Current setup is in my signature.
So first question - is now a good time to upgrade?
Now I know that there is always something around the corner. But in terms of Cpu etc, skylake is out now. Is there something else I should wait on? Who doesn't hate waiting though haha.
I would imagine I will be looking to upgrade at the end of September or so possibly October. I've to convince my new wife haha.
So in terms of a budget I have in mind - about £1500. If I can spend less that would be great. I honestly don't like the thought of paying hundreds extra for 3fps.
Monitor- I really want a 27 inch or bigger screen. I do want 2k though but not 4k as it would be a waste as I'm not buying that new 1200 quid pascal gpu.
Cpu - looking Intel. Thinking i7 but only if it's noticeable for games over an i5.
Ram - looking 16gb.
Gpu - I don't know. 1070 looks good for 2k but as it's a gaming pc I'm open to suggestions. I would want it to run games well on the monitor.
Case - I would like something small. Given the hardware there's only so small you go before you have problems with temperature and noise. But as small and fully functional as is possible. This wouldn't be a deal breaker.
Noise - quiet would be nice haha.
Overcooking - I always say I will. Thats why I got my current 2500k. But I never have. If any hardware could just pc itself so I don't need too, that would be great![]()
Other than this, I'm not bothered. I will most likely use my current Dell monitor as a second screen. But will need a new PSU, disk drive, SSD, mobo etc.
As I haven't been keeping abreast of new tech, I'm unsure what to get so all help and advice is fully appreciated.
Thanks you.


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) and you want lush gaming with all the IQ turned up, then the 1070 is the sweet spot in this generation - the only AMD cards that would get close are the Fury range (which are roughly price equivalent to the 1070). If you're playing the right games a Fury will actually beat out a 1070 (Doom in Vulkan, for instance), but the 1070 will give you more consistent performance (blame AMD's poor DX11/OpenGL drivers for that one 