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Morning all,

My brother would like to upgrade his PC and approached me for some advice, i'm not exactly up to date with the latest and greatest in PC hardware though, so thought I'd come by and ask for some advice. He has upgraded the GPU, but it is otherwise untouched since he bought it back in 2016.

This is his spec:

Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor

Team Group Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz
Dual Channel Kit

ASUS RTX 2060 Super

Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD -
OEM (ST1000DM010)

Kolink Vault Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black/Green LED

Asus H110-Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Kolink KL-500 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

He games at 1080p, and has noticed he is CPU limited in some games (mainly BFV, which he has to run at low settings to get 60FPS!). I feel the main areas for an upgrade are probably the CPU (possibly needing a new motherboard?) and a new PSU.

Thoughts and advice very welcome.

Cheers :)
 
What's the budget for upgrades?

Firstly, need to get a SSD and install the OS on it - HDD OS drives should be illegal by now :D

Ryzen 3600, b450/b550 mobo + a decent PSU would be a good idea.

RAM is a little slow at 2400MHz but would be surprised if you couldn't overclock it to at least 3000MHz, which would save getting new RAM
 
First thing to upgrade would be that crappy PSU.
It's at most 400W PSU and with general lying in specs can't consider anything in it as reliable.
PSU stock situation is at the momenth just at dear god level horrible.

And updating to any CPU which isn't DOA level outdated needs changing motherboard, courtesy of Intel's anti-consumerism.
Though also VRM of that board would be definitely inadequate for above four core Intels.
 
bagel said:
What's the budget for upgrades?

Firstly, need to get a SSD and install the OS on it - HDD OS drives should be illegal by now :D

Ryzen 3600, b450/b550 mobo + a decent PSU would be a good idea.

RAM is a little slow at 2400MHz but would be surprised if you couldn't overclock it to at least 3000MHz, which would save getting new RAM
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EsaT said:
First thing to upgrade would be that crappy PSU.
It's at most 400W PSU and with general lying in specs can't consider anything in it as reliable.
PSU stock situation is at the momenth just at dear god level horrible.

And updating to any CPU which isn't DOA level outdated needs changing motherboard, courtesy of Intel's anti-consumerism.
Though also VRM of that board would be definitely inadequate for above four core Intels.
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Thanks both! Budget I'd say £400 or thereabouts. I don't think he's got the budget to buy all the parts in one hit, so probably one a month.

In terms of an order to do the upgrades in - PSU > SSD > Motherboard > CPU sound sensible?

Could you guys recommend a suitable SSD / PSU?

My brother has done a little googling that apparently suggests his current RAM isn't compatible with a b450/b550 motherboard... if thats the case, new RAM required too?

Cheers for all the help :)
 
PSU stock is non existent atm, ideally would go for something like a seasonic core 500W for £70

Can't see why that ram wouldn't work as it's DDR4. Worth trying to follow a YouTube guide on ram overclocking to try and get it to 3000MHz before buying a new set

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £416.07 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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3600 is nearly £200 :confused: wutwut

Honestly, if he's got to wait that long before he buys, he might as well wait until Ryzen 4000 are out, cos even if he can't afford one, hopefully it will drop the prices of the 3000 like the 2000 prices did when it came out.
 
Hello all,

Thank you for the sound advice and apologies for the delay in replying. My brother decided to hold off but is now keen to revisit this. He now has has a significantly larger budget (£700-£800) and is keen to future proof where he can. Are there any significant releases on the horizon / does his budget change the parts he should be looking at significantly?

Thanks! :)
 
Yes it does
3700x
X570 motherboard
32gb oddr 3200mhz ram £150 could get 16gb or stick with what you have but ryzen like a fast ram.
650w Phantecs gold modular psu or corsair rm 650w. £99 10 year warranty
Wed sn 550 1tb m2 £110

Lots of options really.
 
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