Really out of the loop on PC builds

[The Judge]

Hi. In a moment of madness i gave my young lad my system and took his as he was gaming a lot more than me. However, time has come to put hand in pocket as this one seems to like eating Hard Drives for some weird reason.

What i am wondering is do ii go down the DDR5 route, or stick to DDR4 as i am not playing anything too taxing. No mans Sky, Farming Sims, Planet Crafter, to give you an idea.

 

[tamzzy]

Without knowing anything more about your current specs/budget...it's just a crapshoot.

Have a read: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/read-first-build-and-upgrade-advice-template.19002453/

 

[The Judge]

Without knowing anything more about your current specs/budget...it's just a crapshoot.

Have a read: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/read-first-build-and-upgrade-advice-template.19002453/

Fair point. Its bad lol

Gigabyte Ab350M
Ryzen5 2600
16Gb DDR4 3000
EVGA PSu 700Watt i believe. Probably chance this anyway

I have around 2k to play with but thats at a pinch

 

[Tetras]

I have around 2k to play with but thats at a pinch

You could upgrade that ^^ cheaply, though by the sounds you want rid of everything to eradicate this:

as this one seems to like eating Hard Drives for some weird reason.

 

[tamzzy]

That's a start for a decent upgrade...however if you don't know what's causing the issues with the hard drive and you have no expertise/parts/time/want to troubleshoot, then the easiest way is just to replace the whole rig...but if course that's the sledgehammer method.
There's no need to spend the £2k fully...but it'll be close, for an AM5 build.

 

[The Judge]

Think i would rather go complete new system. This one has served us well over the years, but like myself it is getting on a bit. I know AMD5 would be future proofing things a bit but hate to buy a Ferrari and sit everywhere at 30MPH, if you know what i mean lol. Do you think a decent AMD4 kit would be good enough for a few years?