Upgrade help?

[dubbs]

Hi Guys,

Not been active within the PC community for literally years due to family and work etc.
So i am really out of touch with current components and was wondering if i could possibly have some help please!

Not wanting to spend a fortune but would like something half decent.

What i can salvage off my current PC -

Case
HDD
Optical Drives

I have 8GB of DDR3 1600mhz but im guessing that may be outdated now?

I dont need an OS or any peripherals.
Any suggestions would be fantastic! Thanks in advance

 

[dubbs]

This is my current spec, in case anything else can be salvaged

 

[lltfdaniel]

Okay i decide the budget which would be around £1000-1200 for the tower.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £117.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £259.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £209.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Windforce 2x OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £419.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
• 1 x Kolink Punisher Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black= £46.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £38.99

Total: £1,216.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[lltfdaniel]

If your after a budget gaming pc i will do a list now.

 

[dubbs]

Okay i decide the budget which would be around £1000-1200 for the tower.

Thanks mate, would be looking to spend less than that. Apologies i should have said a rough amount. Lets say 4-500 quid.

 

[dubbs]

If your after a budget gaming pc i will do a list now.

Yeh please mate.

 

[lltfdaniel]

Okay so yeah

I hope to god the motherboard supports ryzen 1200.

Reuse your old

Case
HDD
Optical Drives

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3000= £119.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B350-Plus AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £82.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1050 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £104.99

Total: £517.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[dubbs]

Thanks for that, i sort of chucked a list together using common sense, will the PSU be enough for the GPU?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI A320M Pro-VD Plus AMD A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £43.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £98.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £179.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99

Total: £471.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[lltfdaniel]

Yes i do think the power supply would be enough.

You have a decent spec for the money there.

I picked seasonic due to their psu being higher quality.

edit you will be able to play games on high/max @ 1080p with that gpu.

 

[pastymuncher]

Pick up a second hand i7 and drop it in your current motherboard along with another matching 8 Gb stick of memory. If it's for gaming pick up a decent gpu as well.

 

[lltfdaniel]

I think the ryzen ipc is like the same with intels 4xxx series correct me if i am wrong.

Yeah get a 2nd hand i7 4 series processor, if your motherboard supports it go for it.

The reason why i went with ryzen in the first place knowing this is because of ryzens value for the performance a ryzen 1600 would stomp a 7600k for instance.

But coffee lake is now out which is the 8xxx series of intels lineup.

edit.

So yeah your motherboard supports the i7 4xxx series processor i wonder if you need to update the bios or not yeah?

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-B85-HD3-rev-1x#sp

 

[dubbs]

Thanks a lot, may look into getting a new GPU and PSU then first then go from there.

 

[dubbs]

Ended up ordering this, will use my current PSU.

Thanks for all your help.