Question First Upgrade in 6 Years - Lost

[teddyv]

Hi Folks,

Six years ago I built an i5-2500 system with ASUS P8Z68-V LX Mobo, and it has suited me very well. A while back it started to throw errors on one of the SATA ports so I swapped for an open one, which itself is now starting to throw errors. I've decided it is time to upgrade again. I use the system for editing GOPRO videos, general Office '08 type stuff, Photoshop/Illustrator, some minor gaming (WoW, old-school UO and Shroud) and GoogleEarth. My current system does all this OK, often a little slow and a little hot though.

Aside from wanting to convert my 2gig main drive to an SSID (M.2?) for system and a 4gig for data, I just want faster and newer. I plan to keep my my OS - I have a full retail Win7 Ultimate (free from launch event) which I like as much as I dislike Win10, and want to keep. Though I am not firm on this, I'd also like to stick with Intel and ASUS, they have both worked well and lasted longer than expected.

Here is what I came up with (~$1,000 budget):
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gbtbD2

Intel - Core i7-8700K
Corsair - H60 Cooler
Asus - ROG STRIX Z390-E
G.Skill - Flare X Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200
Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB
Thermaltake - Versa J25
Keeping: Thermaltake 750w PS, Monitor, Mouse/Keyboard, 2x Toshiba 2gig HDs (data and backup data), HP CD/DVD if there is room.

Any thoughts or advice on this proposed system? I like Intel but happy to go back to AMD, love ASUS but also happy to look elsewhere. Hoping to upgrade in the next month, in the U.S.

Thanks!

 

[whm1974]

Windows 7 is not support on recent hardware such as Coffee Lake. If you are not going to overclock then an aftermarket HSF isn't needed unless you are running the system in a hot environment or need/want something that quieter then then stock.

2gigs is not enough for backup.

 

[Flayed]

The motherboard you have selected seems a little expensive. You could get a good motherboard for $150.
Something like MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon.

 

[UsandThem]

Intel - Core i7-8700K
Corsair - H60 Cooler
Asus - ROG STRIX Z390-E
G.Skill - Flare X Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200
Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB
Thermaltake - Versa J25
Keeping: Thermaltake 750w PS, Monitor, Mouse/Keyboard, 2x Toshiba 2gig HDs (data and backup data), HP CD/DVD if there is room.

Not much reason to go with Intel 8th gen unless they are cheaper than the 9th gen. Maybe look at a CPU like the i7-9700k.

And like Flayed pointed out, that motherboard is rather pricey. You could get a less expensive motherboard, and the CPU price difference would be a wash.

The RAM kit you picked is rather expensive for DDR4 3200, and that's because it's a kit specifically for AMD Ryzen. It will likely work fine for your Intel build, but is overpriced because of the AMD compatibility. You could save $60+ buy buying G Skills' Trident Z or Ripjaws series instead (or Corsair Vengeance).

 

[daveybrat]

Like the others have said, change the motherboard as that's too expensive. Also change the ram to something like this:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232498