Sensible Upgrade Recommendation
I have a rig that I built in 2018. I'm thinking of building a new rig/upgrading parts as I think the time has come. Here is the setup before starting:
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ASUS Maximus IX Hero
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Intel Core i7-7700K
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32 GB Ripjaws 3200 MHz RAM (upgraded from a 16 GB kit)
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Sapphire Pulse 9060XT 16GB (bought 3 months ago for good price. Upgraded from GTX 980)
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1 TB NVME
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2x 2TB HDD
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Corsair AX 860i PSU
I'm not a full time gamer or so. Just playing casual games here and there. My idea is to salvage RAM, GPU, PSU and NVME from this setup and just buy a MB, CPU a case(just for looks) and cooler. Then build a semi-new setup. However I'm thinking of sticking with AM4 or 1700 as RAM prices are quite expensive for DDR5 and already have nice DDR4 kit. Same with MB. Do you think sticking with older socket in 2026 is ok? I don't intend to play 4k with this setup. Just want to squeeze 9060xt.
I already have salvage psu's and storage which I can put in this old case and turn it into a home server.
Posted Jul 13, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC