Christmas came early with a surprise bonus from work. i have approximately 8 grand CAD to play with in total, and would like to build a new home server/gaming rig for myself, even though i dont think its really necessary.

im open to opinions/different options, but this is what ive come up with thus far.
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/frpXCy

this is my current server/gaming rig:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/KGbysJ



should i upgrade? or would it just be a waste of money at this time? :\ i mean.. my current rig runs great. its moreso just a want, not a need pertaining to the upgrade...



just in case anyone wanted to post a different build/options.

Location: Ontario Canada
Price Limit: lets say $8k
Overclocking ability: YES ( as i have my current fx9590 oc'd to 5.5ghz stable)
multiple monitors: possibly in the future; 3 monitors @ 24-27" 4k compatible
types of programs i use: cubase, pinnacle, FL studio, photoshop, corel, adobe suite
Games: ladder slasher, hellgate london, d2, LoL, Poe, PubG
Storage: main has to be a ssd/m.2 500gb is fine ( i pagefile on a 250gb partition on a mechanical drive)
Storage pt.2: minimum 18tb ( i currently have 20tb of media files ( music, movies)

purchace window: undecided at this time

Hello from wiarton

Upgrade the CPU and Motherboard on your current rig sir. That would be my suggestion. XD

If you see any bottlenecks in single core performance (very easy to spot by having task manager w/ per-logical-core utilization tab open on second monitor), upgrade your mobo + CPU + RAM.

Otherwise, no need to upgrade anything except for the sake of vanity.

if i were to upgrade.. its still a couple grand.. however i think you are right.. there really isnt a need to upgrade.. i havnent seena bottleneck yet with my current rig.

if i were to upgrade i would need a new case as my current doesnt support the EATX mobo. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/8r7kCy

e/ case HAS to have a sata hot-swap accessable port built into it.

This post was edited by Canadian_Born on Dec 25 2017 11:54am