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Steve-M66

Steve-M66

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Hi all

First time Poster here.

I am looking at upgrading my oldish PC for something a bit more speedy and modern

Current specs are Cpu - Amd A6-6400k, 8GDDR3 , 256 SSD , 1TB HDD

PC is used for Web browsing, Youtube, email Etc.

Not planning on gaming as yet but may be tempted in the future,(But would like it to be a little bit future proof) but for now i do not require a GPU

Would i be able to just Change my MB & CPU to a better model

Budget would be around £550-600

Thanks for any input/info

Steve.
 
Hi.

Iwouldnt spend any more money on your old system ,for your budget you could build a capable 1080p gaming machine.

With black Friday coming and shop wisely you could make further savings.

ODE My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £593.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)​
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What about buy some second hand 4770k or 4790k CPUs and a z97 board

You can pick up second hand stuff really cheap. And you can keep most of your parts.

Can run with the 1650 specced.
 
Been specced this, How does it seem?....

Anything i should consider changing?

System Base Price: £ 382.50
Game Max Silent Black Midi-Tower with SD Card Reader, front USB ports, HD audio [upg £ 20.00]
500W ATV Pro 80plus Certified Power Supply Unit [upg £ 17.50]
ASUS PRIME H410M-A Intel mATX Motherboard
Intel Quad Core i3 10100 Comet Lake Processor - 4/8 Cores/Threads, 3.6GHz-4.3GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache
8GB 2666MHz DDR4 (1x8GB) - Major Brand, upgradeable
4GB GeForce® GTX 1650 SUPER Graphics Card HDMI/DVI-D [upg £ 120.00]
256 GB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1TB SATA III 6GB/s Hard disk drive 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms
Integrated 7.1 High Definition 8-Channel Audio
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN Port (Wi-Fi Not Included)

PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard combo, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port(s),2 x USB 2.0 port(s)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit - Licensed, SSD Installation
BullGuard™ Internet Security - 90 Day License
USB Full-size Keyboard and Optical Scroll Mouse Bundle
Lifetime Warranty - (Lifetime Labour,1 Year Parts,1 Month Collect & Return)

Free Technical Helpline (UK)
 
That is a junk spec. Single channel DDR rubbish GPU. A PSU that will break.

for that budget you can get a laptop that is roughly within your requirement. Just make sure you get 16GB ram.
 
pc-guy said:
That is a junk spec. Single channel DDR rubbish GPU. A PSU that will break.

for that budget you can get a laptop that is roughly within your requirement. Just make sure you get 16GB ram.
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I appreciate your honesty, Not really having much of clue when it comes to the latest PC tech stuff.

Need all the help i can get. :)
 
Your current requirement isn’t anything demanding. So you don’t need anything special just make sure you get 16GB (2x8GB) ram as 8Gb with windows 10 and a few chrome tabs open will quickly render everything slow.

You will need at least SSD as boot drives.

in terms of gaming, yi haven’t said anything about which games etc so it is very hard to say what is suitable or not. Laptops will give you no upgradable option there. Many of the latest ryzen laptops come equip with integrated vega graphics which can game at 40fps-60fps on some of the latest games with medium setting. It is not pretty but you can game. Alternatively look for laptops with dedicated graphics card but that will be way outside your budget.

For your budget you should be looking at second hand market for parts and pull everything together by yourself.

But your lack of knowledge and expertise will mean you will need to buy prebuilds or laptop. For £500 you won’t be able to get a reasonable GAMING pc. I think best is to get something you can have that will keep you happy online and doing work with as a first priority. If you need to game at some point look again. An entry level gaming pc (just the base unit) you are going to be talk out about £800 with new parts that’s building it yourself. Buying into a prebuild you will be looking to add £50-£100 on that as a markup. OCUK probably charges additional £300 as markup.
 
Specced this of partpicker how does it seem?

Have upped the budget a little

Any issues that can be seen/upgrades Etc.

Amd Ryzen 3 3100
Gigabyte B550M DS3H
Team T-force 2x8GB DDR 4-3200 CL16
Kingston A400 240GB 205 SSD
MSI Geforce GTX 1650 Super 4GB
Salman S3 ATX Mid Tower case
Corsair CV550 w 80+ Bronze
 
you gonna have to build that yourself. agian that is not really a gaming PC. 4GB VRAM will limit you to medium settings and that 1650 is slow but if you dont mind those then it should be ok.

also that CPU is 4c8t so can be limited in gaming realm very soon but should be ok for your internet activities

Tiny SSD - dont expect to have any games loaded on that.

would definitely change the PSU to 650w and somehting a but better than that - £80 PSU
 
pc-guy said:
you gonna have to build that yourself. agian that is not really a gaming PC. 4GB VRAM will limit you to medium settings and that 1650 is slow but if you dont mind those then it should be ok.

also that CPU is 4c8t so can be limited in gaming realm very soon but should be ok for your internet activities

Tiny SSD - dont expect to have any games loaded on that.

would definitely change the PSU to 650w and somehting a but better than that - £80 PSU
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Thanks, Points noted. Will 1080P gaming be ok on this card?
What size SSD would be appropriate?
 
1080p with medium settings and some high settings would be ok. if you only got 60Hz monitors than no worries

higher refresh rates you need something a bit more powerful than that - 5500XT looks about the same price bracket but is more capable.
 
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