£900 upgrade advice.

[BoB3rt]

Hey,

Friend is currently rocking an i7-6700k with a GTX 1070ti, and starting to find its lagging behind on some of the more recent games he's playing.
He is using a 22" 1080p monitor that's not really suited for gaming. So that needs upgrading to at least SEE the benefit of a better system I think.

Here is what im considering to suggest:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (considered the 5700X3D but almost £100 more) ~£170
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F ~£150
Gfx: RTX4060 ~£300
Monitor: iiyama G-Master GB2770QSU-B527" (1440p IPS) ~£250

He currently has 32gb DDR4 of ram at 2133mhz which I know inst ideal, but can be upgraded in the near future.
PSU is also good at 1000w.

Thanks

 

[Craig_d1]

Hey,

Friend is currently rocking an i7-6700k with a GTX 1070ti, and starting to find its lagging behind on some of the more recent games he's playing.
He is using a 22" 1080p monitor that's not really suited for gaming. So that needs upgrading to at least SEE the benefit of a better system I think.

Here is what im considering to suggest:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (considered the 5700X3D but almost £100 more) ~£170
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F ~£150
Gfx: RTX4060 ~£300
Monitor: iiyama G-Master GB2770QSU-B527" (1440p IPS) ~£250

He currently has 32gb DDR4 of ram at 2133mhz which I know inst ideal, but can be upgraded in the near future.
PSU is also good at 1000w.

Thanks

As you've got over 1000 posts, you can access the members mkt. If you fancy a drive I'd suggest look at the pc @Kobi is selling. I'd buy that(in fact I wanted too).cpu a 5600x dso not as good as the 5700, but gpu far better, and he's also throwing in his 32" 1440 240hz monitor. Seeing as you said your friend has a good 1000w psu, you could swap that out too
if you want new I'd suggest going new am5 platform and get the new ram now and a beefier gpu, and get the monitor later. The 4060 is a lot slower(really is a 1080 card, not a 1440p so wont so the monitor you bought justice, and 8gb vram is pretty poor for new gpu, esp if going 1440, so put the 7800xt with 16gb vram in, or the 4070 that has 12
in 1440 in raster, 15 game av is 108fps and 102fps respectively. the nvidia card has less vram, but dlss and better raytracing(and fsr is worse than dlss, esp at lower resolutions). in ratrtacing this reverses with the 4070 having 76fps to the 7800xt's 69fps...the 4060 for comparison got 61fps in raster and they didn't do raytracing, but the 4060ti got 78 fps in raster and 46 in raytracing

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £139.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £109.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £479.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-49C-AS) = £499.99

Total: £1,418.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Craig_d1]

I put in a no frills mobo in build above to keep cost a bit more in line with your £900, and it's an matx board..if you want full size and a bit more premium, i'd suggest the below
the tuf board has better vrm, 3 nvme slots(1 is pcie5 compatible) and more usb on back, as well as integratedi/o shield. the asus again, better vrm's than both, more usb again, better sound codec, same nvme number and the gpu slot is also pcie5 compatible, so if you upgrade the gpu again 4 years down the line, it may have some benefit(but not on current gen cards)

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £209.99

Total: £379.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[tamzzy]

there is no point going for a 1440p monitor as the gpu will not push enough frames acceptably with decent quality settings...and will only get worse in the future as games system requirements get more demanding
also, rather than taking components out piecemeal, would suggest keeping it altogether so it can become a secondary pc or selling it to recoup some cash.
you have not said what 1000w psu it is, may or may not be worth swapping with the psu i specced below (ie putting the 1kw psu into the new system, and using the bequiet psu in the old system)

full build for £800 (1080p ips 165hz)

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £94.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-02Y-AM) = £248.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £65.98
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 9 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply **OEM NO BOX** (SKU: CA-13V-BQ) = £38.40
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K6 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-047-KK) = £29.99
• 1 x AOC 24" 24G2SPAE/BK 1920x1080 IPS 165Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-066-AO) = £138.95

Total: £797.28 (includes delivery: £0.00)​