"Hamster on Speed" build needs upgrading.

[granvanoeli]

Budget (including currency): £600 - 700

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: I'd like to play new and upcoming titles like Control, Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. 

Other details: 
Current Parts:

TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit 
Seagate SSHD 7200RPM 3.5" 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5
Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 (Overclocked)
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply- Black
MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler
 

It would be nice to be able to play newer and upcoming game at 60 fps 1080. I don't need anything insane and if possible I would like to keep using what I can, mostly because it all still works fine. I already have all peripherals and a monitor. I just don't know if it's even possible (or worth it) to upgrade without starting from scratch. I thought about upgrading the graphics card, but I dunno if it would make sense with my CPU being wha it is and vice-versa, the CPU socket is pretty old. Then I would have to upgrade the power supply...I just don't know where to start .

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Fasauceome]

24 minutes ago, granvanoeli said:

I would like to keep using what I can, mostly because it all still works fine

If you want to keep most of your parts:

Spoiler

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU Cooler	Alpenföhn Brocken ECO 65.41 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory	Team Elite Plus 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage	Seagate 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	£332.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£50.36 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£383.31
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-27 15:01 BST+0100

 

Add a used i7-4770 and 4GB more RMA to your build. If you have extra budget, you can improve the power supply and graphics card.

 

Would look something like this:

Spoiler

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2Ff9Zf

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU Cooler	Alpenföhn Brocken ECO 65.41 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard	MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory	Team Elite Plus 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage	Seagate 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£359.99 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply	Corsair Vengeance 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£80.52 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£440.51
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-27 15:04 BST+0100

 

 

[foldingNoob]

I would prioritize a new PSU and a new SSD, but I also think you need to upgrade your CPU to play current titles. MSI says your motherboard can fit a 5th gen i7 so see what you can get second hand. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/84979/5th-generation-intel-core-i7-processors.html

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, foldingNoob said:

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/84979/5th-generation-intel-core-i7-processors.html

Except those are all mobile CPUs

[foldingNoob]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Except those are all mobile CPUs

select the desktop filter

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, foldingNoob said:

select the desktop filter

Unfortunately fifth gen availability is pretty non-existent on secondhand market. 

 

Fortunately 4th gen is plenty.

[foldingNoob]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Fortunately 4th gen is plenty.

4790 it is then. If that is not enough to play your games you will have to buy a new motherboard & ram.

[granvanoeli]

This is great help, thank you! I think maybe I'll try and upgrade the GPU first and see where I land...worst case I think I could move it to a new build...