Should I update or start a new build?

Lewscious · 7 Oct 2021 at 16:53

Good afternoon all,

I'm really hoping someone can help me out.

I built a custom PC back in early 2016 with the total cost coming to around £700-£800.

I'm now looking into either upgrading or replacing the PC, but in honesty, I have disconnected myself from the PC building industry/community, so I have no clue where to start. I use high processing architectural programs such as Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD, and love gaming.

Based on my current PC build below, do you guys think I should just upgrade or should I start a new build, and what parts do you recommened? I'm thinking about spending circa £1000 to upgrade/build, or is that unrealistic?

CPU
Intel i5 4460 Quad Core 3.2GHz 6MB Cache

Liquid Cooler
Corsair CW-9060028-WW 120mm Hydro Series H45

GPU
MSI AMD R9 390 8GB

RAM
HyperX Fury Series 8GB x 2

Motherboard
MSI Z97 PC Mate

SSD
Crucial BX100 250GB

Hard Drive
Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB 3.5inch

Power
Corsair Builder Series CX600W

mickyflinn · 7 Oct 2021 at 17:19

Intel Alderlake cpu to be released in approx 5 weeks i would wait .

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2021 at 17:25

Hello,

You can take these things now. Keep the Graphics card, the power supply and the CPU cooler:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K)= £139.99
1 x WD Black SN850 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T1X0E)= £159.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £518.99

Total: £1,009.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)

EsaT · 7 Oct 2021 at 19:59

Would change PSU as one of the first parts.
despite of brand in sticker that CX600 wasn't designed to last very long in heavier use.

JollyJamma · 7 Oct 2021 at 21:09

EsaT said:
Would change PSU as one of the first parts.
despite of brand in sticker that CX600 wasn't designed to last very long in heavier use.

Agreed with this.

OP:
the new range of Intel parts are going to be hella expensive so don’t bet on budget/value orientated gamers getting DDR5 and a very expensive motherboard to go with it.