Newbie.. need help on cheap upgrades

Thornjack · 27 May 2018 at 18:14

hi all, complete newbie to upgrading pc’s.. I have a PC I bought around 5 yrs ago.. never really used it, but now I fancy getting back into things.. I have no idea whether to scrap it and start a fresh or whether i can get away by adding a few parts cheaply.. any help would be greatly appreciated.. spec is

CPU AMD FX 8320 viscera 32nn Tech 8 core 3.50 ghz

Ram 16 GB dual channel DD3 @ 799 nhz

Mother b MSI 970A G46 (MS 7693)

Graphics 2047 MD nvidia geforce GT640

Told you it was old.. thanks again

Spankme · 27 May 2018 at 18:15

Welcome to the forums

What is your buget and at what resolution will you be playing games at?

Thornjack · 27 May 2018 at 18:38

Was only thinking £200 -£300 .. won’t be playing on highest resolution... just wanna play med res, no stress easy gaming

if that makes sense..

orbitalwalsh · 27 May 2018 at 19:05

Would personally sell your core set up , ram should cover nice part of cost for new low-middle tier GPU which is still a lot better then your current .
Low-mid entry Ryzen chip is miles better then FX core you have, have a look through YouTube for comparison videos using both older and news GPUs and you'll see

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3000= £89.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £149.99

Total: £458.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

Food for though, AM4 socket will have a good lifespan as well

Mark1989 · 27 May 2018 at 19:16

With that budget depending on your psu I'd just put it all on gpu. Pc will still do 1080p then at least.

200/300 quid is not enough with current prices to do a full change.

Look at a RX580 or nvidia 1060 gpu

Thornjack · 27 May 2018 at 19:29

Thanks guys much appreciated

Thornjack · 27 May 2018 at 19:42

I think I might bite the bullet.. purchase one for £500-£600... from here.. what should I sell my old one at to help fund it £150 to cheap / expensive? ... maybe purchase a titan dagger from here

orbitalwalsh · 27 May 2018 at 19:46

Thornjack said:
I think I might bite the bullet.. purchase one for £500-£600... from here.. what should I sell my old one at to help fund it £150 to cheap / expensive? ... maybe purchase a titan dagger from here

If your in no rush, could sell the older stuff first and see if that effort more or less your overall budget .
If you need it quick then You'll have to sell afterwards and bits the bullet.
Another option is to grab gtx 1050ti mean time and list your current core system, get a good price shift it on and grab Ryzen core components .. middle stop gap

Worth doing research on FX Vs Ryzen at all levels of GPU .