Upgrading tower from i5 to Ryzen, advice needed

[JohnCogan]

Hi

I am looking into upgrading my box next month. I'm not looking to be cutting edge but to be at least at a decent framerate (Im happy at 80 FPS) for the latest games.

My current rig manages Hunt Show Down at 80 FPS on medium to low settings but would like to at least manage 80 FPS on high.

Apparently https://pc-builds.com/calculator/ says I am bottlenecked on my GPU by about 30-odd % and a friend has suggested I dont need a new generation GPU and just need to upgrade the board, CPU and RAM and slap in a decent second SSD.

So currently I have:

ATX Tower
GPU: Nvidia 1070 OG8
CPU: i5 (Some 2015 model) with a stock intel cooler
Mb: Gigabyte manufacturer (Killer something or other, also 2015)
16 Gb Corsair ram (2015)
Samsung Evo 500 Gb Sata SSD and two mechanical HHDs
Corsair 850W PSU

So the suggestion was I go for:

Ryzen 3000
Cooler of some sort (Stock?)
16 Gb Ram rated over 3200 (Corsair?)
X470 motherboard (Needs flashing? Can it be done on this board through USB?)
Another SATA SSD or go NVME ? Been told for my requirements that the NVME isnt cost effective.

I'd be looking to carry over whatever parts I can to save money, budget is about £600-700

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@JohnCogan

need to know exact intel cpu you have and board.

also are you gaming on 1080p 144hz monitor or 1440p 144hz as you've mentioned above 80fps but not the resolution

If your rocking 1080p 144hhz then you'd be looking at intel to keep max frame rates, at 1440p Ryzen steam rolls in nicely

if you are rocking an i7 K version chip and its not overclocked, worth overclocking it to see how performance is afterwards .
things start to hot up Q1 2020 with intel 10th Gen. 10 cores, 10nm node- might get AMD to drop some prices or Intel to match for a change

 

[JohnCogan]

Amend wish list MB above in OP to B450.

Exact chip I have is i5-4460

Monitor is 27" and game at 2560 × 1440

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Amend wish list MB above in OP to B450.

Exact chip I have is i5-4460

Monitor is 27" and game at 2560 × 1440

whats your budget ? lower end its 3600 + b450 board. higher end could push 3700x and x570 etc .

 

[JohnCogan]

6-700 GBP

 

[orbitalwalsh]

6-700 GBP

low

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £64.99

Total: £382.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £338.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £175.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2*8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £128.99

Total: £654.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)


^^^ if willing to coverclock ram then - also can save cash with B450

Ballistix Sport LT Gray 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM
BLS2K8G4D32AESBK
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max fps - more handy when you change GPU to newer gen in 1-3 rs time

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £64.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £368.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £132.95
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99

Total: £607.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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