Upgrading sons PC

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 08:22

Hi All,

Currently our son has a pre built PC purchased through Overclockers.

Its the Spectra gaming pc - Intel Core I5 9400F with having a 1080 Ti graphics card.

I'm looking to upgrade his CPU, motherboard, RAM, an M.2 drive (around 500 GB) Power supply and an CPU AOI cooler.

He plays:

GTA 5
Fortnight
Cool of Duty warzone

Looking to spend around £1000 - £1500, he doesn't need a monitor or keyboard / mouse.

Thanks in advance

Jon

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 09:19

Hi Joxeon,

Thank you for taking the time to put together the above.

Regarding the CPU will this be a better bet than an Intel (i7-10700K)?

Thank you in advance.

Jon

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 09:30

Hi 4K8KW10,

No I would like to change the current board and am happy to proceed with the above recommended.

Is the above future proofed enough to allow just a standard CPU / RAM upgrade in future?

Regards

Jon

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 09:34

Perfect, Thank you.

Jon

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 09:49

Hi mickyflinn,

Should be ok as he has an ethernet cable in his room, but thank you for the suggestion.

Jon

j_walsh · 5 Sep 2021 at 10:05

Thanks for the link, hopefully it'll be better than what he has got! so he'll be over the moon.

Thanks again

Jon

j_walsh · 6 Sep 2021 at 07:47

Craig_d1 said:
What did you go for in the end?..apologies if went went off subject by end

Still looking at the spec listed by Joxeon, got a bit side tracked yesterday so haven't ordered yet.

Is it worth upgrading the graphics card or should the 1080 Ti still be fine?

Cheers

Jon