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Hi guys
I've been looking at upgrading my PC, speccy screenshot attached:
Yeah I'm aware the motherboard temperature is high, it gets that high straight on boot-up so perhaps the thermometer that monitors it is broken?
I want to use this PC mainly for gaming and other than that, Youtube, Facebook etc. so nothing too taxing on the computer.
To cut a long story short, I've had advice from two friends who both insist they know better than the other. I was hoping I could run by you guys both lists provided by them to get another opinion. I don't know a whole lot about computers and it looks like it's going to get expensive so I feel I should really know a bit more about what I'm buying.
Friend A says I should get:
Power supply - Corsair CX550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply
Corsair CX550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Novatech Buy CP-9020121-UK Corsair CX550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply Stockcode : CSR-CX550 from Novatech www.novatech.co.uk
SSD - Samsung 970 EVO Plus V-NAND M.2 500GB SSD
Samsung 970 EVO Plus V-NAND M.2 500GB SSD | Ebuyer.com Get a great deal on a Samsung 970 EVO Plus V-NAND M.2 500GB SSD as well as thousands of products at Ebuyer!  www.ebuyer.com
Graphics Card - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB AMP EXTREME Turing Graphics Card
 Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB AMP EXTREME Turing Graphics Card Buy from Scan - Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER AMP EXTREME 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing Graphics Card, 2560 Core, 1830MHz Boost  www.scan.co.uk
Pre-built bundle - Intel Core i5 9600K Overclocked Bundle
 Intel Core i5 9600K Overclocked Bundle Buy from Scan - 3XS Z390 Overclocked Bundle, Intel Core i5 9600K "Coffee Lake", ASUS PRIME Z390-P, 16GB DDR4, be quiet! Dark Rock 4 www.scan.co.uk
Whereas friend B recommends:
ASUS Intel Z390 ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA 9th Gen ATX Motherboard
 ASUS Intel Z390 ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA 9th Gen ATX Motherboard Buy from Scan - ASUS MAXIMUS XI FORMULA, Intel Z390, S 1151, DDR4, SATA3, Dual M.2, 2-Way SLi/3-Way CrossFire, 5GbE/WiFi, USB 3.1, ATX www.scan.co.uk
Intel Core i7 9700K Unlocked 9th Gen Desktop Processor/CPU Retail
 Intel Core i7 9700K Unlocked 9th Gen Desktop Processor/CPU Retail Buy from Scan - Intel Core i7 9700K, S 1151, Coffee Lake Refresh, 8 Core, 8 Thread, 3.6GHz, 4.9GHz Turbo, 12MB, 1200MHz GPU, 95W, Box www.scan.co.uk
be quiet Dark Rock PRO 4 250W Intel/AMD Air CPU Cooler
be quiet Dark Rock PRO 4 250W Intel/AMD Air CPU Cooler
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Dual Channel Memory Kit
 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Dual Channel Memory Kit Buy from Scan - 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair DDR4 Dominator Platinum RGB, PC4-25600 (3200), Non-ECC Unbuff, CAS 16-18-18-36, RGB LED, XMP,1.35V www.scan.co.uk
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive
 Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive Buy from Scan - 1TB Samsung 970 EVO, M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, Phoenix, MLC V-NAND, 3400MB/s Read, 2500MB/s Write, 500k/450k www.scan.co.uk
Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650 Watt Fully Modular 80 Titanium PSU/Power Supply
 Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650 Watt Fully Modular 80 Titanium PSU/Power Supply Buy from Scan - 650W Seasonic PRIME Ultra Titanium, Fully Modular, 80 Titanium, SLI/CrossFire, Single Rail, 54A, 135mm Fan, PSU www.scan.co.uk
I said to both that ideally I'd like to build a powerful system that would last some years before requiring any more upgrades, but I don't really see the point in having huge amounts of power if it's going to be unused. I'm planning to eventually have a 3 monitor setup (I don't know if that's relevant to the discussion). I'd really appreciate someone who knows about this to have a look and sanity check these for me and possibly suggest an alternative if required.
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2-12-2019 03:30:28
