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
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