Need some advice on upgrading some of my PC parts!

[dante1526]

Need some advice on pc parts upgrades. Built it back in 2017 and haven't upgraded anything since. Thinking of upgrading my CPU and Motherboard cause everything else still seems good to run the latest games? Willing to spend ~ CAD 500 - 600 but flexible. Might upgrade to 1440p 144hz gaming in the near future but don't have the money for a graphic card or monitor upgrade yet

 

CPU: Intel i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz w/ HYPER 212 EVO cooler

Motherboard: H170 Gaming M3 (Bought the wrong motherboard for an unlocked CPU, I know :/)

Graphics Card: GIGABYTE G1 GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5

RAM: HyperX FURY 16GB (4 x 4GB) @ 2133 MHz

Storage: HyperX Fury 240 GB SSD, 2 TB, and 4 TB Hard Drive

Power Supply: EVGA 650 GQ, 80+ GOLD 650W

Case: NZXT S340

Displays: BENQ XL 2420z 1080p 144hz Monitor + LG 4k Monitor (I do a little bit of photo and video editing)

[Carbonado]

Are you fine with switching over to AMD? Coz in that case, you can get the budget Ryzen 5 3600, which is a beast of a cpu and a b550 or x570 motherboard too

[dante1526]

2 minutes ago, CouRageRC said:

Are you fine with switching over to AMD? Coz in that case, you can get the budget Ryzen 5 3600, which is a beast of a cpu and a b550 or x570 motherboard too

totally fine with switching to AMD. thinking of upgrading RAM too. any suggestions?

[jhogan93]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$199.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$54.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.99 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$384.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-05 03:42 EDT-0400

 

 

 

 

 

an idea plus water cooling to do some over clocking. using the exact same parts for my older bros new pc. havent gotten all the parts in but the value looks good

 

[Carbonado]

3 minutes ago, dante1526 said:

totally fine with switching to AMD. thinking of upgrading RAM too. any suggestions?

I'd suggest the Ryzen 7 2700x ( cad 300 ish ), ASUS Tuf x570 Motheboard ( cad 200 ish ) and for ram, Corsair Vengeance lpx 3600mhz 2x8gb ( under 95 cad)

 

Let me know if you want to upgrade to more ram as for your pc, 16gb should do good  

[Carbonado]

1 minute ago, CouRageRC said:

I'd suggest the Ryzen 7 2700x ( cad 300 ish ), ASUS Tuf x570 Motheboard ( cad 200 ish ) and for ram, Corsair Vengeance lpx 3600mhz 2x8gb ( under 95 cad)

 

Let me know if you want to upgrade to more ram as for your pc, 16gb should do good  

Also if you are planning on more memory, i would suggest Corsair Vengeance lpx 3200mhz 2x16gb modules ( it comes around cad 150 ), as anything more than 32 gb is obviously overkill.

[jhogan93]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$234.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$98.21 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$463.19
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-05 03:50 EDT-0400

 

if you want to drop the AIO and go more into specs at 600ish CAD

[dante1526]

7 minutes ago, CouRageRC said:

Also if you are planning on more memory, i would suggest Corsair Vengeance lpx 3200mhz 2x16gb modules ( it comes around cad 150 ), as anything more than 32 gb is obviously overkill.

any reason for the 2700x over 3600?

 

[Carbonado]

3600 is the ryzen 5 series whereas the 2700x is the ryzen 7 series, tho it is a generation older, it has 8 cores and 16 threads compared to the 3600's 6cores and 12 threads, and as it is the 'x' version, it has faster speeds, so i would go for the 2700x over the 3600

[dante1526]

11 minutes ago, jhogan93 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$234.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$98.21 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$463.19
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-05 03:50 EDT-0400

 

if you want to drop the AIO and go more into specs at 600ish CAD

the mother board and memory are sold out in Canada  

[jhogan93]

1 minute ago, CouRageRC said:

3600 is the ryzen 5 series whereas the 2700x is the ryzen 7 series, tho it is a generation older, it has 8 cores and 16 threads compared to the 3600's 6cores and 12 threads, and as it is the 'x' version, it has faster speeds, so i would go for the 2700x over the 3600

dude a 3600xt will out perform a 2700x in gaming. yes in streaming, video editing, etc a ryzen 7 series chip should have an edge. but the value is with the 3600xt, in my opinion.

[jhogan93]

3 minutes ago, dante1526 said:

the mother board and memory are sold out in Canada  

oof shop around and see what works for you. im in the states so its a bit harder to help on that front

[Carbonado]

3 minutes ago, jhogan93 said:

dude a 3600xt will out perform a 2700x in gaming. yes in streaming, video editing, etc a ryzen 7 series chip should have an edge. but the value is with the 3600xt, in my opinion.

True, depends if @dante1526 wants to run only games, or even some workload

[dante1526]

2 minutes ago, jhogan93 said:

oof shop around and see what works for you. im in the states so its a bit harder to help on that front

no worries. appreciate the advice either way!

[jhogan93]

Just now, CouRageRC said:

True, depends if @dante1526 wants to run only games, or even some workload

thats fair, but i have a 2700x overclocked @4ghz and i think the 3600xt is the better value

[Carbonado]

1 minute ago, jhogan93 said:

thats fair, but i have a 2700x overclocked @4ghz and i think the 3600xt is the better value

Oh okay welp that's cool then x D i was thinking of going for the 2700x too but good to know!  

[dante1526]

11 minutes ago, CouRageRC said:

True, depends if @dante1526 wants to run only games, or even some workload

i do some light video and photo editing on the side

[Carbonado]

Just now, dante1526 said:

i do some light video and photo editing on the side

In that case I would suggest the 2700x as the threads and cores help

[PeachGr]

I d say wait for the new ryzen series, then buy the 6 core variant. Probably it will be called ryzen 5 5600, the for it in a b550 mobo, and use your old psu, GPU and RAM. Then if you feel like spending more, come again

[dante1526]

Thinking about going with this built instead. thoughts?

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$314.95 @ shopRBC
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$196.00 @ Newegg Canada
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$126.99 @ Newegg Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$637.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-05 08:36 EDT-0400

 

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