Upgrade time - advice please

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Good evening all,

That time of upgrading the rig and need some input please.

Current Rig below:

Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) ( OS )
Also a 2nd 500gb Samsung SSD drive.


Corsair CS750M 750W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020078-UK)

Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11)

Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case (CC-9011036-WW)

Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 64 WindForce OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Im thinking new mobo/processor/ram and more storage as running out on current ones.

Thoughts on a post card please.

A bit vague but im so out of touch with hardware these days its unreal.

Thanks in advance!
Steve

 
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Budget?
I would agree, Motherboard, CPU and RAM upgrade are neccessary.

3600/3700x
MSI B450 Tomahawk
Crucial Ballistics 3200mhz 16GB RAM
Sabrent Rocket SSD
 
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Push 3700x. No point adding extra 2 cores, double it :)
Granted SMT is better then HT , would prefer higher core count and doubling your current specs .

If you still want to keep Gigabyte the. X570 Gaming X but more costlier at £170 Vs £105 of B450 MAX .
 
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With the likely age and usage hour would definitely replace also PSU.
Despite/regardless of Corsair hype sticker its secondary capacitors are second/third tier mix.
And 12V ripple was mediocre to start with as new and certainly hasn't gotten better.

This would be best priced with quality capacitors
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-060-sf.html
Assuming SuperFlower hasn't changed parts.
There aren't many brands/makers which could be trusted to not change parts.
Also Corsair RM650 has second/third tier caps thrown in despite of brand hype of top quality:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/corsair-rm650/4.html


Ryzen 3700X is good CPU to last many years.
Also stock HSF is very competent for bundled cooler.

For motherboard Aorus Elite is the cheapest sense making Gigabyte X570.
CPU VRM of Gaming X is basically what was garbage level in B450 + 25% from fifth flimsy cut down phase.
MSI B450 Tomahawk has better VRM with four properly done phases.
Asus has good VRM even in the cheapest X570 board, Prime X570-P.

This would be bang for the buck 2x8GB 3200MHz kit.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-blac-my-0a2-tg.html
Tighter latencies start fast costing more.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...nel-kit-black-grey-tdpgd48g320-my-074-tg.html


Kingston A2000 is very affordable priced NVMe drive available for same GB price as SATA SSDs like Crucial MX500.
 
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Thanks for the reply EsaT.

Thinking of going down the I5 9600k route.

Wanting a gigabyte board with 2 x M.2 slots and this leads onto getting 2 x M.2 drives.

Going to go for 16gb minimum memory.

Just not entirely sure what is best bang for bucks with the above. Either way will be pulling the trigger shortly.
 
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