Upgrade advice for a (very) old PC

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Hello all,

I got a PC pre-built a long time ago (6+ years) and it's starting to show its age. It is struggling to run Bannerlord and Mordhau on low settings so I am looking to upgrade for gaming for the next 3 years and would like some help, please. My upgrade budget I am planning on is £500/600 but I can spend a bit more.

My current specs are:

AMD R9 200 series (270x) Sapphire 2gb

AMD FX6100 6 core processor

HT3.0 DDR3 / GA-970A-DS3 motherboard

8gb RAM (x2 Spectech 4gb DDR3)

1TB Seagate HDD SATA, AF

750 watt ******** ATX power station.

Windows 7 OS (for now, will upgrade to 10 with new parts)

I was planning on just upgrading CPU/GPU but I understand I will need a new motherboard due to the older connections and that might mean replacing more things.

I was thinking of getting the parts below, but is it worth spending a bit more for a better GPU? A friend suggested an Nvidia RTX 2060.

AMD Ryzen 3600 CPU /

ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F Motherboard (£247.99 bundled with the CPU)

AMD Radeon RX 590 REV2 8gb GDDR5 (~£190)

SSD - open to recommendations, have looked at some but am not sure what is best.

I have not properly looked for a new power pack or replacing the HDD yet.

Any other suggestions for keeping my pc running better would be appreciated.

 

[Vidar]

What's the absolute maximum you can afford to spend? Do you need a new mouse, keyboard or monitor?

Is it purely a gaming machine or do you stream, photo edit or anything else?


Welcome to the forums by the way!

 

[Journey]

My upgrade budget I am planning on is £500/600 but I can spend a bit more.

AMD Ryzen 3600 CPU

Honestly with that budget, I'd ignore the Ryzen 5 3600 and go with a lower part, like a 1600 AF, and get the RTX 2060 or similar. If you get a decent B450 board you'll be able to drop in a 6/8/12/16 core Zen3 part in the future.

EDIT: NO case, or PSU and that is already £620 nearly.


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB SC ULTRA GAMING Video Card

Total: £617.99

 

[Joxeon]

I would steer clear of the asus rog strix and instead go for an msi tomahawk max, ryzen 5 3600 16gb ddr4 3200-3600 and a 5700/5700xt you might be able to all this for around £650 if you shop around.

 

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Hi!

Thanks for the quick replies!

I don't stream, use it for occasional basic work (word, excel, email). It will largely be for gaming.

I can check my monitor, probably as old but I think it runs fine - mouse and key board are both standard stuff and I have no complaints.

Budget I could push up another £150 or so.

Honestly with that budget, I'd ignore the Ryzen 5 3600 and go with a lower part, like a 1600 AF, and get the RTX 2060 or similar. If you get a decent B450 board you'll be able to drop in a 6/8/12/16 core Zen3 part in the future.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor

I'll look at the performance differences, would I still be fine most current games on mid or so?