Spec an Upgrade

Steve-M66 · 14 Nov 2020 at 12:48

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.

Steve-M66 · 14 Nov 2020 at 13:27

Thanks for the reply, i forgot to add an O/S as well.

Steve-M66 · 14 Nov 2020 at 14:32

Thanks for the advice mickyflinn....

Steve-M66 · 16 Nov 2020 at 11:48

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)

Steve-M66 · 17 Nov 2020 at 07:50

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.

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.

Steve-M66 · 18 Nov 2020 at 10:35

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

Steve-M66 · 18 Nov 2020 at 15:25

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

Thanks, Points noted. Will 1080P gaming be ok on this card?
What size SSD would be appropriate?