Upgrading for Battlefield & COD Vanguard

[JT990]

Hi,

I'm looking for advice on what to purchase to upgrade my system ready for upcoming next gen games and to run current games such as warzone & total war a bit smoother.
Current build is - i3-8100, H310M Motherboard, 2 x 8GB Corsair DDR4 RAM, Adlink S70 1TB SSD, GTX1060-3gb.

Budget is anything from £500-£1500.

Hope this is all info needed. Thanks.

 

[lee32uk]

Hi welcome to the forum

I would say keep hold of the GTX 1060 for the short term until gpu availability/pricing goes back to normal. You can reuse the SSD and maybe the ram depending on the speed.

So you can probably just get away with a cpu/board upgrade for the time being. Something like an R5 5600X or R7 5800X and a B550 board such as the MSI B550 Tomahawk.

What case and power supply do you have ? Also what speed is that Corsair ram ?

 

[JT990]

Thanks for the reply. The ram is 3200Mhz. Power supply is Fractal Design 80 + 500w PSU. Case is Riotoro CR480.
I hope this helps.

 

[dfour]

This would be my base upgrade for you.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK)= £89.99

Total: £284.03 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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Then add a cpu either a 5600x or 5800x

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £259.99

Total: £268.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £389.99

Total: £398.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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The real problem is GPU as Lee menttioned.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Mech 2X OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £689.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Eagle 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £578.99

Total: £1,279.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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or faster

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Pro OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £859.99

Total: £870.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)


Hopefully with crypto currency being banned on china gpu stock might increase and prices drop to more sensible levels later this year.​

 

[dfour]

You could use your old case but as your spending good money you could buy a better air flow case like these:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh RGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £96.95
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool 205 Mesh Midi-Tower - black= £59.95
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 215 Midi Tower ARGB, Tempered Glass Black= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW)= £89.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Meshify C Blackout Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £86.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower DRGB Case - Black= £86.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P360 Air Mid Tower Case Tempered Glass DRGB - Satin Black= £68.95

Total: £622.61 (includes shipping: £52.80)​

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[JT990]

dfour - thank you very much for your reply. I'll look into all these bits and will get cracking on with it!
Do you think there's a vast difference in the 2 CPUs?

 

[lee32uk]

Thanks for the reply. The ram is 3200Mhz. Power supply is Fractal Design 80 + 500w PSU. Case is Riotoro CR480.
I hope this helps.

The ram is fine to reuse then. The psu could probably do with a refresh if it is one of the lower end Fractal units like the Integra. Up to you on the case. You could see what temps are like if just going with a cpu upgrade, or you can look at some of the cases listed above.

 

[lee32uk]

Do you think there's a vast difference in the 2 CPUs?

If you are just gaming then there isn't much difference between the 5600X and 5800X, so it depends on what you want to spend

 

[dfour]

dfour - thank you very much for your reply. I'll look into all these bits and will get cracking on with it!
Do you think there's a vast difference in the 2 CPUs?

It depends on how long you plan to keep your pc. The 5600x is a great value gaming cpu, theoretically the 5800x will be best as the new consoles are 8 core/16 threads so hopefully more game will be written to take advantage of the amount of cores/threads in the end.