Return to the fold - new build request

[meghatronic]

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Budget around £1000-1500 - but like I said I'm very out of date with things so am flexible.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

 

[Tetras]

If you wanted to be cheap, I'd just buy a 9060 XT 16GB, a 5600 and job done! That'd make almost all games decently playable at 2560x1080p.

 

[Gray2233]

You could stay on your current platform.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Crucial T500 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01089) = £76.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Eight Core 4.1GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-01799) = £209.99
• 1 x XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05452) = £619.99

Total: £999.91 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

This would offer a hefty improvement, but you'd need to make sure the card fit in your case. I'd also consider bumping up to 32gb of RAM, but you should be alright with what you have.

The cheaper option would be to do as @Tetras suggested and go for a 9060XT 16gb and a 5600, you wouldn't need to switch out your PSU if you went that route, although I'd be tempted to anyway given what you're using.