Core Upgrade for £400

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My brother-in-law has asked me about me getting some parts and upgrading his PC for him with a £400 budget.

He plays on his regular old TV, so doesn't go any higher than 1080p and I'd say out of all the games he plays, Fallout 76/Skyrim are the most resource hungry... so looking for parts to make his system run smoother for similar games to those.

His current rig:
  • MB - Asus H81M-K (Socket 1050)
  • RAM - 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB)
  • GPU - HID R7 370 IceQ 2GB
  • CPU - i3-4170 3.7GHz
  • SSD - 120GB Samsung Evo 850
  • HDD - 2TB WD Green

My initial thought is to go for one of the new Ryzen CPU's like the 3400G and the AMD 580 GPU, had a bit of a toy with prices and spotted a few variations on parts (CPU, GPU, MB & RAM) that go between £348 to £449.

If I can work it into his budget, would also like to replace his case as his old one is a bit tired and the front IO is all warped.

Any suggestions on parts would be appreciated.
 
You should be able to squeeze in a decent upgrade for that price.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £406.96 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Something like this would do the trick nicely, if you shop around you should be able to get the GPU for £10-20 less easily enough. I'm not 100% on that mobo but from what I understand the "Gaming" range from MSI is mostly solid, although I'm sure someone else will chime in.
 
Cheap 4770 ~£70-80, and the rest on the GPU, Rx5700 for around £320 and worry about the base once you've got more cash to play with. Swap out to 16GB RAM for another £20
 
quicker then above ryzen 2600 - but cpu is limited with upgrade in future . least with ryzen you can slap in second hand ryzen 4*** in a few years time etc


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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £389.91 (includes shipping: £0.00)


^^journeys method is sound, unless you like BFV - which one of few games showing intels 4 core weakness. specially come a few months, i7 4 cores should be very cheap in pricing!​
 
I didn't think to look at the clearance range!

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £419.94 (includes shipping: £0.00)

Remember you can get a 570 for £10-20 less.

Tossed in a better HSF than orbitalwash's (honestly that's a steal for that HSF) build and managed to slip in a decent case, if you shop around for the 570 it should come to spot on around £400. His build should be slightly faster as of now in some scenarios, but I agree with him in that the AMD route has better longevity in terms of upgrade options.​
 
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Thanks for the suggestions.

He's now weighing up his options between the upgrade on his existing machine or a full new system, so I'll let him know what parts are currently in his price range.
 
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