Budget upgrade

Vauxmad · 12 Oct 2019 at 15:44

My ancient PC has finally died so need to do a budget upgrade. I'm looking to spend up to £300 for new mobo/CPU/RAM and a NVME boot drive.

I have got a midi tower case, 256 SSD, 500gb HD and powersupply that will be reused and hopefully picking up a 980ti from a friend.

Im not massive gamer (partially as old pc was past it!) so 1080p on high would be more than enough.

I'm quite out of date with current tech and have picked the below parts which i think should all be compatible - please point out any errors or if there's better options

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-A (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £74.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Quad Core 4.0GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega 8 Graphics - Retail= £89.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £62.99
1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 240GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBMP510)= £46.99

Total: £286.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

VIPER258 · 12 Oct 2019 at 16:17

I would have look at benchmarks comparing nvme to sata ssds in terms of speed to see if you feel its worth paying the extra. As you already have an ssd, you could use that as the boot drive and use the funds you would have spent on the nvme to upgrade another component.

Gray2233 · 12 Oct 2019 at 16:25

If you shop around you can find the AMD 2600 for around the £100-120 mark, a little more expensive than that 3200G but better for gaming and general use since you're planning on using a dedicated GPU anyway.

I'd also recommend checking the rainforest themed website for "Sabrent Rocket NvME" as you'll be able to get a 500gb high quality drive for the same price as that Corsair SSD. Although as mentioned by silk300, you don't necessarily need a new drive unless you're wanting more storage space.

tamzzy · 12 Oct 2019 at 16:28

You haven't mentioned what power supply you have.
If it isn't a semi-decent one, I suggest dropping the nvme ssd (seeing as you already have a ssd - albeit a small one) and using the funds to get a decent PSU. A 980ti is a power hungry card.