Previous OC Spec Build Upgrade....

[Chris_Hebden]

Good afternoon all - cant believe its been so long, but, back in Dec 2017 I came on here to seek advice on a PC build, yes, kids are still around..... however, I did learn how to change what the power button does when pressed ! Subsequently purchased the items and built the system previous post

I went with:

• AMD Ryzen 5 six core 1600
• Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming 3 motherboard
• ID-Cooling FrostFLow 240 CPU cooler
• Asus GTX1070 Dual OC card
• Cougar GX V3 600W power supply
• 2x 8gb DDR PC4-2400 Team Group Night Hawk RGB RAM

It has been absolutely faultless. Unfortunately though, with windows stopping support for WIN10 and my system not being able to support WIN11, I find myself looking to upgrade. The above still works fine for me, small amount of gaming and AutoCAD/Revit work, nothing strenuous, although think I should stick in some more RAM.

In terms of budget, I don't have much. I'd like to reuse as much as possible, what are peoples thoughts?

Cheers Chris

 

[mickyflinn]

You can install windows 11 on unsupported hardware with Rufus.

How to Use Rufus to Bypass TPM and Secure Boot Requirements in Windows 11

There are a few ways to bypass Windows 11's requirements, but Rufus is one of the best options available.

www.makeuseof.com

 

[Gray2233]

You could either use Rufus as mentioned above, or buy something like a Ryzen 5600 for under £100 and update your bios, at that point you should have support without workarounds, it would be a healthy upgrade/uplift to boot.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £89.99

Total: £89.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

although think I should stick in some more RAM.

In terms of budget, I don't have much. I'd like to reuse as much as possible, what are peoples thoughts?

I'm normally strong in favour of upgrading the CPU and RAM on AM4, especially from a 1st gen CPU, but since DDR4 has gone up so much, AM5 makes more sense than before. It depends though, just another 16GB won't be too bad.

 

[Chris_Hebden]

Thanks all, processer makes sense! Re RAM, would any DDR4-3000 MHz work? Thinking this