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ryudo500 posted...

@nota214

https://www.logicalincrements.com/

im gogin the $1149 option.

i currently have

RAM: G.SKILL DDR4 2400
GPU: 1070 Ti asus STRIX
CPU: i7 8700K

so i thik that 1149$ should bean upgrade

tbh i should get nvidia gpu instead of radeon tho

It will definitely be an upgrade but there are some things I really don't like about that build.

The RAM they list for both the 16GB and 32GB options is slow for DDR5. For RAM speed, divide the MT/s by the CL number. For the 16GB it is 5600/46 which is very slow for DDR5. The 32GB option is better but still on the slower side being 5600/32. Generally, you want a number that comes out to be 200 or more. Typically, that would be 6000 MT/s and CL30 with current DDR5.

Next, they include a hard drive. I don't even know why they would do that and charge such a high price for it. Hard drives are very slow by today's standard and should only be used for high capacity backup storage. If they took that $60 and put it into the 2TB SSD, it would be much better. The SSD though is only a gen 3 which is quite expensive at that price and capacity.

The 9060 xt is a good budget card so no complaints there. Just need to make sure it is the 16GB version instead of the 8GB version. Fortunately, it looks like that build only uses the 16 GB version. Just don't try to push your graphic settings too high. Best bang for your buck is still the 9070 xt though and the rtx 5070 is a good middle ground between the two.

I would see if you can find someone to put together the PC that pinky0926 listed the parts for. The only thing I don't like about that PC at that price point is the graphics card but it's still a good card overall and a much improved upgrade over your 1070. The real trick is to buy during a sale though. GPU and CPU likely won't be on sale but the other parts likely will be.

Also, keep in mind that neither of these prices include monitors or keyboard and mouse.