QOTW: Which PC components are you looking to upgrade in 2019?

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Have you already picked out certain components, or are you waiting for something to appear?

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Whichever one I win in the giveaway ;)

It really depends if Intel get round to releasing their desktop 10nm CPUs this year or not. If they do, then i'll more than likely be swapping out my mobo, CPU and probably memory too...if not, then probably nothing.

Rumours are all over the place but generally place them as being available next autumn but we'll see.

CPU
Motherboard
Ram
new NVMe

I think is time for my i7 2600k to rest a little.
I hope that AMD 3000 series will be good.

Bought a Samsung 860 Evo 500gb on boxing day. I will most likely upgrade my CPU (using a 2500k) which means motherboard and ram, have to be upgraded as well.

A Ryzen 2700x
AsRock X470 Taichi motherboard
and some Gskill 3200mhz 16 GB RAM

Not looking to swap any components out this year but I would like some more SSD space, I would also like a new keyboard and mouse.

all of mine lol .

I would like to put my garden chair back to garden and get proper chair for PC... Other than that, hopefully nothing.

GPU and Monitor, 7700K lacking in productivity but not terribly.

I'm hoping Ryzen 2 will be better for gaming since I'm tempted to upgrade from my 3570k. Of course upgrading my CPU also means new RAM (currently DDR3) and mobo. I'm somewhat tempted to upgrade my GPU too and perhaps replace my 1440p monitor that died a while back, but it depends. The prices of the gtx 1000 series (post release) and rtx series did not impress me where you're also an early adopter for raytracing. If I'm building most of the system, I may also get another SSD, currently I don't use one after my old one became faulty, prices were high and and just got used to it when they've dropped since the biggest issue is boot times that you can just do something else while it boots. I've also been tempted to get a new case, but I'm not sure whether the price will be justified. Lastly I want to replace my aio water cooler with an air cooler for better thermals than my current one I got from a bundle, sound and less potentially complications.

So it could be a big year for my build, but we'll have to see what happens. I was tempted with the intel 9000 series, but then the prices and performance as well as hardware vulnerabilities didn't persuade me. I will admit part of me wants to upgrade due to occasionally BSoDs I never fully diagnosed, though I did notice a CPU bottleneck the past year or so with demanding use.

I've just bought a 500gb Samsung 970 Evo SSD.
Ideally I'd want to upgrade my GTX 1060 - preferably to a much more powerful AMD card as I have a 4k Freesync monitor.

I'm not planning upgrading any. My previous PC went pop at the start of 2018 so I have an i7-8700 rig now and the only way I'm going to upgrade from my 2080 Ti is to win a RTX Titan in a competition (hint, hint). A cheap second round of high refresh 4K monitors would definitely tempt me.

Planning to do a full rebuild in Spring/Summer, probably with Ryzen 3xxx

Whole new computer, trading in my current i5-4690K/GTX 1060 6GB rig for a Micro ITX 4k/60 setup.

All of it - deffo new work puter for me this year, and yes it will be Ryzen based ;)

I will change soon on my 4GB ddr2 pc for 8 GB ddr2, these are the plans.

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Originally Posted by Anatolii

I will change soon on my 4GB ddr2 pc for 8 GB ddr2, these are the plans.

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Welcome to 2014 sire ;)

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Originally Posted by sleepy4970

Whichever one I win in the giveaway ;)

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This :-)

Although I'm about ready for a fully system upgrade if Ryzen 3000 series is good

3rd gen ryzen, PSU

Going to get a new keyboard and mouse. The rest of it I'm pretty happy with.

Well I just bought a bigger ssd for os and programs, a 500GB Samsung evo 860 to replace my 250GB Samsung evo 850, because the latter was getting bit tight on space. The 250GB will now replace my 128GB Crucial M4 (got to give credit to crucial for this drive as it's still going strong) as my scratch disk and the crucial will go in a caddy as a cheap usb ssd.

As to the rest, in all honesty I'm not really planning to upgrade anything else but at the same time I'm not against upgrading everything if money allows or work requires a stronger system.

I would like to go for one of the new cooler NVIDIA 8GB cards.
But, prices need to come down first.

My upgrade plans are based entirely on what type of PC Cyberpunk 2077 will need to run at decent settings, which also depends on if it gets released this year. I'm quite tempted by the leaked specs of the 3700X, so would base a whole new PC around that, if needed, but I'm going to try and push things back a bit further if possible, and maybe leave out upgrading at all this year, since I don't want to waste money if I don't need to. My current CPU is ancient (an i7 875K), but it is still surprising me with how it manages to keep doing ok.

Nothing really. Spent heavily in the summer, moving to an Ultrabook/eGPU setup. Very happy with the result.

I'll probably have to cough up for components for the kids' PCs, and I wouldn't mind moving the servers and NAS to 8TB drives, but I'm nowhere near capacity yet, so that'll probably wait for another year at least.

Oh, my venerable Logitech G500 is on it's way out, but that's a peripheral rather than a component.

AMD Ryzen 9 4950x and Vega 128 32Gb and to top it all 8Tb SSD NVme...

Will I would like a new MB/CPU/RAM combo as my 3570k is getting a bit old, but still waiting for ram prices to drop before I pull the trigger so many be a while yet.

Basic plan to Ryzen + 32gb ram depending what is the best solution at the time but a Ryzen 3000 will be epic if the leaks are true.

Definitely a new gpu,Still on 980ti's in sli. Showing their age at 1440p 165hz.
Possibly a complete new build depending how these new AMD cpu's are.

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Originally Posted by HollyDOL

I would like to put my garden chair back to garden and get proper chair for PC... Other than that, hopefully nothing.

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DO NOT buy a "gaming chair"! I learned the expensive way.
Absolute garbage, no back support in them other than a hard cushion they throw in to make up for poor design.
Spend the extra $ and get a decent ergonomic chair designed for sitting for more than 2 hours!
Herman Miller - Aeron,Embody,Mirra,Celle
Steel Case - Leap

I went for something a little cheaper but with the same benefits as most of those, Seville high back mesh executive.
https://www.officefurnitureplus.com....-office-chair/

It's AFRDI(google it) approved which those gaming chairs are not, Very high standards above European standards.

My 7700K is starting to show its age in some of the more multi-threaded applications so I'll maybe look to replace that, along with the motherboard, but other than that I'm absolutely happy with it.

Just ordered an Acer Predator Z35P because I missed my old ultrawide, though, so that might be my purchase of the year.
3440 x 1440 resolution, G-Sync support, 120Hz refresh, VA panel, 35" display.

Definitely a RTX Card will help.

CPU, Motherboard, DDR5. Been wanting to upgrade to 144hz/240hz, keep putting off because they are very expensive. I think I'll keep the 1070 that I have. It's been good so far.

Pretty much getting to the stage where I'll upgrade the whole system. Was going to do it over the Christmas period, but decided a new bed and bedroom furniture was more of a priority.

My 2600K is finally starting to feel its age. It's ok but. . .

Currently nothing. (2700x and 1080ti) But if a good 2nd hand bargain came up towards the end of the year, then maybe a 3700x

Looking to replace my i7 3930K with 32GB on a Rampage IV when Zen 2 (ie 3000 series) launches this year. If the rumors are true I'll like go with a 12 or 16 Core variant, high end mainstream motherboard likely made by Asus (asrock and gigabyte also draw my eye) with 64 gigs of ram and nice fast 1TB Nvme drive (love 960 Evo I have now just want more space).

Video card, my GeForce GTX 650Ti Boost is showing its age.

Possible GPU upgrade. thats it.

Gonna probably go for a New CPU and Board prolly an x570 and a 3700x

Nothing - everything I have works perfectly as it is.

Graphics card as my 4 generation old GPU is struggling with my monitor change. Quite stuck on what to get...

Gonna try m,y hand at building a mini ITX case because all the ones i see for sale compatible with my bits are wither too large or expensive.

Maybe my GPU. Upgraded the rest of my system about 18 months ago with plans to get a new GPU shortly after, but prices have been and still are pretty inflated in my opinion. Used to be each gen you could get more performance for the same price. But more than 3 years on, the £250 I paid for a R9 390 wouldn't get me much more today. An RX 590 or an overclocked 1060. A 10% max performance bump in over 3 years is poor.

even i don't have a pc , so sad...

Built nearly all new back in August, that's it for me for a few years. Since taking up carpentry and wood carving as a hobby, the PC is no longer my priority when I have some money to spend.

The whole thing (laptop user). Waiting for RTX laptops..

Feels like time to upgrade the HD7970 - it cost me a fortune at the time, but I've had great service from it. If I were still gaming at 1920*1200 then it's still a perfectly capable card, but now I'm up to 4k it's struggling. Bonus came around, so... splurged on an RTX2080 today. Hopefully I can recoup a few quid on the existing card too.

Other than that: i7 6700k, 64Gb RAM and a few SSDs are doing everything that I can see me needing for quite some time yet.

Probably an SSD when prices drop more. I might get a graphics card too when Navi arrives and a freesync monitor.

I need a new graphics card, as my old gtx970 is a bit old and I need more powerful card for play in 1440p

CPU (+ Cooler), Motherboard and RAM. Possibly a new case (+ case fans) too.

I'm hoping to hold out for Zen 2's release to have as much choice as possible.

Everything except gpu. Motherboard, cpu, ram, cooler, ssd, psu, case. Been planning a build for years and still waiting until after CES in case some juicy announcements change my plans.

GPU, long overdue, hasn't been a reasonably price:performant GPU in years, I'm hoping Navi answers the call.
Might double my RAM.
Also hoping to get high GB:£ QLC SSD(s) that/they will replace the spinning rust in my desktop and install my steam games there.

That'll keep me going for awhile.

Same as last year a gpu hopefully good news at CES

everything, but can't afford to :(

Monitor only if 16:10+ gsync or freesync. Otherwise nothing until my Dell 24in 16:10 dies ;)
GPU, only if 7nm and under 180w (my 1070ti watts, trying to lower it for main pc in a small room)
CPU, 3, two for HTPC (maybe a 3rd), one to up my 8700k to 8-12 cores (must have hyperthreading/smt whatever in all cases)

7nm on everything chip related cpu/gpu today. I have no interest in anything else after 1070ti and 8700k unless 7nm.

Oh, lets not forget storage/mem, eh, 2-3 8TB drives this year probably. They are $119-129 at costco monthly with no deal needed pretty much. I'm tempted to shuck one like I did 2 3TB drives from seagate for an internal as it is $169 for the ARCHIVE model inside the 8TB seagates (amazon)...LOL. Likely 1-2 1TB SSD's, maybe 3 if BF 2019 is a hit.

Though, if memory and SSD goes down, I could see 3 1TB drives for SSD, and 16-32 more GB of mem. DDR4 is already 1/2 what I paid almost from the 8700k/16GB purchase just over a year ago (167 IIRC, like speed IS 1/2 off). I'd be pretty happy to put in 8-16 more GB in 2-3 PC's if they keep dropping like they are for a few more months. Not much interest in holding off here for DDR5 PC builds, as I don't think it will be worth much on desktops out of the gate vs. very good DDR4 with great timings/lower volts and motherboards that are very mature at this point on both sides. Likely a few years just like DDR4 before you can even see the difference. Very good DDR4 2666 is just about the same as the highest stuff in benchmarks. My 2666 runs 3333 anyway with decent timings and volts. 1-3% is not worth paying for better with timings that just get looser. You almost need a bandwidth test (sandra etc) to show a difference.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12710/cadence-micron-demo-ddr5-subsystem
Mostly capacity, NOT perf. I'll pass on whatever sticker they slap on it, as I doubt it will be LESS than some great DDR4 and if all I have to gain is MORE, I'll pass. I don't even NEED 32GB in my main PC yet (yes WANT, but no NEED, YET). You'll have to PROVE to me that a new cpu requires it to run ok, or I'll go the cheaper route if it's under 5-10% hit in most of the stuff I do (same as a gpu/cpu, bought 1070ti when a 1080ti was already old...LOL). The rich can blaze a trail for me, I'm happy a year behind with more than one PC to upgrade as it gives me decent hand-me-downs without making me cringe yearly (in and out of my house)...LOL.

Heck my cancelled cell bill buys me a new PC for free every year now anyway. I save $800 a year on that junk (more than cost of my 8700k/mboard/16GB), mom went to ting, she saves about $650 a year ($12 a month usually, I'll go to this when I'm tired of new pc parts yearly in place of cell phone...ROFL). Well, cpu/mem/board, maybe gpu too after we cut cable tv also ages ago (for higher speed internet- news server, vpn, hallmark channel and still save money monthly on cable)...ROFL. Cut cell+cable tv people and you have a free $1000 or more yearly. Boom, free PC+faster internet (biz line for us, can run exchange server etc if you want all year) :) Did I mention all the free time you have if not on your phone all day? ;) Bonus. Now you have time to upgrade your job skills and seek more money instead of constantly complaining about the price of a new gpu/cpu etc as a few hundred bucks here and there means NOTHING if you're making an extra 5k+ a year. Then you can buy back the phone if desired since your income is UP ;) Upgrade your LIFE, not your phone :) That said, bring on 7nm, and I'll merrily upgrade all my PC's 2019! Well, only some parts, the rest just keep moving around so to speak...LOL. I have PC Power & Cooling psu's still going 10yrs in. I suspect my seasonics will last even longer as the fans usually NEVER run and are cool all day (buy 2x the watts you need at load and last forever...kind of). Silence is golden also. Only time you hear the PC is vid at loads in gaming. Then again you can buy more gpu than you need and downclock 10% to fix that even. My next purchase will be more vid than I need, so I can do that FINALLY, then again maybe 7nm will give me no noise AND lots of perf.

Oh and if NV ever upgrades their ShieldTV to 7nm and something over 100w, I'm in for that too. I want an android monster for gaming as there are a TON of titles over there I'd want on my TV. Just slap two 7nm socs into a box the size of xbox/ps4 and I'm in, a bonus would be making it DISCRETE capable for upgraders ;) This is how you sell more boxes Nvidia! Make it a REAL gaming box on top of the best streamer. Roku still hasn't got this message, so stuck at 10mil over their entire life, instead of 10mil/year unit sales. Apple took down rimm with games and exchange server. ShieldTV/Roku don't need exchange support, but lacking good gaming is a killer. We are building 3 HTPC's in my family simply because these two haven't figured out how to sell us another box (with gaming!). Dual 7nm socs in a new ShieldTV for xmas NV. Heck put it out and it's an instant purchase in our houses. We are tired of rokus (no dolby etc), and shieldtv is severely lacking PERF at this point (what is it 20nm still?) for all the new unreal 4 etc mobile games coming up, vulkan etc. Get with it NV, gaming is your domain. New roku's are a step BACK from dolby from the first 4 (works), new 4's suck - pass thru sucks! A $40 bluray can do dobly etc with no need for something ELSE to do the decoding.

Waiting for RTX 2070 to come down to reasonable price. Got a new CPU and MB end of next year.

My GTX 970 has long needed to be upgraded. The prices of the 1070 and now the 2070 have stopped me from upgrading. I'll see what CES brings before I consider upgrading.

That being said, I wouldn't turn down winning that AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU nor the 2070. ::hint hint::

Whole pc. I need a new one as i aint got one at the mo

My main rig broke down before Christmas. ... I guess the motherboad is failing now.
if that fails, I need to upgrade the whole rig as it is a LGA1155 socket. and i'm using it for 8 years.

Waiting on the look of Zen2. Need an overdue cpu/mobo/ram upgrade.

All of them, might keep the case!

I'm coming up to a i5 processor and motherboard replacement. Upgraded everything else... Since the time windows 7 was released. It has lasted well.

Hmm, seems I'm not the only one looking towards Intels 10nm offerings as an eventual upgrade from my beloved Sandy Bridge. Hopefully they'll present something worthy!

If Intel can't put something worthwhile on the table? Well I guess I'll be keeping an even closer eye on AMDs new stuff.

My current machine is so archaic that ...

a) I doubt most component upgrades would even fit,
b) It'd be like fitting a jet engine to Noah's Ark and being suprised when it tore the boat apart, and
c) as my antiquated old clunker is doing what I need of it .... why bother?

I think at this point, I'd just look to build a new machine. It's more a question of which components I'm looking to keep in 2019! :laugh:

Graphics card (670ti), however as I am still rocking a 3770K, it may end up being a full new rig build that is required.