Hi group – I could use some advice from you-all who know these things!
I have decided to stay with AMD AM4 platform for the foreseeable future. I need a new motherboard and anew case. I plan to eventually upgrade my GPU.
The case has seen better days and the cooler barely fits. I'd like to get better airflow. The MOBO has some minor issues and I'm not sure I could fit larger GPU when I upgrade.
So what case and motherboard would you suggest? I am a casual gamer playing mostly 1st person shooters and I also use my computer for live music recording. I have plenty of room so I could go with a full tower. I can live without the optical drives if necessary.
Oh yea - will Win 10 boot with a new MOBO - everything else being the same?
Here's my current rig:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 3d
Cooler - Deep Cool AK 620
MOBO- MSI B450 Tomahawk
GPU - Sapphire AMD RX5700 8GB GDDR6
Monitor - AOC CQ27 QHD
PSU – EVGA GQ 750
RAM - 4X8 (32gig) Ballistix 3200 DDR4
Case – Roswell ATX mid towerChallenger S
Sound – Realtek on board
Speakers – Creative Inspire T3-100
Mouse – Logitech G-402
Keyboard – Logitech G-213
2 optical drives
Storage:
SSD PNY CS1111 240GB (Win 10 home)
HDD Seagate Firecuda 2TB
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB
WD Easy Store 1TB –USB backup
Thanks for any input!
I have decided to stay with AMD AM4 platform for the foreseeable future. I need a new motherboard and anew case. I plan to eventually upgrade my GPU.
The case has seen better days and the cooler barely fits. I'd like to get better airflow. The MOBO has some minor issues and I'm not sure I could fit larger GPU when I upgrade.
So what case and motherboard would you suggest? I am a casual gamer playing mostly 1st person shooters and I also use my computer for live music recording. I have plenty of room so I could go with a full tower. I can live without the optical drives if necessary.
Oh yea - will Win 10 boot with a new MOBO - everything else being the same?
Here's my current rig:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 3d
Cooler - Deep Cool AK 620
MOBO- MSI B450 Tomahawk
GPU - Sapphire AMD RX5700 8GB GDDR6
Monitor - AOC CQ27 QHD
PSU – EVGA GQ 750
RAM - 4X8 (32gig) Ballistix 3200 DDR4
Case – Roswell ATX mid towerChallenger S
Sound – Realtek on board
Speakers – Creative Inspire T3-100
Mouse – Logitech G-402
Keyboard – Logitech G-213
2 optical drives
Storage:
SSD PNY CS1111 240GB (Win 10 home)
HDD Seagate Firecuda 2TB
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB
WD Easy Store 1TB –USB backup
Thanks for any input!