PC dying, upgrade time

RyanF · 25 Jul 2021 at 12:42

Hi folks, been out of the loop on what's what for a while now so need some help picking out adequate replacement parts. Budget is in the region of £700-£1k and for that I need to find a new mobo, CPU (+cooler), RAM and M.2 SSD. My GPU is a 1080Ti, mobo has to have space for my existing 2 SSDs and 2 HDDs as well as my sound card.

Only looking to game at 1440p so don't need anything massively beefy to support streaming etc. What's out there that's worth looking at?

Tetras · 25 Jul 2021 at 12:53

What is it replacing?

Grimley · 25 Jul 2021 at 14:10

Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £250.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99
1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black CPU Cooler - 120mm= £39.95

Total: £631.37 (includes shipping: £10.50)

RyanF · 25 Jul 2021 at 14:16

Tetras said:
What is it replacing?

My current mobo is a Gigabyte Z87x-d3h, a 4790k and run of the mill 16gb ddr3 ram. My case is a LL O11 Dynamic, should that matter

RyanF · 25 Jul 2021 at 20:56

Grimley said:
Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £250.99

1 x Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99

1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99

1 x be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black CPU Cooler - 120mm= £39.95

Total: £631.37 (includes shipping: £10.50)

How is AMD these days? Last time I shopped for parts they weren't remotely close to being competitive with Intel

mickyflinn · 25 Jul 2021 at 21:51

RyanF said:
How is AMD these days? Last time I shopped for parts they weren't remotely close to being competitive with Intel

Very competitive just check out reviews.

If you can afford it get a 5800x 8 core cpu that would see you well for the long term.

RyanF · 25 Jul 2021 at 21:52

Would you still air cool it? My case isn't the most optimal for air cooling so I'm tempted to get an AIO unit but the past few Corsair ones I've had I've not been overly impressed with

The Artfull Bodger · 25 Jul 2021 at 22:02

Yeah that CPU cooler quoted is too tall if not the air case, my cooler is about 140 high (with 2 fans) and is almost touching the glass (noctua nh-c14s).
If you want an aio would probably go with arctic freezer II 360 side/front or 360/240 top (think a 360 can go up there), but then I'm not bothered by RGB.
Edited for clarification

RyanF · 26 Jul 2021 at 11:35

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (Wi-Fi) (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £169.99

1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm= £99.95

1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99

1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £382.99

Total: £833.41 (includes shipping: £10.50)

How's this look?

jigger · 26 Jul 2021 at 15:13

RyanF said:
How is AMD these days? Last time I shopped for parts they weren't remotely close to being competitive with Intel

Intel aren’t remotely close now. AMD are beating Intel in every metric by a very long way. AMD have hammered Intel by almost a factor of 2 and caught Nvidia in a single graphics generation while pulling massively less power and running much cooler.

EsaT · 26 Jul 2021 at 18:18

RyanF said:
Would you still air cool it? My case isn't the most optimal for air cooling so I'm tempted to get an AIO unit but the past few Corsair ones I've had I've not been overly impressed with

It's Intels which need nuclear reactor's cooling system to keep them cool under full all core load.
While still getting crushed in multithreaded performance by Ryzens...

RyanF said:
How's this look?

HyperX memory is overpriced for worser latencies than Crucial.
Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £79.99

MissChief · 26 Jul 2021 at 19:42

RyanF said:
Would you still air cool it? My case isn't the most optimal for air cooling so I'm tempted to get an AIO unit but the past few Corsair ones I've had I've not been overly impressed with

The O-11 Dynamic isn’t a bad case for air cooling at all but yes there are other options available.