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Upgrading current gaming PC vs new PC

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  • 26-02-2021 4:56pm
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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭


    I got my current PC from Hardwareversand.de in 2011 and over the years have upgraded bits and piece to get it to what it is today. Its still playing majority of games good but it starting to struggle with some stuff. If there anything in it worth upgrading or would I be better off to upgrade to new machine when it totally starts to struggle.

    Op system - Windows 10 Home, 64 Bit
    CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz, Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
    RAM - 10.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
    Graphics - 8192MB ATI Radeon RX 480 Graphics (XFX Pine Group)
    Motherboard - ASRock P67 Pro3 (CPUSocket)
    Storage - 931GB Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP102 ATA Device (SATA )
    Cooler - Corsair A70 CPU cooler
    Power supply - Super Flower SF700A14A Gamer Edition 700W
    Case - Lancool K58, ATX mid tower.

    Any suggestions appreciated


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    Confused11811
    Registered Users Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Confused11811


    The GPU market is terrible at the moment. If you where to upgrade which on your current system has very few options or decide to build getting a new gpu will be the main problem.
    In a few recent threads some much more knowledgeable guys on here are recommending prebuilt systems from the likes of Dell. PCspecialist.ie was a vendor used by a forum member in a recent thread and he was happy with the computer.

    Prices are at a premium for GPU's which is driving up prebuilt costs. You could build yourself using the RX480 as a placeholder card until new GPU's are available at decent prices.

    What's you budget ? What case do you have ?


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Confused11811 wrote: »
    The GPU market is terrible at the moment. If you where to upgrade which on your current system has very few options or decide to build getting a new gpu will be the main problem.
    In a few recent threads some much more knowledgeable guys on here are recommending prebuilt systems from the likes of Dell. PCspecialist.ie was a vendor used by a forum member in a recent thread and he was happy with the computer.

    Prices are at a premium for GPU's which is driving up prebuilt costs. You could build yourself using the RX480 as a placeholder card until new GPU's are available at decent prices.

    What's you budget ? What case do you have ?

    Lancool K58, ATX mid tower case. I have not really put too much thought into budget, but if I was going new build would be aiming for around 800euro max.
    System is preforming decent for what it is so not in a massive panic to upgrade but if there was something obvious on my existing PC I might do it.


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    Confused11811
    Registered Users Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Confused11811


    If you're fine at the moment you could revisit building in a few months time. Have a look at some of the recent threads on this forum first.

    If building is something you decide you want to do currently or in the future then complete the form here - https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74542374


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


    The 2500K is a bigger bottleneck than the RX480 in most games at this stage. You can always lower settings to hit 60fps, nothing you can do about CPU bottleneck, and a lot of new/more intensive games from recent years do struggle with the old i5.

    You would be fine to carry over the RX480 for now and get a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. A 1TB NVME drive as well.

    The equivalent now, of what your 2500K was back then, would be something like the Ryzen 5600X, pair it with a B550M and 16GB of 3600Mhz RAM and you're good.

    Then later on when GPU shortages normalise, sell your RX480 and pick up a new card as well. The Ram/CPU/Board/NVME would cost the majority of your €800 anyway.

    You can go cheaper and still get a very meaningful upgrade. Something like a €140 i5-10400F is a titanic upgrade on the 2500K and generally a very good all-round CPU.


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