What should i spend my money on ?!?! (PC UPGRADE)

[kurtinator177]

Hi guys and gals looking for some insight from you all, I have some money set aside to spend on my pc however im not really sure where to start, I am pretty happy with how it currently preforms but there is room for improvement.

Some components are pretty dated, My specs are listed bellow please feel free to chime in with any advice/recommendations  i have around $1400 AUD to spend

 

CPU: Ryzen 1600 Cooled by a corsair h60

MOBO: ASUS PRIME B350 PLUS

GPU: RX580 8GB

MEM:  16gb of G.Skill FlareX 2400mhz 2x 8gb dimms

PSU: Thermaltake Evo Blue 750w semi modular (not the 2.0 the original one)

MAIN DRIVE: Samsung 960 evo m.2 250gb

STORAGE DRIVES: 2TB WD GREEN,1TB WD BLACK ,Some random 1.5tb Seagate drive

 

[lmeneses]

If you're happy with how it performs, save the money, and that build is great rn, wym 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

2 minutes ago, kurtinator177 said:

Some components are pretty dated,

everything is dated.maybe get better monitor first ?

[kurtinator177]

1 minute ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

everything is dated.maybe get better monitor first ?

Not really in the market for a monitor only just got a new one last month, got a "fake predator"  Acer XZ271

[Wh0_Am_1]

I would recommend  upgrading your GPU.

P.S. your components are no where near as dated as mine.

[KarathKasun]

Vega 56 while its on sale, a good monitor, good input devices, large SSD, pair of 4tb drives, and external cases for your old drives to use them for backup.

[Ja Krispie]

Is there a big price different between a B350 board and B450 board and also a R5 1600 and R5 2600 in AUS?

I wonder if it wouldn't be better do go ahead and get the current gen

[kurtinator177]

Just now, Wh0_Am_1 said:

I would recommend  upgrading your GPU.

P.S. your components are no where near as dated as mine.

yeah i was leaning towards a possible gpu upgrade, also that power supply is going on 6 years old 

[KarathKasun]

Just now, Psybadek said:

Is there a big price different between a B350 board and B450 board and also a R5 1600 and R5 2600 in AUS?

I wonder if it wouldn't be better do go ahead and get the current gen

No major performance difference.  Better to wait for the 3000 series.

[mxk]

3 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

P.S. your components are no where near as dated as mine.

Lets see em, my CPU is dogshit.

 

nvm, though your CPU performs about the same as mine,

[Ja Krispie]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

No major performance difference.  Better to wait for the 3000 series.

Was referring to the price difference, not the performance. If it wasn't much more expensive may as well and get the 2000 series.

[KarathKasun]

Just now, Psybadek said:

Was referring to the price difference, not the performance. If it wasn't much more expensive may as well and get the 2000 series.

OP has a 1600 already, the list is what they have currently.

[zlolslavez]

I don't understand why everyone is pushing for an upgrade. You have a 1600 which is like, 10% worse maybe than a 2600, and you seem happy with your performance still.

 

I would hold on to that cash, and upgrade later.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

1 minute ago, zlolslavez said:

I would hold on to that cash, and upgrade later.

true, at least very solid for another 5yrs @1080p

[Froody129]

Your PC is great as it is. If you want to play higher resolutions than 1080p maybe a better graphics card upgrade could be justified but you really don't need anything at the moment. Save the money for when you actually need it 

[Shiv78]

New GPU  (GTX 1080, RTX 2070) if you want, not much else is needed

[Ja Krispie]

24 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

OP has a 1600 already, the list is what they have currently.

You're right I totally misread that.

[Wh0_Am_1]

42 minutes ago, kurtinator177 said:

yeah i was leaning towards a possible gpu upgrade, also that power supply is going on 6 years old 

6 years is fine (mine is 8 years old) it's when it starts to get older than 10 that you should start considering replacing it.

[Wh0_Am_1]

35 minutes ago, mxk. said:

Lets see em, my CPU is dogshit.

 

nvm, though your CPU performs about the same as mine,

That depends are we talking the ARM946E-S in your DS Lite or some other CPU? Because if we are talking the processor in your DS my CPU is several orders of magnitude faster. 

[mxk]

6 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

That depends are we talking the ARM946E-S in your DS Lite or some other CPU? Because if we are talking the processor in your DS my CPU is several orders of magnitude faster. 

The fact that you knew the ARM CPU of my DS lite is amazing. I was talking about my A8-6600k.

[Wh0_Am_1]

4 minutes ago, mxk. said:

The fact that you knew the ARM CPU of my DS lite is amazing. 

Lol, I just Googled it! (I wish I knew that stuff of the top of my head) Also apparently the DS Lite apparently has 2 processors (a second ARM V7 chip)

 

10 minutes ago, mxk. said:

 I was talking about my A8-6600k.

Wow, you may want to upgrade that in the near future.

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Lol, I just Googled it! (I wish I knew that stuff of the top of my head) Also apparently the DS Lite apparently has 2 processors (a second ARM V7 chip)

 

Wow, you may want to upgrade that in the near future.

check my signature, it's my current plans and i'm real close

 

also my shitty cpu does great in csgo at 1024x768. My 1070Ti upgrade from a 960 let me turn up the textures, so now I can actually look at my pixelated trash with FXAA.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Just now, mxk. said:

check my signature, it's my current plans and i'm real close

 

also my shitty cpu does great in csgo at 1024x768. My 1070Ti upgrade from a 960 let me turn up the textures, so now I can actually look at my pixelated trash with FXAA.

Well I hope you can get it soon. (And I thought that my plan to pair a 1070 ti with an ageing fx6300 was a crazy idea...) P.S. the 1070 ti would only really be used for Blender.

[mxk]

1 minute ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Well I hope you can get it soon. (And I thought that my plan to pair a 1070 ti with an ageing fx6300 was a crazy idea...) P.S. the 1070 ti would only really be used for Blender.

I remember princess cadence telling me "that bottleneck is huge" and I was kinda like "no shit". I knew what I was doing, and honestly, it's actually benefited me. I wouldn't of been able to use freesync on my monitor, and I can play csgo at 1920x1080 above 60 fps easily. 

[Wh0_Am_1]

6 minutes ago, mxk. said:

I remember princess cadence telling me "that bottleneck is huge" and I was kinda like "no shit". I knew what I was doing, and honestly, it's actually benefited me. I wouldn't of been able to use freesync on my monitor, and I can play csgo at 1920x1080 above 60 fps easily. 

LOL! Whelp if all else fails aim for at least a 2600k. (Or a 3570k)