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Hello again!
I'm revisiting this thread now that the ZEN3 details have been released.
To summarise, I'm looking to upgrade my +10 year old PC.
My needs are not extreme, casual single player 1080p gaming, standard office/web browsing with occasional video editing of family holiday videos and burning them to DVD/Bluray.
After helpful advice on here my current shopping basket looks like this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Items I will keep from my current system are:
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB (but as an added bonus as I mentioned I will be able to add a 2070 Super once my work system is upgraded in a month or so)
HDD: Two 2TB 7200prm Sata drives
LG Bluray/DVD Writer
Case: Coolermaster CM 690
I will hold out until Black Friday to see if there are any good deals.
My main dilemma is whether to go for the new Zen3 5600X or just be satisfied with a 3600, which in all honesty is going to be an enormous jump to what I have now and adding in the 2070 super, my 1080p gaming needs are more than catered for. There are also likely to be better deals on the 3600 too.
I can then always add a 5600X or better in a few years if I needed too.
What are people's thoughts?
As suggested I also think it's probably worth buying a better CPU cooler, but obviously I don't want to spend too much on it!
What are people's opinions on these two:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
As always, your help and advice is much appreciated.
I'm revisiting this thread now that the ZEN3 details have been released.
To summarise, I'm looking to upgrade my +10 year old PC.
My needs are not extreme, casual single player 1080p gaming, standard office/web browsing with occasional video editing of family holiday videos and burning them to DVD/Bluray.
After helpful advice on here my current shopping basket looks like this:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
- 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £98.99
- 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
- 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £99.95
Total: £679.37 (includes shipping: £10.50)
Items I will keep from my current system are:
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB (but as an added bonus as I mentioned I will be able to add a 2070 Super once my work system is upgraded in a month or so)
HDD: Two 2TB 7200prm Sata drives
LG Bluray/DVD Writer
Case: Coolermaster CM 690
I will hold out until Black Friday to see if there are any good deals.
My main dilemma is whether to go for the new Zen3 5600X or just be satisfied with a 3600, which in all honesty is going to be an enormous jump to what I have now and adding in the 2070 super, my 1080p gaming needs are more than catered for. There are also likely to be better deals on the 3600 too.
I can then always add a 5600X or better in a few years if I needed too.
What are people's thoughts?
As suggested I also think it's probably worth buying a better CPU cooler, but obviously I don't want to spend too much on it!
What are people's opinions on these two:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm= £21.95
- 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £34.99
Total: £66.84 (includes shipping: £9.90)
As always, your help and advice is much appreciated.
