Upgrading a 5 year-old budget build

[Richman711]

Hi guys

Built the below build around 5 or 6 years ago now, still happy with it overall as I don't chase big FPS etc but I have noticed it's struggling on newer games.
Looking to buy monster hunter at the end of the month and I don't currently meet the min specs, look to be quite far behind on CPU and a little bit on CPU

Here's the min spec for reference:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit required) / Windows 11 (64-bit required)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / Intel Core i3-12100 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 16 GB
• Graphics Card (GPU): GeForce RTX 2060 Super / Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB VRAM)
• Storage: 75 GB (SS required)

My current build is:


£0.00 x 1 - Gigabyte Aorus B450 Pro, Ryzen 2600 Bundle with Free 700W PSU
£91.66 x 1 - Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
£116.66 x 1 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six Core/Twelve Thread 3.9GHz Processor (MPK)
£0.00 x 1 - FREE WITH BU-02U-GI: Gigabyte GP-B700H-UK 700W PSU - Promo
£49.99 x 1 - Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive
£56.66 x 1 - Corsair Carbide SPEC-DELTA RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011166-WW)CC-9011166-WW
£124.99 x 1 - Acer ED242QRA 24" 1920x1080 VA Full HD 144Hz FreeSync Widescreen Curved LED Gaming Monitor
£82.49 x 1 - Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
Sapphire 5600xt GPU

I'm leaning more towards a budget upgrade rather than a new build, I was thinking 5600x3d based.
Would like to keep the price under £600 and reuse as much as possible

What's every ones thoughts?

 

[Tetras]

Your graphics card is pretty much the same as the minimum spec in terms of performance and your CPU is not far off, I think that'll be playable.

An X3D would be nice, but a 5600X/5600non-X would still be a big upgrade on what you have.

 

[mickyflinn]

This would be a massive upgrade and will let you play games at 1440p or high FPS at 1080p.

Upgrading memory to 32gb , sell your old stuff.

Do you have a CPU cooler ?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Eight Core 4.1GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-01799) = £199.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00767) = £359.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99

Total: £623.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[los]

If you are getting the game anyway. Just buy the game, see if you're happy with the performance, if not, then see what the bottle neck is.

 

[Rob_B]

You can't buy 5600X3Ds over in the UK unfortunately.

2 options:

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Quick & easy
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Update your BIOS if needed, the mobo supports X3D chips since F60 - https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-PRO-rev-10/support#support-cpu
Then:
5600/X as mentioned, still much faster than your 2600 - ~ £100 2nd hand
or
5700X3D - bit more expensive (cheaper from China but beware warranty) - the 2nd fastest gaming CPU for AM4 (5800X3Ds are just way overpriced for a few extra % over the 5700X3D) - Could be had for £140 ish from China at one point, now £200 in the UK

New GPU - Leaves you with £400-ish if you go X3D, that'll nearly bag you a 7800XT but I'd suggest witing for the new AMD cards to drop and see what they look like/what they do to the current gen prices.
RAM - Faster won't make much difference to an X3D, if you're running out with 16GB then you can buy a new (2x16) 32GB kit (sensible approach) or whack in 2 more 8GB sticks (might be less stable/can't hit full speeds but your slowest RAM is 3000MT/s anyway)
SSD - An NVME would be a nice upgrade for you ~ £50 for a 1TB drive
PSU is probably fine.

Sell CPU/mobo


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Going AM5
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Doing this gives you much more future proofy-ness but is more expensive. This option is a touch faster than the X3D option

7600 (includes cooler) - £200 - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am5-processor-retail-cp-3dw-am.html
B650/B850 motherboard - from £115
32GB DDR5 6000 - £80 - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-48000c38-6000mhz-dual-channel-my-0b2-tg.html

Cost excl GPU: £395

Sell CPU/mobo/RAM

 

[Grimley]

Here's my penny's worth.
I'd upgrade the CPU, GFX & PSU (I don't trust gigabyte PSU's) with these, job done.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Eight Core 4.1GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-01799) = £199.99
• 1 x Sparkle Intel ARC B580 TITAN OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03779) = £269.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £109.99

Total: £587.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​