Advice for Upgrading my 4 year old pc

[ChBilal]

Hi guys I want to upgrade my pc I built 4 years ago to be suitable for ultra wide 1440p gaming.

The specs I have at the moment are:
Amd Ryzen 5 1600 with standard cooler
MSI b350 tomahawk motherboard
8gb DDR4 ram 2133MHz
Gigabyte gtx 1050ti
120 GB m.2 drive and 1 tb hard drive
Corsair rm550x PSU

I am definitely going to upgrade to 16gb ram and a new graphics card. I'm also going to get a aio cooler for the CPU. Would it be worth buying a new cpu and motherboard and what would you recommend and what GPU should I upgrade to? I've got a budget of 400 for the graphics card, and 400 for the CPU and motherboard if it needs upgrading.

I am extremely grateful for your help.

 

[mickyflinn]

I would update the bios on the motherboard and get a ryzen 3600 , 16 gb 3200mhz memory and a 6600xt gpu.

 

[MissChief]

I would update the bios on the motherboard and get a ryzen 3600 , 16 gb 3200mhz memory and a 6600xt gpu.

Best plan.

 

[Tetras]

You could just do the RAM and graphics card first and see how it goes.

 

[Joxeon]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 2 x Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6600 XT Dual OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £428.99

Total: £739.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[ChBilal]

Basket looks good, thanks guys for your help

 

[jigger]

Maybe just drop in a 6700XT. Or flash the BIOS and drop in a 3800XT and 16gb of 3600MT crucial memory.

 

[EsaT]

Maybe just drop in a 6700XT. Or flash the BIOS and drop in a 3800XT and 16gb of 3600MT crucial memory.

With B350 Tomahawk's flimsy very cheap MOSFET VRM under small heatsinks would be wary about using over 65W TDP CPUs.

 

[jigger]

With B350 Tomahawk's flimsy very cheap MOSFET VRM under small heatsinks would be wary about using over 65W TDP CPUs.

I run a 1800X in a B350 mortar. MSI aren’t the best boards, but it’s not like Ryzen chips are power hungry.

A down draft HSF if concerned.

 

[Craig_d1]

Maybe just drop in a 6700XT. Or flash the BIOS and drop in a 3800XT and 16gb of 3600MT crucial memory.

Cheapest 6700xt they have is still 51% more expensive than the 6600xt. Feels a bit steep at mo for that.

 

[jigger]

Cheapest 6700xt they have is still 51% more expensive than the 6600xt. Feels a bit steep at mo for that.

Graphics card prices are insane across the board. I’m waiting for slot powered cards to arrive, dreading the availability and pricing tho.

 

[ASMB]

You could just do the RAM and graphics card first and see how it goes.

This is the way I would go, you will see a big difference going from a 1050ti to something better, like the 6600xt. An extra 8GB of ram and 1TB ssd will also help to make your system feel quicker and more responsive. You could sell your 1600 and trade up to a 3600 or hold off updating the cpu to a later date, hopefully this video might be of use

P.S. The 1600AF is a bit more powerful than your (I assume) 1600