Time to upgrade ol' reliable.

[vondanzig]

Hey guys.

I've gone way beyond my rebuild window and decided that it is finally time to upgrade.

Currently using an i5 4670k @ 3.4, 16gb ram with a Radeon RX480.

Not looking for anything world beating. Capable of playing Football Manager and CSGO / Valorant. Budget at ~£800.

Any suggestions appreciated!

 

[MissChief]

AMD 5600x, 16GB 3200MHz DDR4, B550 motherboard. Should leave you change for a graphics upgrade if you wanted it.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £62.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99

Total: £533.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[vondanzig]

Sorry, I forgot to mention it was a full build (minus the case).

So far I have

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.98
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £109.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76Q1T0BW)= £109.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £188.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK)= £114.95
• 1 x Corsair A500 High Performance 120mm Twin Fan CPU Cooler (CT-9010003-WW)= £34.99

Total: £896.07 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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A little over budget but acceptable. Are there any improvements to be made? I'm really rusty at doing this (5 years almost!)

 

[Joxeon]

The 10400F is slightly better than the 3600 in games and is cheaper.

A 650w psu should be fine and this one comes with a 10 year warranty for much cheaper than the corsair.

Much faster NVME SSD for cheaper than a slow QVO sata drive.

Faster GPU which has NVENC encoder if you like to stream.

Much cheaper ram that you won't notice a performance difference in games.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI Z490-A Pro (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £64.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £82.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £94.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Dual EVO OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Corsair A500 High Performance 120mm Twin Fan CPU Cooler (CT-9010003-WW)= £34.99

Total: £798.99 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[mickyflinn]

Rx 580 is Not much of an upgrade from a rx 480 try and stretch to a 1660 super.

M2 drive would be be the unless you have one western digital sn 550.

Overpaying for ram you can get 32 gb 3200mhz for the same price or 16 gb for £70

 

[vondanzig]

So it's not as cut and dry as I presumed when it comes down to Intel vs AMD? Appreciate all the comments so far

 

[Joxeon]

At your budget Intel is hard to beat on performance although AMD currently has the better new CPUs in the ryzen 5000 series but these start at £300 just for a 6 core and it's only 17% faster in games than a £140 10400F and that's with a £1500 GPU so it will be much less with a GPU in your budget range.

Intel has rocket lake coming next year so the gaming performance might change again although AMD will still hold the productivity crown with their 12 and 16 core offerings.