PC Upgrade

Daniel Mahaffey · 30 Jan 2021 at 19:58

My PC was built by a friend over 10 years ago, I’m frustrated with trying to get a PS5 so I’m looking at upgrading my PC.

I barely know anything about my PC but to save money I’d like reuse some of current parts to try and save some money, if that’s possible.

I play COD: Cold War and Warzone, sometimes CS:GO but not very often.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX-650
CPU: AMD FX (TM) 6200 3.8GHz
RAM: 16GB @ 1.30GHz Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Memory: SSD Samsung 850 Evo 120 GB
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB
Cooling: none as far as I’m aware
Power supply: OCZ 700w

Any advice would be appreciated, I understand that all of the components are dated but if I can reuse anything it would be handy.

VonScar · 30 Jan 2021 at 20:59

Daniel Mahaffey said:
My PC was built by a friend over 10 years ago, I’m frustrated with trying to get a PS5 so I’m looking at upgrading my PC.

I barely know anything about my PC but to save money I’d like reuse some of current parts to try and save some money, if that’s possible.

I play COD: Cold War and Warzone, sometimes CS:GO but not very often.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX-650
CPU: AMD FX (TM) 6200 3.8GHz
RAM: 16GB @ 1.30GHz Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3
Memory: SSD Samsung 850 Evo 120 GB
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB
Cooling: none as far as I’m aware
Power supply: OCZ 700w

Any advice would be appreciated, I understand that all of the components are dated but if I can reuse anything it would be handy.

The only things I would recycle are the SSD and the hard drive.

To mitigate the cost of a new build you could try selling the graphics card second hand, for about £50...And the rest of the parts may sell.

I don't think OCZ have power supplies any more. To sell.

Do you have a budget?

If not the closest thing to an upgrade would be a NVIDIA 1650 graphics card.

Daniel Mahaffey · 31 Jan 2021 at 00:39

Probably somewhere between £750-1000, but what I’ve read is that PC parts are expensive at the minute

Joxeon · 31 Jan 2021 at 00:46

Daniel Mahaffey said:
Probably somewhere between £750-1000, but what I’ve read is that PC parts are expensive at the minute

Getting a GPU is just as hard if not harder than getting one of the new consoles and unlike the consoles the prices of Gpus are inflated by retailers.

dfour · 31 Jan 2021 at 12:22

AMD base

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £92.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £74.99
1 x Corsair TX550M 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020133-UK)= £69.95
1 x Cryorig M9A Single Tower Heatsink for AMD= £22.99

Total: £461.01 (includes shipping: £11.10)

I have added a small cpu cooler as you havent mentioned your case. Then have good luck finding a graphics card like a gtx 1660/super or a radeon 580/5600X for good 1080p gaming.

Daniel Mahaffey · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:28

Hi, it’s a Zalman z11 plus.

For future upgrades is it better to buy a higher end motherboard and CPU now?

do you think the parts that’s You have linked would run the Games I play with a decent performance?

Joxeon · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:31

For gaming you don't really need to spend anymore than a board like the tomahawk, I have one with an RTX3080 + 5800X and it delivers the same performance in games as a £500 X570 board.

Cheaper motherboard cheaper CPU then spend the most you can on a GPU is way to get most gaming performance on a budget.

VonScar · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:32

Daniel Mahaffey said:
Hi, it’s a Zalman z11 plus.

For future upgrades is it better to buy a higher end motherboard and CPU now?

do you think the parts that’s You have linked would run the Games I play with a decent performance?

Rocket Lake is due (March), but Alder Lake and DDR5 is due end of the year. So....either wait for Alder Lake and pay price premium or consider AM4, which is also at end of life...nearly.

Z490 enables Rocket Lake, and Ryzen AM4 up to Zen 3 plus...

Daniel Mahaffey · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:36

Von Scar, sorry mate I have no idea what you’ve just said.

VonScar · 31 Jan 2021 at 13:46

Daniel Mahaffey said:
Von Scar, sorry mate I have no idea what you’ve just said.

Coffee Lake = Intel's 10th Gen for example the 10700K CPU. Current Intel.

Rocket Lake = Intel's next chips on Z490. And Z590 due in March 2021.

Alder Lake = Replacement Intel chips coming late 2021 with DDR 5

AM4 = AMD Ryzen platform, AM4 is nearing end of life, Zen 4 may be last chips on AM4 chipset in 2021/22. Or Zen 3 plus.

AM5 =? DDR 5 platform not yet announced by AMD.

Joxeon · 31 Jan 2021 at 14:00

VonScar said:
Coffee Lake = Intel's 10th Gen for example the 10700K CPU. Current Intel.

Comet lake are intels current 10th gen CPUs.

VonScar · 31 Jan 2021 at 14:34

Joxeon said:
Comet lake are intels current 10th gen CPUs.

Until March 2021

dfour · 31 Jan 2021 at 16:18

Daniel Mahaffey said:
Hi, it’s a Zalman z11 plus.

do you think the parts that’s You have linked would run the Games I play with a decent performance?

The only thing you have to be careful about is the max size of a graphics card is 30cm to fit in the case.

You have the budget to buy a 3060ti which will allow you to play everything you play maxed out for about £450+ when they come back in stock

A 5600x is £319 compared to the £190 of the 3600 so a big price increase but its a nice 19% performance increase over it in general. Alternatively you could upgrade to a 5800x in a year or so when the next gen Ryzen is out and the price has dropped to a sensivble level.