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    Computer Upgrade Help

    Hi guys,

    My current computer died. It's either the motherboard or the CPU. Not sure what one.
    This gives me an opportunity to upgrade.

    I wanted an opinion on the parts that I want to use and if anything should be switched for something else.

    I mostly play games like WOW, Overwatch, Battlefield 1 and 4, Skyrim with lots of mods and a few others.
    I know some of you will say to get the 8600K if I just play games but I want to stick with the 8700K.


    My budged is around $1,000.


    Some parts I will be reusing.

    Here is a list of the parts I want to get:


    1. CPU = 8700K
    2. Motherboard = Asrock z370 Extreme4
    3. CPU Cooler = NZXT Kraken X62 Rev 2
    4. Memory = G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
    5. Power Supply = Corsair - RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
    6. Storage = Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive AND Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
    7. Case = Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case
    8. GPU = Zotac Amp! Extreme 1070



    The parts that I can reuse would be:

    1. GPU (Zotac 1070 Amp Extreme)
    2. CPU Cooler (Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3) I do like the Kraken one though.
    3. SSD (the ones listed)
    4. Case (the one listed)
    5. Memory (Vengence LPX DDR4 16GB) I do like the RGB ones though.
    6. Power Supply (Corsair RM750) I had this for a few years and not sure if I should reuse it or not.

    Any help on this setup and if I should change anything would be appreciated.

    Thank you!
    Last edited by Boxxe; 2018-02-15 at 10:04 PM.

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