Might be getting a new prebuilt pc this year or next from PCSpecialist need some advice

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boco77

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I’m looking to get a new pc prebuilt from PC Specialist this year or next maybe. The one I got from them in 2018 is below. I have it in living room behind the tv and it’s super quiet and not noticeable unless it’s really quiet but even then it’s just low fan noise in the background. What is a good upgrade that still keeps it as quiet or even quieter in 2024?

Also if it can be possibly smaller than what I have now as I’m not into towers really but I understand if it can’t, due to fans and cooling needing space to make it quiet.

i have installed an extra 2tb ssd myself into the below since and would obviously keep this extra ssd and putting it in new pc once i get it prebuilt? I guess the 3080ti (which I also replaced myself from the 1060 I got pre installed into it in 2018) is still a decent card and could just put that into the new pc but change everything else basically - especially the CPU and motherboard, system ssd and internal hdd.

Specs of current PC below:
Case FRACTAL DEFINE R6 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache

Motherboard Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card 3080ti

System SSD M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 2300MB/W)

2nd SSD Drive - WD_BLACK SN770 2TB M.2 2280 Game Drive PCIe Gen4 NVMe up to 5150 MB/s

1st Storage Drive 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE

Power Supply CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance

CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
 
SpyderTracks

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boco77 said:
Gaming but mostly steam indie stuff and emulation, watching movies and show files and sometimes YouTube
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I wouldn't say there's any benefit to replacing it just yet, at 4k, the load is offloaded to the GPU anyway and it's still got a good 3 years of life left in it.

Any reason you're looking to replace it so early?
 
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boco77

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SpyderTracks said:
I wouldn't say there's any benefit to replacing it just yet, at 4k, the load is offloaded to the GPU anyway and it's still got a good 3 years of life left in it.

Any reason you're looking to replace it so early?
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Form factor also it struggles a little on modern games with cpu and also maybe
 
SpyderTracks

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boco77 said:
Form factor also it struggles a little on modern games with cpu and also maybe
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What do you mean form factor?

If it's struggling, it's not down to the hardware, there's an issue with your software config.

That's aside from a GPU upgrade of course.
 
Scott

Scott

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What you have right now is as good as you're going to get for silence. There's not a lot extra you would do in a new system.

You certainly wouldn't reduce the form factor, the define series are the best for the mix of cooling & acoustics. We would be recommending the define r7 and a corsair AIO to keep everything as silent as possible.

What you have now is more than capable for your uses. The GPU is the only item that could really be upgraded for any sort of significant gain.
 
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