Thoughts on an upgrade to my ancient system

[valve90210]

I built my system just over 11 years ago now, and besides adding more storage and recently swapping out some ram, the only thing I've upgraded (out of necessity) in the graphics card.

My current specs:
i5 2500k
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P motherboard
32GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (4 x 8GB modules)
MSI GTX 1660 Super


I'm currently gaming at 1080p which I'm more than happy with so my thinking was to keep the graphics card as it seems to do quite nicely. But any guidance on motherboard, cpu and ram would be helpful. I've not got the money to upgrade at the moment but just looking at some ideas around the £300ish mark to give me something to think about. Would need to be some thing new enough to last a good while like this build has.

 

[mickyflinn]

WiFi needed ?

Ryzen 5600 is great value for money ,.

I put a m2 drive and would highly recommend getting one to take advantage of the latest tech and speed.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-594-GI) = £115.99
• 1 x Lexar Hades 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (SKU: MY-018-LE) = £80.00
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £74.98

Total: £418.96 (includes delivery: £8.00)​

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[valve90210]

Nope, more than happy with wired network

 

[MissChief]

Scour the MM for a Ryzen 3600, B450 & 16GB of DDR4 >=3200MHz and jobs a good 'un.

A 5600, B550 and 16GB of DDR4 sold for £300 recently.

 

[mickyflinn]

Nope, more than happy with wired network

Re edited my post.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-594-GI) = £115.99
• 1 x Lexar Hades 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (SKU: MY-018-LE) = £80.00
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £74.98

Total: £418.96 (includes delivery: £8.00)​

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[valve90210]

Thanks, that doesn't look too bad at all. I was wondering about an m.2 - keep it for games or stick windows on there? I'm currently running windows on a crucial SSD and I'm pretty happy with how it runs.

What's the upgradeability like if I went for something like this and wanted to upgrade down the line?

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks, that doesn't look too bad at all. I was wondering about an m.2 - keep it for games or stick windows on there? I'm currently running windows on a crucial SSD and I'm pretty happy with how it runs.

What's the upgradeability like if I went for something like this and wanted to upgrade down the line?

Only upgrade is another 5000 series CPU but there are decent options that by the time will be very affordable like the 5800x3d which is the fastest gaming CPU in that platform.

M2 ideally you want windows on it and games so you could particion the drive or you can add another later.

 

[valve90210]

Thanks for the spec, it's really given me something to think about. I'm guessing the performance upgrade would be pretty huge from my current system, especially if I go down the M2 route...which certainly makes sense.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for the spec, it's really given me something to think about. I'm guessing the performance upgrade would be pretty huge from my current system, especially if I go down the M2 route...which certainly makes sense.

Then when you upgrade your GPU here's some performance figures , a 6600xt is 50% faster than your 1660 super and the 6700xt is 80% faster .

Always check to confirm.

 

[valve90210]

Essentially that would give me some good scope for upgrading a bit down the line.