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Upgrade Recommendations

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  • 24-03-2020 6:47pm
    #1
    Banton
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi folks,

    Looking for upgrade recommendations. I built my current PC about 3-4 years ago. The graphics card is well due an upgrade I know! Mainly gaming.

    Processor: Intel Core i5-4690

    Motherboard: ASUS H97-Plus Sockel LGA1150 ATX

    RAM: Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB DDR3 CL9
    1600MHz

    SSD: SanDisk Z410 SSD 120GB

    Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB,
    7200U/min, SATA3, 3.5"

    Graphics Card: ASUS GAMING GeForce GTX960 DirectCU II
    Black 4GB GDDR5

    Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 Watt ATX 2.3

    Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-03 schwarz mit roter LED


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    #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    What do you play & what's the budget?


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    #3
    Banton
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Banton


    I mainly play League of Legends, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy 14.
    Budget would probably be under 1000 Euro.


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    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭Homelander


    With that budget I would consider selling the old system as is and building a new one.

    1K would buy you a Ryzen 3600, 16GB DDR4 3200mhz, 1TB SSD and GTX1660 Super. (not including the sale price of old system)...run all new games at 1080 ultra.

    The easier option is to get a 2nd hand i7-4770 for €100, and just upgrade graphics card for the €250-ish. Would still be pretty good, few hundred euro outlay, zero hassle and get probably a third of it back via selling the i5 (€50) and GTX960 (€60ish).

    Guild Wars 2 and LOL would benefit from a pure GPU upgrade, not sure about FF. Most newer games struggle with those old i5's at times.


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    #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    PCPartPicker Part List

    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£154.98 @ CCL Computers)
    Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£94.99 @ CCL Computers)
    Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£75.59 @ CCL Computers)
    Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£108.00 @ CCL Computers)
    Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card (£342.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
    Case: MSI MAG FORGE 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.24 @ CCL Computers)
    Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£53.94 @ CCL Computers)
    Total: £881.69
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 22:23 GMT+0000

    You have enough in the kitty to try out ray-tracing :pac:


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    #6
    Banton
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Banton


    Homelander wrote: »
    With that budget I would consider selling the old system as is and building a new one.

    1K would buy you a Ryzen 3600, 16GB DDR4 3200mhz, 1TB SSD and GTX1660 Super. (not including the sale price of old system)...run all new games at 1080 ultra.

    The easier option is to get a 2nd hand i7-4770 for €100, and just upgrade graphics card for the €250-ish. Would still be pretty good, few hundred euro outlay, zero hassle and get probably a third of it back via selling the i5 (€50) and GTX960 (€60ish).

    Guild Wars 2 and LOL would benefit from a pure GPU upgrade, not sure about FF. Most newer games struggle with those old i5's at times.

    Thanks for the recommendation. I might go for that 2nd hand i7-4770 option. What graphics card would you recommend with that? Is there any need to upgrade the motherboard if I go with this?


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    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    I would recommend against the i7-4770 - the jump to a Ryzen 3600 is HUGE (~25% increase in IPC in addition to 50% more cores).
    And if your current 8Gb RAM is on a single stick, that means you're in single-channel mode and leaving performance on the table - at which point I'd ask, again, why upgrade an outdated system?


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    #8
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    To be honest, if you gaming 1080p, then most what would you need now is a GPU. I honestly can't see what game you would need to play for this cpu to struggle.

    I would recommend just getting something like 1660ti for now and maybe an SSD for just games. I would be shocked if you would not be happy with how much better your system would do just by spending fraction of your budget.
    And if you still not happy, you can order the rest of the system and use that SSD and GPU for that build. Or just get that GPU and SSD, and wait for new Ryzen CPUs come out this year. Win win.


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    #9
    djan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭djan


    Given that your graphics car is by far holding you back, I'd pick up a 1660ti and just pop it into the system.

    I'd also get go for a 2x8GB ram set up and leave it at that.

    If you're still not happy with performance then you can look at upgrading the cpu to the i7 mentioned. For the games you mentioned and a 1080p resolution there is absolutely no need to waste 1k EUR :)

    I recently upgraded from the GTX 960 to a RX 580 (the 1660ti is more powerful still) and can play new games on high settings at 60fps+ with LOL getting 200+ FPS so you'll be more than fine with the nvidia card.

    Oh and grab a 500gb or 1TB SSD and you'll be golden!


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