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  • 20-05-2020 10:48pm
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    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭


    Hi. Looking to upgrade my PC to a decent spec for gaming. I would be looking at getting motherboard, CPU, GPU and RAM. I have a new SSD, decent monitor, mouse keyboard etc. Budget maybe €700. Might possibly need a case if the graphics card is very long. Any suggestions would be welcome.


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


    mossie wrote: »
    Hi. Looking to upgrade my PC to a decent spec for gaming. I would be looking at getting motherboard, CPU, GPU and RAM. I have a new SSD, decent monitor, mouse keyboard etc. Budget maybe €700. Might possibly need a case if the graphics card is very long. Any suggestions would be welcome.

    Will need detailed specs of your current set up and if the PC will be only used for gaming or other things, in order to better advise.


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    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭mossie


    Thanks

    Existing Spec:
    AMD FX-8320 3.50GHz
    2 x 4GB DDR3 RAM
    1TB Samsung SSD 860 QVO
    1TB Hitachi Hard Drive
    1TB WD Hard Drice
    LG Blu-ray RW
    Gigabyte GA-970 Gaming motherboard
    GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
    AOC ultrawide monitor 3440x1440 not sure of model number.

    I think that covers the main points. I'll reuse the monitor, BD-RW, SSD and hard drives.


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    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭mossie


    Forgot to say, mainly gaming, little bit of photoshop and then general PC use, word processing video watching etc.


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    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 (£155.00 @ Amazon UK)
    Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£104.98 @ CCL Computers)
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (£77.81 @ Amazon UK)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£319.97 @ Amazon UK)
    Total: £657.76
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-21 19:51 BST+0100

    You should be able to sell the current parts for €200 or so (€80-100 for the GPU).

    Also, B550 motherboards are coming out in the next week or so.


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    mossie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭mossie


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    PCPartPicker Part List

    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£155.00 @ Amazon UK)
    Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£104.98 @ CCL Computers)
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (£77.81 @ Amazon UK)
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GAMING X Video Card (£319.97 @ Amazon UK)
    Total: £657.76
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-21 19:51 BST+0100

    You should be able to sell the current parts for €200 or so (€80-100 for the GPU).

    Also, B550 motherboards are coming out in the next week or so.

    Great thanks, price sounds good. Probably going to hold off until later in the year as my funds just got diverted to more pressing matters.


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


    mossie wrote: »
    Great thanks, price sounds good. Probably going to hold off until later in the year as my funds just got diverted to more pressing matters.

    The build by Kiki is bang on. If you're going to hold on for a bit, the new ryzen 4xxx processors should be put by September which are expected to be a substantial improvement on this gen (10-20% ipc gains)


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