Upgrade or Replace help

Cr1tch

Cr1tch

Cr1tch

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Hi All,

I am looking for some help and advice to find out if its viable to to upgrade my current computer or build completly from scratch.

My current system was built from the advice here probably 8 years ago now and i dont know if its viable to upgrade.

Spec:
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
Intel i5 3570K 3.4Gz
Board Z77X-UD5H
Sandisk 120GB SSD
500GB Drive
16GB Corsair Vegence Ram
Corsair Watercooling system for CPU
XFX Pro 850 PSU

Would it be possibly to upgrade this with its current age or would it be more benficial to rebuild. If rebuilding is the best avenue to take can anyone suggest a build for me.
 
The GPU is still good for 1080P, but you'd definitely see an improvement if you upgraded your CPU/Mobo/RAM to something more modern and grabbed a larger SSD.

Do you just game on your PC or do you use it for other tasks?
 
Gray2233 said:
The GPU is still good for 1080P, but you'd definitely see an improvement if you upgraded your CPU/Mobo/RAM to something more modern and grabbed a larger SSD.

Do you just game on your PC or do you use it for other tasks?
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Hi Gray,

Yeah i only use it for games mostly other than surfing the net or using word or excel mostly. Sometimes ill play around with a bit of photoshop or streaming but not much.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £506.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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You could reuse everything else, although it might be an idea to update your PSU depending on how old it is.

You could save some cash by going for a B450 and a 500GB SSD, but the SN550 listed is a very good price at the moment.

If you feel you have a more flexible budget it might be worth considering a decent heatsink, while the stock is decent for gaming it can get a little noisy.
 
Gray2233 said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £506.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

You could reuse everything else, although it might be an idea to update your PSU depending on how old it is.

You could save some cash by going for a B450 and a 500GB SSD, but the SN550 listed is a very good price at the moment.

If you feel you have a more flexible budget it might be worth considering a decent heatsink, while the stock is decent for gaming it can get a little noisy.
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Thanks so much for this. I was thinking this would be more expensive to be honest when i said i didnt want to spend a fortune i was expecting more like 1500-2000. So more than happy to add something else onto this. What cooling and PSU changes would you go for or what extras would you add to complete it and would it be possible to use the 16GB Corsair Vengence Ram i already have alongside the Vulcan ram for 32GB?
 
The RAM you already have is DDR3, so it wont be compatible with your new motherboard.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £682.89 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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Added a few more bits just in case you fancy a new case, there's some RGB bling there if you're into that but that can be turned off if you don't want the flashing lights.

What monitor are you using by the way?
 
Cr1tch said:
Heatonpkmassive would this be using some of the parts i already have?
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It would yes, but replacing the main guts of the system. You'd keep case, drives maybe and power supply. And the suggestion Gray has given you is a good one, I think the B550 is a good shout, I have one myself. But the B450 offerings are also very good and the likelihood is that you'd not notice a difference in performance between B450 and B550. B550 is better from a future standpoint though, so that'd be your choice. The B450 option would shave a little off the price, but for an extra few quid I think the B550 makes sense.
 
Gray2233 said:
The RAM you already have is DDR3, so it wont be compatible with your new motherboard.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £682.89 (includes shipping: £0.00)
​

Added a few more bits just in case you fancy a new case, there's some RGB bling there if you're into that but that can be turned off if you don't want the flashing lights.

What monitor are you using by the way?
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I just have two viewsonic montiors there quite old now probably 5 years old but they do the job.

Would you not upgrade the graphics card or just run the one i have?
 
Cr1tch said:
I just have two viewsonic montiors there quite old now probably 5 years old but they do the job.

Would you not upgrade the graphics card or just run the one i have?
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I'd probably just run the older ones for now and save a monitor upgrade until you can also upgrade the graphics card, unless of course you want that extra performance now?
 
Cr1tch said:
I just have two viewsonic montiors there quite old now probably 5 years old but they do the job.

Would you not upgrade the graphics card or just run the one i have?
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Your Nvidia 1060 is still a good 1080P card, and there's new GPU's out this year anyway.

I'd switch the other components out and see how you feel, you can always upgrade the 1060 when the new cards launch if you feel you need more performance.
 
Gray2233 said:
Your Nvidia 1060 is still a good 1080P card, and there's new GPU's out this year anyway.

I'd switch the other components out and see how you feel, you can always upgrade the 1060 when the new cards launch if you feel you need more performance.
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Brilliant thanks Gray im going to get some bits ordered now. Just before i do this will all fit together wont it i wont have any parts that dont fit and my GFX card will fit into this build ok?

Also are there any alternatives worth looking at for parts or would you just outright recommend all of this from CPU to cases ect?
 
Gray2233 said:
They're all very solid parts that I'd be happy to use myself, everything will fit together just fine.
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I'm getting things ordered today mate ready for some new game releases and want to start streaming some lost ark on twitch just for friends. I've got a budget of £1000 now what else would you add in if I need to upgrade further I could push to £1500.
 
32gb of ram
Corsair rm 850w or similar that will see you all the way up to a 3090
3700x or wil you be upgrading to zen 3 when released

Could get a larger case
 
mickyflinn said:
32gb of ram
Corsair rm 850w or similar that will see you all the way up to a 3090
3700x or wil you be upgrading to zen 3 when released

Could get a larger case
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Ill be honest mate a lot of this made no real sense to me im assuming the 3700x is the upgrade version of the ryzen 5?

And the zen 3 is a completely different chip?

Also with the release of the new graphics cards ill will need a replacement for my current nvidia 1060.
 
Sorry I should have explained more, you said you had a bigger budget so here's some improvements over previous spec.

32gb of ram instead of 16gb as some knewer games are using more than 16gb of ram.

3700x is an 8 core 16 threads cpu the 3600 is 6 core 12 thread , the extra 2 cores will give you longevity as games are using more.

Zen 3 is a new AMD cpu being released I December.

The corsair 850w psu will run the most powerful gpu and cost £20 extra.
 
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