 3
There are romours that the cpus might have 16 cores with turbo up to 5Ghz, but no pricing avaible, yet.

Other then that i Agree with lutfij - SLI its not worth. 1080ti if you can find one or 2080ti if you really have the money.

With motherboard mounted SSD you probably mean M.2 (NVME) SSD right? nearly every modern Motherboard does have atleast 1 Slot and high(er) end motherboard often have 2-3 or more Slots :)
 
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