Upgrade for 200 quid?

willhub · 6 Mar 2017 at 10:08

Hi all.

I'm thinking of upgrading and need some advice.

With a budget of 200 quid I just want to bring my pc in sig forward to current tech and maybe give it some future proofing or at least last a good 3 years or so and would like advice on what I should upgrade on this pc like maybe cpu and move etc.. And if 200 would do it? Cheers.

mickyflinn · 6 Mar 2017 at 10:45

Would be helpful is you could tell us what you do with your pc , e.g Gaming

willhub · 6 Mar 2017 at 11:10

Occasionally gaming, GTA V, more console as like sitting at the sofa, and streaming movies and stuff, web browsing and all that I use my surface pro 4.

mickyflinn · 6 Mar 2017 at 11:24

Do you have a SSD and a new gpu would give you a lot more performance in gaming.

willhub · 6 Mar 2017 at 11:38

128gb SSD and radeon 7970 3gb

Not sure what my CPU compares to these days I bet it's probably slower than an i3? Totally out of the loop these days.

mickyflinn · 7 Mar 2017 at 10:52

This is what your going to get for £200 the G4560 is a very capable budget cpu with 2 cores 4 threads it very close to I3 performance.

Review.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1325-intel-pentium-g4560/page4.html
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £74.99
1 x Team Group Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC0= £59.99
1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99

Total: £209.87
(includes shipping: £9.90)

varkanoid · 7 Mar 2017 at 13:17

willhub said:
128gb SSD and radeon 7970 3gb

Not sure what my CPU compares to these days I bet it's probably slower than an i3? Totally out of the loop these days.

your sig says you have an AMD 5870 ? You are going to need more than £200 unless you want to look for 2nd hand bargains.

willhub · 9 Mar 2017 at 22:06

It was a long time since I fully updated the sig I forgot, but yes It's got a 7970 in it and a 128gb SSD.