Rate my upgrade...

[timbob]

Looking back at my order history here at OCUK, I last upgraded in 2011, spending about £400-£500 on mid-range components. A socket 1155 core i5, 8GB DDR3 RAM and a GeForce 460 (I think) with 1GB on board.

Being honest, I had to look that up - I couldn't remember the spec of my rig! Gone are the days of yore when I was into my overclocking, got excited about the brand new 700MHz AMD Athlons, could reel the specs of my build off the top of my head and could dish out advice to those not in the know... I literally have not been following any of the real developments in PCs, the new and various generations of CPU sockets, motherboard chipsets. Didn't even know there was a DDR4...!

So...

I've cobbled together a mid priced basket to upgrade my system. I think (but am not sure) that everything should be compatible with everything else... Other than basic desktop use, usage will be for gaming, but not AAA titles (I'm more into my combat flight sims, IL-2, Rise of Flight etc etc) so outright performance is not an issue, I'd just like something more up to date than the decade old system I currently have.

Any and all feedback and advice would be most welcome

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti D5 Mini 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Asus H110-Plus Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £59.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £99.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)= £67.99

Total: £577.41 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[breadturbo]

No point buying into a dead platform now, A ryzen is your best bet, I have no idea about those but I am sure one of the experts will be along shortly to assist

 

[NovaKill4]

This should be suitable for everything you need and will be a platform you can upgrade on.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £91.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Whisper M Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £199.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £59.99

Total: £703.00 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[lee32uk]

^^That is a decent spec from NovaKill4. If you want to shave a bit off then this RX570 is £50 cheaper.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99

Total: £159.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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What is your current power supply ?

 

[County]

This is the same as me
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/spec-me-please-last-build-is-2011.18840886/

Reckon I just follow your recommendations on this thread

 

[timbob]

I'd not considered AMD - the Ryzen processors seem to be good value in terms of their performance vs price. The one Novakill has linked to seems to be a goer. Do I need to be choosy in terms of chipsets, or is any socket AM4 mobo OK?

I do have an older PCI based sound card which I use for recording, which I would like to continue to use - so a motherboard with a bog standard old fashioned PCI slot would be ideal.

One of the games I play seems to have shader issues with ATI based cards, so I'm keen to stick with Nvidia based graphics - the GTX 1050ti seems to be a reasonably priced 4GB card, is there any reason not to go with it?

 

[timbob]

^^That is a decent spec from NovaKill4...<snip>


What is your current power supply ?

Current power supply is a 620W Antec gamer thing. My current gfx card needs a power connector from it, however the newer GeForce card I'm considering doesn't seem to, so it should be decent enough I think.

 

[lltfdaniel]

I'd not considered AMD - the Ryzen processors seem to be good value in terms of their performance vs price. The one Novakill has linked to seems to be a goer. Do I need to be choosy in terms of chipsets, or is any socket AM4 mobo OK?

I do have an older PCI based sound card which I use for recording, which I would like to continue to use - so a motherboard with a bog standard old fashioned PCI slot would be ideal.

One of the games I play seems to have shader issues with ATI based cards, so I'm keen to stick with Nvidia based graphics - the GTX 1050ti seems to be a reasonably priced 4GB card, is there any reason not to go with it?

Yep Amd is the king of bang for buck.

Intel is the performance king.

As for the 1050ti the Rx 570 beats it regarding performance and gives you much more fps for the money.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-RX-570/3649vs3924

 

[WantoN]

Given the recent Navi leaks and more information coming at CES, I’d consider waiting.

I’d go Ryzen either way, but if pricing for Navi is accurate, the performance per £ could be incredible.