I5-760 upgrade

Leezor · 14 May 2020 at 11:12

Hey, basically I want to upgrade my cpu which means upgrading mobo/ram, hoping I can get away with keeping my PSU?

So im looking to find mobo/cpu/ram/ssd on a 300-400 quid budget, I mainly game and browse.

Current Spec

Case - Antec 300
Mobo - Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
CPU - i5-760 @ 3.6GHz
RAM - 8GB 1600Mhz
GPU - Rx 570
PSU - OCZ 600W
HDD - 500GB Seagate

Coojeekitten · 14 May 2020 at 11:31

@Leezor - best to let them know which games you play. It helps with the spec.

Leezor · 14 May 2020 at 11:38

Coojeekitten said:
@Leezor - best to let them know which games you play. It helps with the spec.

WoW, which is fine at the mo but just bought AC: Odyssey. I understand I'm not gonna be playing any recent titles at max settings with that budget so basically the best specs I can get that will give me a good boost in today's games.

Coojeekitten · 14 May 2020 at 11:43

Leezor said:
WoW, which is fine at the mo but just bought AC: Odyssey. I understand I'm not gonna be playing any recent titles at max settings with that budget so basically the best specs I can get that will give me a good boost in today's games.

That will probably be AMD for games. I'll let someone handle that more in tune with the range.

Kurgen · 14 May 2020 at 11:49

Leezor said:
Hey, basically I want to upgrade my cpu which means upgrading mobo/ram, hoping I can get away with keeping my PSU?

So im looking to find mobo/cpu/ram/ssd on a 300-400 quid budget, I mainly game and browse.

Current Spec

Case - Antec 300
Mobo - Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
CPU - i5-760 @ 3.6GHz
RAM - 8GB 1600Mhz
GPU - Rx 570
PSU - OCZ 600W
HDD - 500GB Seagate

how soon do you need to upgrade as the recommended MSI B450 motherboards are out of stock and B550 due in mid June. Do you already have an SSD?

Leezor · 14 May 2020 at 11:51

Kurgen said:
how soon do you need to upgrade as the recommended MSI B450 motherboards are out of stock and B550 due in mid June. Do you already have an SSD?

I'm in no rush tbh and no just a 500gb hard drive at the moment.

Kurgen · 14 May 2020 at 11:58

The RAM is on offer might be worth picking up now. this will give you an idea, and others may comment and add their opnions too

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £68.99
1 x TeamGroup MP34 512GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £79.99

Total: £470.02 (includes shipping: £11.10)

MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX
if you shop around you can get this board now for £73 its MATX.

Kurgen · 14 May 2020 at 12:00

if you have members market you can get a Ryzen 1600 - 1700 etc or 2600 , 2700 for between 75 and 100

Joxeon · 14 May 2020 at 12:03

Leezor said:
Hey, basically I want to upgrade my cpu which means upgrading mobo/ram, hoping I can get away with keeping my PSU?

So im looking to find mobo/cpu/ram/ssd on a 300-400 quid budget, I mainly game and browse.

Current Spec

Case - Antec 300
Mobo - Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
CPU - i5-760 @ 3.6GHz
RAM - 8GB 1600Mhz
GPU - Rx 570
PSU - OCZ 600W
HDD - 500GB Seagate

Now is probably a bad time to buy as AMD has just discontinued support for b450 the kind of budget board you would be looking for and these will be replaced by the more expensive B550 which isn't even out yet. I would say to either save up a bit and hold off for A520/B550 boards or grab a cheap Xeon x3440 4core 8thread CPU to drop into your existing board as a stop gap. I had one of these and it powered a gtx 1070ti perfectly fine in gaming when overclocked to 4ghz.

http://valid.x86.fr/6f9875

Leezor · 14 May 2020 at 12:08

Thanks for your comments so far guys!

Quartz · 14 May 2020 at 12:35

Yes, you've chosen one of the most sub-optimal times to actually upgrade; you've chosen one of the better times to not be in a hurry.

I'll echo @Joxeon's Xeon suggestion. Note that you will likely need to update your BIOS first.

According to the supported CPU list, the X3440 is not supported but the X3480 and X3450 are supported. The former is very much more expensive than the latter, which should only cost you a tenner or two.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey loves cores and improves up to 8 cores, maybe more. Next-gen consoles are also 8 core so you should go for an 8 core CPU when you do upgrade. Add an extra 2+ cores if you want to stream.

But I'll also note that your RX 570 isn't going to cut it on Assassin's Creed. You'll only get the high 40s at medium settings. And is NBG if you want to stream. Fortunately, new Nvidia GPUs are expected in August or September.

I would take the opportunity to replace your PSU.

Leezor · 14 May 2020 at 13:15

Quartz said:
Yes, you've chosen one of the most sub-optimal times to actually upgrade; you've chosen one of the better times to not be in a hurry.

I'll echo @Joxeon's Xeon suggestion. Note that you will likely need to update your BIOS first.

According to the supported CPU list, the X3440 is not supported but the X3480 and X3450 are supported. The former is very much more expensive than the latter, which should only cost you a tenner or two.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey loves cores and improves up to 8 cores, maybe more. Next-gen consoles are also 8 core so you should go for an 8 core CPU when you do upgrade. Add an extra 2+ cores if you want to stream.

But I'll also note that your RX 570 isn't going to cut it on Assassin's Creed. You'll only get the high 40s at medium settings. And is NBG if you want to stream. Fortunately, new Nvidia GPUs are expected in August or September.

I would take the opportunity to replace your PSU.

Just ordered Xeon x3440 says refurbished but all I could find, 15 quid so no biggy.

I just got the missus to get me the RX 570 for my bday, I dont actually have it yet, was hoping I'd be able to run it well on medium , oh well.

Leezor · 16 May 2020 at 13:49

Just installed the Xeon x3440 and clocked it to 3.6ghz for the moment but why is my computer taking much longer to boot up now?

Joxeon · 16 May 2020 at 13:59

Did you update to the latest bios?

Maybe there was a fast boot setting you had enabled?

Leezor · 16 May 2020 at 14:09

I checked my bios version and it says F11, which is the latest one I could find online, im sure the fast boot option in bios has always been disabled.

Joxeon · 16 May 2020 at 14:18

Leezor said:
I checked my bios version and it says F11, which is the latest one I could find online, im sure the fast boot option in bios has always been disabled.

Did you do a CMOS reset?

Leezor · 16 May 2020 at 14:23

Joxeon said:
Did you do a CMOS reset?

Just about to try this, can I do it through bios or do I have to do it on the mobo?

Joxeon · 16 May 2020 at 14:45

Leezor said:
Just about to try this, can I do it through bios or do I have to do it on the mobo?

I would just remove the CMOS battery for 10 minutes or so.

Leezor · 16 May 2020 at 15:01

Okay just taken it out. I loaded optimised defaults before hand and it booted like normal, then overclocked and it booted slow again.

Razor-BladE · 16 May 2020 at 15:34

Just as a side note, when you do get around to upgrading to a newer build, if your PSU is as old as your i5 760, you might want to budget in for a new PSU. The last thing you want to do is for the PSU to go kaput and take out everything with it.
I made the exact same jump though, i5 760 to Ryzen 2600. I mainly play LoL at 1080p, so graphics card isn't so important to me. The biggest upgrade for me for general use was going from HDD to SDD.