Upgrade refresh mobo/CPU/Mem advise please

[2Drunk2Funk]

Hi all

Son's PC has gone and died on him.
With it being almost Xmas I am looking at the basic components to get him started on a new rig.
I am years out of date on components so advise on what would work well together for a gradual upgrade path would be appreciated.

I am looking around £300 (max £350) price for a Mobo/Cpu/Memory combo.

He has a GTX1060 gpu he can re-use for now. It only has to push out to 2 x HD res monitors (one is 144mhz)
He has case, keyboard, mouse, drives etc already (Although may be worth a M2 drive for a fresh windows install)
I need to check the PSU when he is not around to see if its up to the job of an upgrade. He does not know I am looking to get parts, its an Xmas gift.

He mostly games, fortnite and such.

For context he was running an Asus H110M mobo, 8gb DDR400 ram with a I5-6400 cpu. With the GTX1060 gpu.

Many thanks in advance for any advise.

 

[2Drunk2Funk]

Thanks for info.
If I reveal too son intentions, as a Xmas present, and give him my budget cap of £350 he may well be up for using some of his savings to improve.
I take it from your reply that an AM5 platform could be achieved for an extra £100 (so £450 budget) and would be better starting point and give him more options to add to?

I do not see a members market, I don't think I can manage 60 more posts before ordering deadlines for Xmas delivery though

I assume even the AM4 platform mentioned above is a massive upgrade over his existing (dead) system

 

[2Drunk2Funk]

Would suggest buying a new case as this will look like a brand new pc and if you don't need WiFi you can save another £20.

Case below is a micro ATX to go with @Craig_d1 excellent build.

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Have two (older) full size coolermaster cases that are fine for hosting. If he wants RGB style then that's one for him down the road

 

[2Drunk2Funk]

Why Don't you upgrade your rig to AM5 and pass on the AM4 components from your PC to him?.

No point in splashing out on AM5 for him if he's only using a 1060

Hi Joxeon

It is a stepping stone, i mentioned its a gradual upgrade at start.

He has other components he can work with right now but he knows he can save up for a better GPU, suited to the new mobo/cpu/mem.
He will update that next, with his own funds, as well as looking at a QHD screen with high fps.

 

[2Drunk2Funk]

You're waffling, but good waffling. I had to read it 3 times
You got me thinking about doing my PC upgrade instead, to AM5 and passing on my PC with a clean install to him. I think my rig, albeit 3-4yrs old now still plays games well even on my QHD res monitor.
Read some userBenchmark cpu comparisons, the 7600x v 7800x3d you mentioned, that site really slates AMD though.
Going to look at 3 options now:
AM4 cheap upgrade, but steering away from that now.
Mid range AM5 upgrade for son and re-use his other hardware until he saved for a decent GPU to pair with, then a monitor upgrade. (so the £400-£450 range)
Look at a better upgrade to my rig, slightly higher spec AM5 (or intel?) with a budget closer to £1000 (for Mobo/Cpu/Ram/PSU/M2 drive and GPU)

Should not have started this process, getting the upgrade urge now