Upgrade advice

[mb1980y]

Hi,

Just looking for some advice on upgrading my current setup with a budget of around £500-£750

Only looking to upgrade/change the following parts
- CPU
- Mobo
- Case (Smaller if possible)
- new ssd/nvme

Would anyone be able to suggest anything at all please?

Thanks

Current setup:

• Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower Case
• SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold'
• Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K
• Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5"
• AOC G2460FQ 24" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen 144Hz 1ms LED Monitor
  
• Team Group Night Hawk LED 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
• Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660Ti WindForce OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express

 

[mickyflinn]

Here's is one option you have scope to upgrade parts if you want to spend more to imprive the build.

DE My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £82.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B560M Aorus Pro AX (Socket LGA 1200) Micro ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-11400 2.60GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £169.99

Total: £489.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[Cooler running]

What I'd get, an excellent build. Was surprised I could fit a 5900x in, but the price has nose dived over the last few days.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £499.99
• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x WD Black 500GB SN750 M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3X0C)= £56.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P360 Air Mid Tower Case Tempered Glass DRGB - Satin Black= £68.95

Total: £755.88
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[mb1980y]

Thanks for the options/advice guys, would there be any real benefit changing the RAM or stick with what I have?

 

[Cooler running]

Thanks for the options/advice guys, would there be any real benefit changing the RAM or stick with what I have?

I'd stick with it personally, a 32 GB kit probably wasn't cheap. 3000 speed is generally fine. A 3600 CL14 kit would be faster, but you'd be paying £300+ for only a 1-3% improvement.

 

[mb1980y]

Stretching the budget a bit,

So might go with this,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black= £59.99
• 1 x WD Black 500GB SN750 M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3X0C)= £62.99
• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £509.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X53 RGB AIO CPU Water Cooler - 240mm= £129.95

Total: £904.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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I'm thinking about replacing my 2 x 24" monitor with 2 x 27inch, any recommendations based on the setup?

Motherboard is currently out of stock, what alternative would you suggest or maybe just wait.

Thanks

 

[Joxeon]

Stretching the budget a bit,

So might go with this,

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black= £59.99
• 1 x WD Black 500GB SN750 M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3X0C)= £62.99
• 1 x MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £509.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X53 RGB AIO CPU Water Cooler - 240mm= £129.95

Total: £904.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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I'm thinking about replacing my 2 x 24" monitor with 2 x 27inch, any recommendations based on the setup?

Motherboard is currently out of stock, what alternative would you suggest or maybe just wait.

Thanks

That motherboard won't fit the case as its ATX and the case only supports MATX.

Here's something that will fit.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550M Mortar (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £129.95

Total: £139.85 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

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[mb1980y]

Hi,

I'm thinking of going with this, but wanted to see if anyone could suggest any improvements etc.

Budget slightly changed as my son wants my old rig eventually.

1660ti will be used with this until I can get something better, so not sure how good the monitors will be.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x NZXT Kraken X53 AIO CPU Water Cooler - 240mm= £114.95
• 1 x MSI MAG B550M Mortar WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £164.99
• 2 x AOC Q27G2U/BK 27" 2560x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor= £279.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £529.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Alchemy 2.0 Cable Extension Kit - Black/White= £24.95
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £218.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-750 750W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £112.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0C)= £58.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)= £64.99

Total: £1,931.55 (includes shipping: £20.82)​

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[Temp.sgk]

Is a 5900 really necessary? What's your budget now?

 

[mb1980y]

Maybe the 5900x is overkill, I'm just trying to avoid having to upgrade anything in the long term, but happy for other recommendations.

Budget up to £2000

 

[Temp.sgk]

You don't really need a 5900, lower that down, also I think the AIO is bad if you are planning long term. I think you should focus on getting a better well built case considering you're spending a lot, a budget case does not feel right, and maybe increase your storage capacity? Like a 2TD nvme or SSD would be good.

 

[mickyflinn]

Maybe the 5900x is overkill, I'm just trying to avoid having to upgrade anything in the long term, but happy for other recommendations.

Budget up to £2000

Looking at your build your wasting money, especially buying new memory when yours is perfectly fine. You could also keep your psu and upgrade that when you get a new gpu. Just get 1tb or 2tb m2 drive and particion it to create 2 drives, the 5800x is more than enough especially gaming at 1440p.

Put the rest of the money to upgrade your gpu.