Upgrade Advice

[Kusanagi]

Current specs are on the right

To be used mainly for gaming, but nothing too intensive, some Dota 2 and the occasional FPSes

In the market to upgrade to Skylake.
GPU is down, looking to upgrade, so might as well get a system that utilizes PCIe 3.0

Most probably an i5 6600K

Problems:

DDR4 Rams

Need 6 SATA Ports, cant seem to find a mobo with the number of ports I'd like

With M.2 interface, what speeds am I getting with a M.2 Samsung Evo 500? The speeds are capped even if I were to use a M.2 to PCIe adapter right? Would using the built in disable the use of the 2 SATA ports?

With a budget of around 600-700 for the mobo + CPU, which mobo should I get?

Already planning on getting the GTX970 to go along with the mobo + CPU

 

[herman1314]

Current specs are on the right

To be used mainly for gaming, but nothing too intensive, some Dota 2 and the occasional FPSes

In the market to upgrade to Skylake.
GPU is down, looking to upgrade, so might as well get a system that utilizes PCIe 3.0

Most probably an i5 6600K

Problems:

DDR4 Rams

Need 6 SATA Ports, cant seem to find a mobo with the number of ports I'd like

With M.2 interface, what speeds am I getting with a M.2 Samsung Evo 500? The speeds are capped even if I were to use a M.2 to PCIe adapter right? Would using the built in disable the use of the 2 SATA ports?

With a budget of around 600-700 for the mobo + CPU, which mobo should I get?

Already planning on getting the GTX970 to go along with the mobo + CPU

just get a gtx 750ti/950 and you'll be fine, no need go skylake, that i7 still very good for gaming.

 

[Kusanagi]

just get a gtx 750ti/950 and you'll be fine, no need go skylake, that i7 still very good for gaming.

dont like that leh, im giving myself a reason to upgrade

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Current specs are on the right

To be used mainly for gaming, but nothing too intensive, some Dota 2 and the occasional FPSes

In the market to upgrade to Skylake.
GPU is down, looking to upgrade, so might as well get a system that utilizes PCIe 3.0

Most probably an i5 6600K

Problems:

DDR4 Rams

Need 6 SATA Ports, cant seem to find a mobo with the number of ports I'd like

With M.2 interface, what speeds am I getting with a M.2 Samsung Evo 500? The speeds are capped even if I were to use a M.2 to PCIe adapter right? Would using the built in disable the use of the 2 SATA ports?

With a budget of around 600-700 for the mobo + CPU, which mobo should I get?

Already planning on getting the GTX970 to go along with the mobo + CPU

Rather you stick to your i7. PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 won't see any noticeable gains for gaming.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X_PCI-Express_Scaling/18.html

Just get te GTX 970 and you are good to go. I rather you wait till Kaby Lake or AMD Zen first then change.

 

[xtractor]

Current specs are on the right

To be used mainly for gaming, but nothing too intensive, some Dota 2 and the occasional FPSes

In the market to upgrade to Skylake.
GPU is down, looking to upgrade, so might as well get a system that utilizes PCIe 3.0

Most probably an i5 6600K

Problems:

DDR4 Rams

Need 6 SATA Ports, cant seem to find a mobo with the number of ports I'd like

With M.2 interface, what speeds am I getting with a M.2 Samsung Evo 500? The speeds are capped even if I were to use a M.2 to PCIe adapter right? Would using the built in disable the use of the 2 SATA ports?

With a budget of around 600-700 for the mobo + CPU, which mobo should I get?

Already planning on getting the GTX970 to go along with the mobo + CPU

my suggestion just get a better graphic card the rest of ur system seems ok....with budget of $600-700 just upgrade the graphic card to gtx 970...if u want to upgrade skylake with that tight budget hardly possible coz mobo+cpu already $600-700 add with ddr4 ram $109 plus sata m2 +$250 at least u need around $2k

 

[Devilsire]

what they said is true... rather u use the moolah for your gtx970 & probably a 27" screen instead

dont like that leh, im giving myself a reason to upgrade

 

[Goodshot]

dont like that leh, im giving myself a reason to upgrade

2600k is really enough for moment , but if u really wanna upgrade .Here is what i call upgrade = a gtx 970 ($480) & a 34" Samsung Ultra-wide Curved Screen Monitor ($1500+)

 

[Kusanagi]

my suggestion just get a better graphic card the rest of ur system seems ok....with budget of $600-700 just upgrade the graphic card to gtx 970...if u want to upgrade skylake with that tight budget hardly possible coz mobo+cpu already $600-700 add with ddr4 ram $109 plus sata m2 +$250 at least u need around $2k

no lah, im just checking on the m.2 for future proofing, very eager to see PCIe speed SSDs going mainstream, actually i feel the NVMe samsung SSDs are quite a steal already

Rather you stick to your i7. PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 won't see any noticeable gains for gaming.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X_PCI-Express_Scaling/18.html

Just get te GTX 970 and you are good to go. I rather you wait till Kaby Lake or AMD Zen first then change.

what they said is true... rather u use the moolah for your gtx970 & probably a 27" screen instead

2600k is really enough for moment , but if u really wanna upgrade .Here is what i call upgrade = a gtx 970 ($480) & a 34" Samsung Ultra-wide Curved Screen Monitor ($1500+)

already 4 people ask me stick to my current setup
i told my gf i want to upgrade she also disapprove, but obviously due to other reasons

thanks for the input guys, unless i strike toto tmr evening, i guess i'll be hunting for a new cooler and GPU liao

 

[b3njaminlee]

Why many keep advising for 970 instead of 390.. Is it the price per performance?

 

[Goodshot]

Why many keep advising for 970 instead of 390.. Is it the price per performance?

For me is i still dun trust AMD driver & hardware , but their card is really good in sharpness and color in watching movie

 

[xtractor]

Why many keep advising for 970 instead of 390.. Is it the price per performance?

i like both amd and nvidia....im going to build another pc as i have extra mobo and cpu and going to fit with r9 390 or 380x...just that no one ask...but the power consumption a bit higher for amd

 

[lcheowl]

For me is i still dun trust AMD driver & hardware , but their card is really good in sharpness and color in watching movie

but gtx 970 have memory issue if the games TS play use vram 3.5 gb or above.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/

 

[xtractor]

but gtx 970 have memory issue if the games TS play use vram 3.5 gb or above.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/

this already fix with new bios a year ago

 

[Goodshot]

but gtx 970 have memory issue if the games TS play use vram 3.5 gb or above.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/

Lol even my 2GB 770 doesnt had any problem play AAA game at high setting , i duno why so many ppl got prob at 3-4GB

 

[Vincym]

Same boat. Initially wanted to ditch Sandy Bridge and go for skylake.

Just upgraded to 980Ti from 680 GTX SLI.
The 680 GTX SLI is quite on par with 970 or 980 performance, except vram.
When upgraded to 980Ti, the gain is quite significant.

My point is that 2600k is not the limiting factor.

So probably get a new GPU?

 

[kaixax555]

Get a new gpu ba

Bad times ahead better tighten your wallet

 

[Kusanagi]

which GPU should I get lei?

looking back, gtx970 might be overkill

 

[kaixax555]

which GPU should I get lei?

looking back, gtx970 might be overkill

GTX950 loh

Cheap cheap

Sent from outer space using GAGT

 

[b3njaminlee]

Seldom got games go above the 3.5 mark. Yeah amd draw more power and temp also higher but I think it might be better for future proofing?

but gtx 970 have memory issue if the games TS play use vram 3.5 gb or above.

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/

 

[xtractor]

which GPU should I get lei?

looking back, gtx970 might be overkill

imo just get 970 if u got the budget coz that gpu will last u long time and u not going to upgrade it very long time in future