Shall I build a new gaming PC now or later?

[KZee]

Hey all,

My current PC has a i5-4690k and R9 380, with Samsung EVO 850 250GB as SSD. Lately, my PC performance is getting really slow. I looked into sites seeing people suggesting to get i7-8700k delid + GTX 1080ti for gaming, but shall I wait until i9-9900k is out? Moreover, is it worth the bucks to upgrade to RTX 2080Ti? For me it seems that not many games are supporting the new DLSS technology.

I currently have a 32GB Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200mhz (2x16GB) RAM kit to use, and my total budget would be roughly USD1.5k (excluding the RAM of course). Any suggestions? Thanks all.

**Forgotten to note my main purpose of usage. Games that I play are Rainbow Six Siege, For Honor, BF1 etc. and I might occasionally do streaming as well.

[boy]

prices for graphic cards will most likely drop drastically after a few more weeks from the RTX release, I would wait until you seea drop in the 1080ti prices

[Sam]

Why worry about prices when you can just refund nvid lul

[niggo]

I currently have a 32GB Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200mhz (2x16GB) RAM kit to use

seeing as to how you have a 4690k you should have ddr3 ram which cant be used if you wanna build a new system

also what resolution are you playing on ?

[KZee]

Why worry about prices when you can just refund nvid lul

Under most circumstances, using the traditional DNA method would not work in my place. So far, only Hollister have be refunded here.

seeing as to how you have a 4690k you should have ddr3 ram which cant be used if you wanna build a new system

also what resolution are you playing on ?

Good observation, these RAMs are SE'd and I'd like to use them in my upcoming PC. I'll have a new HP z38c monitor very soon, it's a 3840x1600 monitor. Guess I'll be playing in 1440p.

[hereforgta]

If you're into "Ray-Tracing" that the latest RTX offers then no doubt for it. About your current specs, you can stick to it for a while with those games and lastly if you planning on getting pro at streaming-niche, then I suggest getting a 2nd pc with an Elgato capture card.

[greenhornet69]

IF you dont care about ray tracing you can pick up a good used 1080ti for less than half the cost of a rtx 2080ti

[McLovinTon]

You might also want a new Monitor bud

Even with a nice ass computer it was shit and later noticed it's cause i used a nasty ass monitor

[johnbones3]

I think it's time for it.

[BeanMan96]

I would wait a few months untill all of the 10 series price drop a more b/c of the new 2080, unless money is not a problem for you.

[TacticalRaven]

You could hold out for the new processors but it seems that Intel is floundering for that, also many people are posting reviews that the RTX series is only showing minimal improvements over the GTX 1080 Ti so I don't expect too much of a price drop because if sales aren't performing well with the RTX you can be sure that NVIDIA will get their money via their 1080 Ti cards. Currently by benchmarking reviews the RTX is looking at a 4% peformance increase over the 1080 Ti which is pretty sad for the pricetag. Technology is rapidly evolving all the time, you upgrade later and you still will have a new piece of hardware out by the end of the year that is an improvement over yours. I tend to save up over time and constantly update my build to the latest hardware and when the money I have saved up matches the cost of the mega PC I want to build I pull the trigger and upgrade. I got an extremely long life out of my i7-2600K before I finally upgraded and I only upgraded because my cousin built a newer gen 7 PC and gave me all his old hardware. You can go a fairly long while without your CPU bottlenecking your system assuming you spent the cash upfront to get one that will last a while. I have upgraded my video card 3 times during that time period and have experiences little to no gaming issues graphically. I just got AC: Odyssey and I'm playing on Ultra with a i7-3600k, 16 GB DDR3 and a NVIDIA 1070 Ti. But I'm more of a Cost to Performance builder anyway I'd prefer to save money where I can if the cost increase is insane for minimal gains.

It's really up to you. If you upgrade now you'll be good for several years assuming you go all out or you could do a "Patch" upgrade and replace something that is bottlenecking your system for the cheap and hold out for a future release like the CPU reduction that Intel has only delayed since 2017 still waiting on that 10nm Die Shrink Intel, Still waiting.

[Altcoin]

buying any pc part right when they come out usually is not a good choice