What can I salvage? New AMD build help and advice

Oggy

Oggy

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Hi all its been a good few years since I got my pc and I’m looking to upgrade probably around Jan some time depending on availability and how the radeon cards compare.

This is my current build:

Asus Z170-E Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/16
Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)
be quiet! Silent Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Orange
be quiet! Dark Rock TF CPU Cooler - 135/135mm
Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK)
MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G)

So I know I will have to upgrade mobo and cpu, looking at the 5600X, I’ll either be going for the 3080 or radeon equiv depending on pricing.

I’ve been reading up and I want x4 8 gig 3200 cl14 ram to pair with the amd cpu as I guess that is the fastest option.

Would i be able to reuse the psu or is a new gfx card going to draw too much juice, also I’m guessing i wouldnt see much of an increase in gaming with a nvme hd compared to what I already have?

Gigabyte is the mobo brand I’d rather go with as I’ve never had any issues with them(the spec there is wrong i actually have a gigabyte board) wifi would be handy as atm I’m using power line adaptors which I’ve never had issues with I might add if it adds too much to the price then its not a must.

Thanks in advance and sorry for the jumbled wall of text :)
 
A 750 watt power supply is recommended for the 6800xt and the 3080, so you will have to upgrade it.
Ideally you a 750 watt gold power supply, which is more efficient than the one you currently have.
 
Oggy said:
[...] also I’m guessing i wouldnt see much of an increase in gaming with a nvme hd compared to what I already have?
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If you have games on the HDD then yes, you would, but if they're on the 850, then no. 250GB won't last five minutes with recent games though.
 
Yeah was thinking it might just be worth getting a bigger ssd and then potentially adding the others or passing down my pc to someone for a couple of hundred.

So so far I need a new PSU would it be best to go for 850w just for a bit of future proofing? Probably best to get a higher capacity ssd.

Any recommendations ?

Thanks chaps
 
I wouldn't bother going for really expensive ram unless you game at 1080p and want to max out fps or you just enjoy overclocking and playing about with timing.

Gaming at 1440p and above then the diminishing returns kick in to the point where your probably best spending the difference on another part of your system.
 
You can keep your case, cooler, SSD and HDD, that will save a few squids.

5600x - £310
3600MHz 2x8GB - £110
B550 motherboard - £150-£200
RM750 - £100
6800XT - £550-£600

Still quite a lot of money to spend tho
 
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