Upgrade time

[Denky]

I've had my system now for 5 and a half years, and I feel now is the time to upgrade. The main areas I'm looking at are the motherboard and CPU, PSU and GPU.

My current setup -

Motherboard: MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition
Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 760
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H60
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB x2
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB x2
PSU: Cooler Master GX 650
Case: Cosair 300R

Budget wise, I'm looking at around 500-600ish with operating system too.

 

[LewisRaz]

Re - using case, PSU and HDD/SSD (could reuse the AIO too)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Compact X1 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £229.99
• 1 x "Recon H110M" Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz (3.6GHz Turbo) 8GB DDR4 Quad Core Value Skylake Gaming Bundl = £269.99
  • Build Time:Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days

Total: £589.97
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Possibility to swap out to i3 instead of i5 and increase the ram, or just save money.

 

[sweols]

Definantly time to change that powersupply.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £63.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £305.94
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FB2K2/1= £59.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £79.99

Total: £520.97
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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Pick up a secondhand HD7950 or HD7970 from ebay, just under £100 untill you've saved more ££. It's going to be a lot easier to change a videocard later on, than full set of CPU,MOBO and PSU. Don't skimp!

Kind Regards,
Michael

 

[Holst1981]

Why change psu?

 

[sweols]

Because it's 5.5yrs old