Return to the fold - new build request

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I'm keen to upgrade and despite building and specing computers since the 90s, have been out of it quite a while and have lost track of the AMD vs intel and NVIDIA vs Radeon battles.

Currently using a build from 2017 (!) that somehow still manages to help me game occasionally - obviously lower settings with latest games:
  • Asus Prime B350M-A AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard
  • Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor
  • Cougar VTX 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply
  • Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache HDD
  • Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5 SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive
  • OcUK Value Blu-ray DVDRW combi SATA
  • BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case
I'm presuming all of this is relatively worthless. I'm happy with my peripherals and use an LG 34" ultrawide monitor (2560x1080). Don't think I've used a physical blu-ray/dvd in a five years.

The case is secured underneath my desk neatly so it would be nice, albeit not essential, if I could keep this case or a similar sized one. It supports Micro-ATX/Mini-ITX but not sure if newer graphics cards etc. would fit (or be thermodynamically sensible).


I don't game anywhere near as much as I used to, but would like it to do newer games justice e.g. BF6. I only do light admin or writing otherwise.

Budget around £1000-1500 - but like I said I'm very out of date with things so am flexible.

Thanks
 
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