i see a lot of used 2060 supers in the area and my older 1060ti is long in the tooth the 1660 didn't feel like enough of a change so the 3000 series seemed wise and the 4000 i just assumed would be strictly a 500+ cost bracket and im trying to avoid spending more then 300-310 on a single part and its not like these things are going away, i use the old components in a F@H box cause im a cool dude like that and folding is an awesome thing to do. my current folding box is a 970 and ryzen 1600, and those parts will be the ones that get sold on to a new home

im not an nvidia fanboy, but its rather that I've been through the brand transfer more then once in my life and its a hassle im not particularly interested in doing, thats 8400gs to hd 3870 was not fun, nor was jumping from hd 5830 to the gtx 970, im gonna assume both brands still want your undivided attention and make the process as annoying and frustrating as possible as you go hunting down geforce experience files and Nvidia control panel uninstall's exe file before your finally rid of the beast

id download retroarch and play old n64 and ps1 library games, maybe some ds(i) and psp

i was a rare and elusive 4830 boi at the time

i am upgrading my pc as a way of improving my performance gaming at 2k resolution, i dont play many demanding games right now but my parts are just that dated that i feel a change is in order, so my parts will be a mix of used and new and not all be at once so there is "room for changes" but i feel ive stuck a balance of what id like to see and what is available within my budget. im not going to socket up to am5, thats just off the table for the time being and i dont really need it, i play a lot of older games but a new cpu would not go unwanted with multi-processing, a gpu improvement would be nice for light video and image work alongside my gaming, and the 2k screen is a brand new addition and i feel i could just be doing the whole experience that much better with the improvements im making i will explain my though process with each phase and listing:

phase 1: the light stuff

this i would be doing immediately, this will let me come to grips with these critical parts first so that when the rest comes down the pipe in 6 months im not suddenly getting buyers remorse. and because money is tighter right now but will become more plentiful (god willing) later on, and it gives the second stage parts more time to congeal in the used market, or move down the price range as new products come out (in theory) im also going to be surrendering myself to the gods of laser lightshows and letting rgbesus take the wheel here, i just have always desired a PC that is more then an ugly miscolored brick inside, or an all black monolith. so id like to keep things color coordinated as best able:

fractal designs pop XL air full tower: its a white case as i said im moving away from the ugly black brick, it sports a 5inch drive bay for my old dvd/cd combo block i still use from 2006, its a fossil but it still works perfectly i mainly use it for watching old movies and playing my old hardcopy games and losing that functionality would break me, i dont have a console of any sort anymore having opted for an emulator handheld instead to replace that part of my life, its got a design that lets me go watercool if i want down the line and is affordable enough in my country (canada)

corsair vengeance RGB pro SL 16 gb, 3200mhz: mainly cause thats the current limit on my asua prime a320m (which im aware is not a white mobo but i will simply take this in stride) for compatibility without an immedeate bios flash, it lets me upgrade from my current mismatched 12gb of kingston (2x4 and a single 4 stick), its white like the case with rgb lights, reputable make in the past.

hyper 212 halo white: matching the other two, fits existing build, improvement over my current stock cooler, i have debated going water cooling in the past but always viewed it as something above my smooth brains capacity to fit and finish, i do tend to overclock my cpus and my residence does not have very good ventilation so case temps are abnormally high as a result anywayyy, so if someone can recommend an affordable easy to install and setup water cooler and wants to make a case for an alternative ill listen, or some other fan.

phase2: meat and potatoes (under 3 months from now)

ryzen 5600: i like hexacores, and always have since my beloved 1065t, it "enough" of an upgrade for me, i dont need the crown prince of cpus, at the same time it will improve my preformance from my current cpu which is not deliviering my the preformance i would ideally like to see in certain cpu heavy applications and games i do play, i feel this is not a "huge" step up but it will do for now and exists at a price point im pleased with

WD blue sa510 ssd: image my existing 2tb HDD over, be done with hard drives forever, makes sense

phase 3: the big push (5-8 months from now)

MSI RTX 3050 Ventus 2x 8gb: not my ideal, i mean id prefer a 3060 i generally know better then to take 50 series nvidia cards, but theres "enough" of a generational gap that ill see improvements anywayyyy and with gpu prices the way they are its at a price point i find acceptable, it may even lower enough in the wait time or become cheap enough on the used market by then (though unlikely). thought i dont know if my aging OCZ psu is up for the task, if its not ill swap up to a 750 or something

inquisitor martyr is getting an exclusive promotion with games workshops black library division. when you buy a physical hardcopy of their february issue of white dwarf you will get a promo code for 15% off the game as well as a second promo code for 3 exclusive missions

not really no, functionally here neverwinter is champions online with a fantasy setting and a modified visual engine. the character creator is drap, the story is poor, and the games ran by arcgames which means they will nickle and dime you like a mutherfucker. and if you want that kind of treatment.. youd be better off in star trek online. at least the dev team there is super involved and passionate about making the game the best experience it can be despite the limitations around them. and at least you dont have to buy it up front its free to enjoy out of the gate.

and this comes from a person who plays cryptic games, i even have an arc account and have played all three. champions online is an RP fest, sto is a pve game mired in previous failings that has made amazing strides in making newer content much better without that dead weight they slapped on behind them to get here. and neverwinter.. is a really boring and uninteresting fantasy rpg with a dev team too small to do the things it needs to do to be a better game.

gabriel angels as well as the blood ravens in general are finally going to get long overdue love from IP owner games workshop. announced several weeks back at their major unveil and community competitions event warhammerfest. their forgeworld division is hard at work on a blood ravens product line for 40k tabletop wargames.

gabriel pictured here is currently done but the rest of the line as well as his game rules (that will come in the form of an as of yet untitled book under their "imperial armor" line will be available at some point later in 2017. as a 40k table player i speculate this will be imperial armor 16 as 15: the fires of cyraxus will be coming out fairly soon once their done their latest horus heresy production run. if i had to guess.. winter 2017-january-feb 2018

also assuming no unannounced price jacking on character models. he will be costs 45 british pounds, or those in canada about 75 dollars

also this is part of a great "dawn of war" range that they will are already indirectly supporting so expect to see a warboss gorgutz and a farseer macha.

so today i got an email, as a previous LOTRO beta tester and player i recieved an email today and i quote from turbine games:

if you buy the november issue of white dwarf magazine (games workshops personal miniatures wargame magazine) it comes with a steam dlc code for grombadil the white dwarf as a hero general of some form in that game for the dwarves

@04dcarraher: which is an ancient sig :P