Upgrade Advice

[TheFairy]

A gaming old codger here!!! My current system is struggling with CODMW and PUBG (current game bug but unplayable as its affecting quad core processors. I dont keep up to date with hardware so haven't a clue where to start here, ideally want a new system and gaming monitor for under £1k

Current System :

i5 6600k
Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170
Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red LED
Corsair Carbide 400Q Silent Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011082-WW)
250gb SSD for System
ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB M.2 Gaming Solid State Drive for games
Soundblaster XiFi Card
650w Corsair PSU
2 X BenQ EW2775ZH 27 Inch FHD 1080p

Keyboard/Mouse/Headset all high quality so no issues there. Monitors are lackluster for gaming so ideally would like to change to 1 monitor, not sure if I need higher than 1080p but would like to go to 144hz.

Old machine is going to son as a 2nd Streaming PC but I think I will rob the Soundcard and the M.2 Drive for new machine.So whats best bang for buck on the AMD front here.

Thinking I need

1 X CPU
1 X Mobo
16gb (min) Ram
1 GPU
PSU
Case
1 27" Monitor.

Can anyone point me in right direction here?

 

[Quartz]

Just under your budget without a case; I leave that to your personal preference. I have included a SATA SSD drive for storage as 250 GB isn't that much any more.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £82.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £87.95
• 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 AOC G2590PX 25" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz FreeSync/G-Sync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £219.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99

Total: £977.85 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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If you have an extra £100 go for the Ryzen 3700 for the additional 2 cores as 6 cores will soon become a limitation.

 

[TheFairy]

If i wanted to go to 1440p and say put another couple hundred into this what would need to change?

Thanks for your reply Quartz, appreciated!!

 

[Joxeon]

If i wanted to go to 1440p and say put another couple hundred into this what would need to change?

Thanks for your reply Quartz, appreciated!!

Going up to 1440p does increase the price by quite a bit for the monitor and the gpu to drive it.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x AOC CQ27G2U/BK 27" 2560x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor= £265.99

Total: £657.68 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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A TN option for faster response time and less ghosting if your a competitive player.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC AGON AG241QX 24" 2560x1440 TN FreeSync/G-Sync 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £319.99

Total: £319.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[Quartz]

Make sure you get a monitor that is listed as having Freesynxc and as being GSync Compatible. This will allow you to use both Nvidia and AMD GPUs.