Patriot Signature DDR4 RAM, 2400MHz, 8GB, CL15 Seagate BarraCuda 1TB, 64MB, 7200rpm HDWD110UZSVA EVGA 400W Power Supply Spire Spitzer 22 case, PSU not included. ASUS Prime B250M, LGA 1151, B250 Chipset, DDR4, SATA 3, USB 3.0, DVI, mA Maybe an Intel Core i3-6100 with a 3.50GHz clock speed on a Socket 1151? I guess that's what you're looking at. Kingston 120GB A400 SATA 2.5" SSD (7mm), 40TB TBW, UPC: 740617261196 Check out this MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OC. It’s got 4GB of GDDR5 and a 128-bit bus, running at 1341MHz/7008MHz via PCI-E 3.0 x16. Comes with DP and HDMI ports.
All things considered: $1341 I can't really say for sure, but maybe?
The chip is essentially the same, so having 4GB doesn't really make a huge difference over the 2GB version. The next actual step up would be this one, which I guess is about 25-30% faster than an RX 460:
I didn't factor in the discount, so I think you might have entered something wrong here 😛 Maybe it’s the motherboard? That would probably explain the price gap...
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB SATAIII 2x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Red 8GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM ADATA Ultimate SU800 128GB Serial ATA III SSD Zalman Z1 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 ASRock AB350M Pro4 Gigabyte RX 460 WindForce OC 2GB XFX 500W XT 80+ Bronze
Total: 5 $123 from Amazon (New York City, free assembly/shipping)
Now, you could always start with 8GB of RAM and just upgrade to 16GB later on—that’s $156 probably less of a hassle. I guess this R5 1400 is definitely faster than an i5 3350P and has those 8 threads, though the graphics card is noticeably weaker than an R9 380. Still, it should be perfectly playable. Maybe check YouTube to see if it’s powerful enough for 😉
Even if you threw in a monitor, $1667 it still feels like overkill. You could probably build something entirely new from scratch for just a bit more.
EDIT: Honestly, I’m maybe $75 short of being able to grab a decent graphics card 😬 but regardless, this isn't exactly a steal. It really depends on the warranty, but I don't think it's worth it even $1500 when you consider it only has 16GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD.
It’s definitely better than the Kingston. You're looking at the MX300 class, which is a bit pricier (plus you get more storage), but I don't think they have the MX300 in stock at Links. You could skip the shipping fees entirely, and if it helps, you can always grab it on nine interest-free installments if that works better for you. 😛
Even an Intel Sandy Bridge overclocked won't bottleneck a 1080 Ti at 4K... I guess there's really no point in dropping nearly $2000(!) just to squeeze out an extra 5 FPS.
There are fewer frame drops too; I guess you get a better minimum with an Intel Core i3 when the memory is running in dual-channel mode. A 500GB Western Digital is actually $33 more expensive than some 1TB drives, and it only comes in a 2.5" version... it just doesn't make much sense.
Just grab that 1080 Ti and call it a day. I guess you'll be hitting a GPU bottleneck at 4K anyway, so a beefier processor probably won't even make much of a difference.
Most of them should hit 3.8GHz at 1.35V without much trouble. Honestly, the stock cooler is designed enough to handle that combo.
It’s actually pretty nice that we finally have some real options to consider in the mid-to-high-end range.😬
If I were picking, I'd probably go with the Ryzen 5 1600 paired with a GTX 1080 or maybe an equivalent Vega card. Though, I guess you aren't in a massive rush for a new CPU since that 3570K overclocked to 4.5GHz still has some life left in it.
Maybe just sell off your current GTXice setup. You won't see a huge jump where your SLI setup was scaling well, but generally speaking, dealing with a single card is way less of a headache.😛