Upgrade advice (£1000 max)

[Vorash]

Hello friends Seeing as my graphics card has just died, I feel the urge to upgrade coming on. I need everything except the monitor, peripherals, windows and SSDs/HDDs since I have two of those. I mainly use it for gaming at 1920x1200 60hz, but I'd like the option to buy a 120/144hz monitor in the future. My budget is £1k max but ideally I'd like to spend less. What would you recommend?

Additional questions:
Is it worth waiting for the black Friday sales? Does OCUK have any good deals on that day?
I have a Corsair Modular 750W PSU I bought in 2011, is it worth recycling that? Or is it so old that I be aswell getting a new one?


Current build from 2011:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
CrucialM4 128GB SSD
Samsung 850EVO 500GB SSD (recent purchase)
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3)
Corsair Modular 750W PSU

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Vorash

Tad over, selected Pure 600 as not sure how many SSD and HDD you have, Pure 600 is only one of a few that can handle more the. Two HDD .
Also Gigabyte board is one of two highly quoted on here, other being Strix , and GPU , both for spring Gigabyte rep presence on here if you need any help along side that of OCUK and forum members

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £94.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x LG 24GM79G 24" 1920x1080 TN 1ms 144Hz Freesync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £219.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3000= £98.99
• 1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £44.99

Total: £1,013.99
(includes shipping: £23.10)



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Trimming down the case and mATX instead of ATX board along with having the lively glass P300 case , also allows a step up to Ryzen 1600 for extra 2 cores and 4 threads

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x LG 24GM79G 24" 1920x1080 TN 1ms 144Hz Freesync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £219.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3000= £98.99
• 1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £44.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £87.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99

Total: £999.31
(includes shipping: £22.50)




Find the model of your PSU, should be good enough and can mean getting 16GB of ram instead of 8!!!

Also, all systems quoted with 1080p 144hz freesync screen to take advantage of the GPU
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[Vorash]

Thank you. My PSU model is Corsair Professional Series CMPSU-750HX. I must've bought it around the time I built the PC in 2011, so it's a bit old, is that not a concern?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thank you. My PSU model is Corsair Professional Series CMPSU-750HX. I must've bought it around the time I built the PC in 2011, so it's a bit old, is that not a concern?

Think that was a solid brand by them then and still is now. Although in guessing they've made changes with the OEM and they've changed the colour branding , but is a solid unit . Just up to you for personal set of mind upgrading , quality is good