What are you upgrading from?

[Mask3d]

To those of us who have purchased new builds, what are you currently running/upgrading from.

I built a PC in April in 2016, here are my specs:

Case
SHARKOON BD28 GAMING CASE (Green LED)
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-9590 Eight Core CPU (4.7GHz-5.0GHz/16MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
ASUS® 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX/SLI)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i GT Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Browser
Google Chrome™
Keyboard & Mouse
CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse

Graphics wise I am running a Radeon R9 270X 4GB and the PC was running Windows 7 right up until the point Microsoft gave up on it, I then 'upgraded' to Windows 10 and had to fight to prevent freezes as it doesn't like the FX turbo cores (basically solved by turning off OC).

Upgrades since build:

The Keyboard/Mouse was replaced recently with a Razer gaming pack so I have a Razer Kraken 7.1 Headset, Deathadder mouse and Cynoza Chroma keyboard, I have two Acer V246HLs on a monitor stand atm (also have a third similar model but that is now only used for my work laptop)
Inside the PC I fitted a 500GB SSD in place of the 1TB Seagate (that's probably one of these sitting on my desk) and have a 3TB Seagate for game data etc. Only Windows and essential apps runs on the SSD.

I think I've covered everything.. let me know your (old) specs!

 

[Scoped Badger]

I'm going from a GTX650 to an RTX3080 soon and I really don't think I'm ready for the difference.

I don't have the full specs of my current build (despite it being from PCS) because I have a different account than back then, but my current specs include:

Asus Sabertooth Z87 motherboard
i7-4770K
GTX650
16GB RAM
550W PSU

And I'm upgrading to:

 

[SpyderTracks]

I'm going from a GTX650 to an RTX3080 soon and I really don't think I'm ready for the difference.

I don't have the full specs of my current build (despite it being from PCS) because I have a different account than back then, but my current specs include:

Asus Sabertooth Z87 motherboard
i7-4770K
GTX650
16GB RAM
550W PSU

And I'm upgrading to:

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Ooof!!! If I were you I’d buy a harness to keep you in the seat when you first put a game on, that’s gonna blow you away!!!

 

[ProEnigma]

I went from a i5 6600k, GTX 980ti, 16GB ram 2100 or 2144, cant remember, in a cheap case with one SATA ssd one HDD to whats posted below.

Case	COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Eight Core CPU (4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - Available for order 17/09/20 @ 2PM
1st Storage Drive	NOT REQUIRED Change to: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting	2x 50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking	WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options	2 PORT (2 x TYPE A) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System	NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser	Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation	NONE
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) Change to: TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time	Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Promotional Item	Get Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla with select AMD Ryzen CPUs Promotional Code
Promotional Item	Get eFootball PES 2021 Season Update for PC with select SAMSUNG SSDs! Promotional Code
Welcome Book	PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

EDIT, added spec wrong first time, didnt include changes, removed game codes, (they already been clamed lol)

 

[AccidentalDenz]

I'm going from a poorly balanced Octane 15" laptop (my fault on the bad specs!) - putting an 8700k in there was probably a mistake as I didn't realise at the time just how hot Coffee Lake got. And the less said about that RAM amount the better. Me and my GTX 1070 have had some fun times running non-CPU heavy games though...

to something like this, but I'm amending to a 5900X and 6800XT when the time comes - fully joining Team Red for this generation it seems!

 

[SpyderTracks]

I went from a i5 6600k, GTX 980ti, 16GB ram 2100 or 2144, cant remember, in a cheap case with one SATA ssd one HDD to whats posted below.

Case	COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Eight Core CPU (4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - Available for order 17/09/20 @ 2PM
1st Storage Drive	NOT REQUIRED Change to: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting	2x 50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking	WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options	2 PORT (2 x TYPE A) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System	NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser	Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation	NONE
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) Change to: TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time	Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Promotional Item	Get Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla with select AMD Ryzen CPUs Promotional Code
Promotional Item	Get eFootball PES 2021 Season Update for PC with select SAMSUNG SSDs! Promotional Code
Welcome Book	PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

EDIT, added spec wrong first time, didnt include changes

You may want to remove your game codes.

 

[ProEnigma]

You may want to remove your game codes.

I really need to be better at reading things before I post lol

 

[Scoped Badger]

Ooof!!! If I were you I’d buy a harness to keep you in the seat when you first put a game on, that’s gonna blow you away!!!

Haha, agreed. With the delays because of the 3080, it's highly likely my first game will be Cyberpunk as well, so I best make sure that harness is industrial grade!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Haha, agreed. With the delays because of the 3080, it's highly likely my first game will be Cyberpunk as well, so I best make sure that harness is industrial grade!

The perfect pairing!

 

[Voeille]

I'm upgrading from:
Intel i7-4710HQ 2.5 GHz (4 physical cores) with Intel HD Graphics 4600
NVidia GeForce GTX 860M 4 GB
16 GB RAM (upgraded from 8GB at some point)

I don't remember the exact model (and it's now pretty immobile because of its broken screen so I can't look underneath for some more info), but this one is pretty close. I got in in 2014.

And this is the new PC I'm waiting for:
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16 Core CPU (3.5GHz-4.7GHz/73MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
Full build

I may upgrade to 5950X if it doesn't get into building by the 5th.

And actually I will be blown away twice — the first time with actually getting 60FPS consistently no matter what I want to play or how much I mod (can't wait to finally add ENB to Skyrim), and the second time I'll experience 4k 144Hz when my monitor arrives. I got Assassin Creed: Odyssey when it was on sale so I'll probably play that first when the PC arrives.

 

[GrahamJohnson692]

I'm upgrading from a 9 year old PC:
CPU - Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz
RAM - 4GB (2 x 2GB Kingston DDR3 1333MHz)
Storage - 500GB WD5000AADS-00S9BU
Motherboard - Intel DH67BL with integrated graphics

I'm going to:

Case	PCS 3601 CASE
Processor (CPU)	Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-10400F (2.9GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard	ASUS® H410M-A: Micro-ATX, DDR4, USB 3.2, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card	4GB AMD RADEON™ RX 550 - HDMI, DVI - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive	256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W) Change to: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive	1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE Change to: NONE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	NONE Change to: 256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply	CORSAIR 450W CV SERIES™ CV-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste	STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire	2 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI-E Card (2 x 6 pin)

I think I *might* notice quite a difference - I know it's not the highest spec compared to some of you, but it should be suitable for my needs for a few years. If nothing else it'll be nice not having to turn it on 10 minutes before I want to try using it, and not being deafened by the fan which sounds like it's trying to take off half the time

 

[GrahamJohnson692]

Well I was right - what a difference! From turning it on to Chrome opening up takes 30 seconds max. Installing Office last night took no more than 5 minutes. Just got to try working with it now, but that'll have to wait till the weekend

 

[kozuki]

upgrading from a lenovo legion y520 laptop with i7-7700HQ, 8GB (upgraded to 16GB) RAM, 256GB SSD (upgraded to a 1TB samsung 970EVO m.2) + 1TB HDD and a Nvidia 1050Ti 4GB. It's been good to me these past years, still working fine, but I can feel it getting slower bit by bit, cleaning it and changing the paste doesn't help anymore, I overwork the CPU to bottlenecking sometimes, especially when I now have a triple monitor setup with 2x FHD + ultrawide 3440x1440
used to have a PC back in the day, with Intel core2duo and a 560Ti, that's all I remember of it now, it was my last PC before getting into laptops!

the rig i'm waiting for:

Case	FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB ASUS ROG STRIX GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive	NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive	1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre European Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Gonna reuse my m.2 drive too. It's been a long time since I had a recent PC! gonna be a good year!

 

[Scoped Badger]

I'm going from a GTX650 to an RTX3080 soon and I really don't think I'm ready for the difference.

Due to a busy week I've only managed to make some time for a gaming session this morning. I've spent a few hours playing Watchdogs Legion and I've spent the majority of that walking around, open mouthed at how incredible it looks. Spydertracks was right, it's completely blown me away. I've never seen London look so good!