Been slowly upgrading a prebuilt from 2009. I’ve upgraded everything but the mobo, ram, cpu, and cooler. Was hoping someone could do a sanity check on my build to make sure it’s good for a few years at least.

  • @ZaphodWilde42OP
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    12 months ago

    I’ll probably get an nvme drive down the road, i already have an ssd for my boot drive. My budget is about $800 so im reaching the upper bounds here.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      In that case you may want to consider dropping down on cpu to get a better graphics card. His $850ish build will probably serve you better than going up on CPU and ram UNLESS you plan on putting funds aside for a GPU upgrade soonish.

      That said, I would say an NVME drive will boost you quite a lot simply due to the read write speeds compared to a sata SSD. It will be noticeable.

      • @ZaphodWilde42OP
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        12 months ago

        Definitely will keep that in mind, right now I’m focused on bringing it to modern specs, then going from there.

      • @ZaphodWilde42OP
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        12 months ago

        I’m having trouble deciding between the msi mag b650 tomahawk wifi and the msi pro b650p wifi for my mobo. Anything advice?

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          Just saw this, sorry for late reply.

          I’d go with the tomahawk as it’s a solid board and usually recommended from what I’ve seen. Both are fine motherboards, but the tomahawk seems to be a little more “premium” compared to the b650-p WiFi. Also for a x3D CPU the tomahawk will offer a little more “power” and take better advantage of it.

          • @ZaphodWilde42OP
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            12 months ago

            Aye that’s what i ultimately decided on, thanks for the reassurance.