Roggal

Thanks All, Much appreciated.

Yes, definitely - It doesn't have to fly or anything - just do its job. What would you recommend?

Hi there, So there is a problem which I can't seem to get my head around. I am trying to make my parents PC alive again at least to some extent. I am limited by the motherboard a bit and don't want to invest too much, but would really appreciate some help or at least guidance as to what to focus on. The problem which I am facing now is that even applications like Word or Chrome are taking their time to be responsive, and it take a long time for many things to load. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Budget (including currency): As little as possible just to meet the requirements Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Office, watching YouTube, streaming to another screen (4K main screen + stream to FHD screen). Current config: MoBo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 Supports Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core / Core™2 Duo / Intel® Pentium® Extreme/ Intel® Pentium® D processor Supports DDR2 800/667/533 memory Gigabyte SATA 3Gb/s Controller 2 PCI Express X16 slot(run @ x16, x4) Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2M Cache, 2.13 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) HDD: SAMSUNG SP2504C (250GB, 7200 RPM) Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD5450 RAM: GEIL (2x2GB, 2x1GB) Would just changing the graphics card and the HDD work to get some movement on it? Or am I looking at getting some more new parts here? Thanks for any help in advance!

Thanks for all the replies guys! Really helping here! In terms of power supplies - any good recommendations for this build? My objective is to have a good upgrade potential in the future (CPU, GPU, perhaps RAM if needed) but probably never in the top tier bracket.

Budget (including currency): 1200 GBP Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1080p+ A titles gaming Other details: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor £199.99 @ Amazon UK Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard £199.95 @ AWD-IT Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory £81.38 @ Newegg UK Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £135.59 @ CCL Computers Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB VENTUS GP OC Video Card £371.76 @ CCL Computers Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case £83.99 @ Scan.co.uk Power Supply Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply £117.95 @ Amazon UK Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £1190.61 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-18 20:27 BST+0100 Hi All, I decided to go with this set-up and it will be my first build since I was a teenager (10+ years ago... ahh beautiful times...). I have seen quite a few tutorial videos (+some specifically on this MoBo). However, I just wanted to ask if anyone has any particular tips and tricks which would be helpful in getting this one together? Anything is more than welcome, but some questions which I have after quite a bit of research is the following: 1. Not sure which BIOS is going to be on the MoBo - is it still worth disabling WiFi before Windows install on this one? 2. With RAM - do I need to play around with timings in order to get the 3600Mhz memory to run as it should? Or has it been solved via BIOS updates as long as I use A2 and B2 slots? 3. Given that I won't be overclocking (at least for now) are 2x 120mm fans as provided in the case good enough to keep this build running reasonably quiet? Or am I completely over my head thinking that I perhaps need more cooling? 4. Is this MoBo going to support AMD 5xxx series? (Zen 3 or whatever it is?) Any other tips - typical screw-ups with newbies like me - more than welcome!

Thanks bellabichon! Your answer is super detailed and provides a lot of useful insights. I have provided some updates as I forgot to mention. I am in no rush - plan is to get it by EOY No overclocking

Hi All, Last time I have been building my own PC was good 12 years ago and to be honest I haven't been keeping up with latest things at all. I would really appreciate a bit of your help with putting this stuff together. TLDR: Easily upgradeable rig (in 2-3 years time) capable of running latest titles in High / Very High settings. Many thanks, R Budget (including currency): £1,000 (~$1,330) (preferably less and open to suggestions) Country: UK When I plan to buy: H2 2020 Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Cyberpunk 2077, Star Citizen, Assassin's Creed, CS: GO Other details: I was thinking about building the rig around: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC And a 1TB SSD like: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME (https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Roggal/saved/#view=YvyFgs) What are my objectives: Quiet No overclocking Future-proof - reasonably easy to upgrade in 2-3 years time Therefore, limited bottlenecks in terms of bandwidths etc. Doesn't have to be state-of-art after the upgrade (e.g.: happy to go for stuff which is top of the notch now but will be cheaper later e.g.: RTX 3080) Simple, elegant design of the case 16 GB of RAM (but perhaps more if it makes sense now?) 1080p at 60FPS/Hz in High / Very High in most games and 1080p at 144FPS/Hz for CS:GO in Medium+ What I need help with: Which motherboard to buy? Which brands of coolers to buy? Where can I save some £££ and where I shouldn't? What kind of RAM to get? When to buy? Is there any event that I should consider waiting for so that prices drop? Are there any big things on the horizon (in terms of tech) that I should wait for to make my build even more future proof? Should I swap any of the components above to something else because you think that it doesn't make any sense?