i7-920 to Lynx Level 4?

Hi, all.

I currently run an almost 10-year old Digital Storm 950Si with an i7-920 at 2.65 ghz, 12 GB RAM (purchased with 6), and an eVGA GTX1070 FTW (replaced the original Zotac GTX 285 which died a few years ago). All in all, the PC still runs what I play (mainly Overwatch, WoW, the Batman Arkham series, and random other games), but occasionally FPS will drop from 100+ to the teens. For that reason I'm thinking of upgrading and looking at the Level 4 Lynx.

Do you think I'll get another 10 years of use from the Lynx or should I look at one of the customizable models? I admit, I'm old school, and miss the internal optical drive, but I can work around that. My current budget is around $2000 to $2500.

Thanks in advance for constructive responses.

Thanks for the response. I think I may upgrade to the ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) (Intel Z390 Chipset) for the bluetooth capabilities and pass on the fan upgrade. Comes in around $2749. Config # 2274133.

Fair point, but this current PC is most likely going to my 20 year old nephew who only plays Fortnite. He might be able to find a cheap used card.

I currently run it with a 27-inch Acer Predator at 2560x1440 @ 144hz. Just trying to future proof as best I can like I did the last time around.

Yeah, I'd love to go with the 2080, but as it is, I'm putting all of my annual bonus toward this PC. Inflation is a beast: current PC was $1499 which would be around $1754 today.

How's it going! I would go custom, indeed DS makes bad ass systems and I can agree with your debate because, that happen to me back in August last year. After 9 years my old pc crashed too bad it just wasn't the power core. Soon as I found out the issue with my motherboard being fried hell from that long time frame I was long for an upgrade. Although Digital Storm was a brand I knew about long ago I did not think twice going and this time I wanted a case that was not just plain old black. I've could've build mine all over again but really I did not have the time yet being a full time student.

This is my first post on the forums and what I bought was the Bolt X storm blue running a i7-9700k on a ASUS Z370i with the liquid cooling package, If I remember my budget was the same as yours and finial cost was about 2300 so choice if yours. Down the line if I had to buy another computer after this one goes, I wouldn't think twice choosing DS despite the little few issues I ran into because, I know this is a private company that will continue to grow.