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Upgrading prebuilt from 09, would like a glance over (pcpartpicker.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

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