motherboard and cpu upgrade

[jack snee]

I have the best cpu i can get for my current motherboard. I am wanting to upgrade to an atx motherboard. Looking to spend around £150 pound on the cpu and £150 on the motherboard. Suggestions on what i should get for increased fps and speed on games like overwatch and player unknown.

 

Current setup:

cpu - amd a8 7650k Radeon r7 4.19ghz

mobo - a68hm grenade

ram - basic 2 sticks of 8gb

GPU - gtx 1050ti

PSU - not sure but 500w

case - nzxt s340

cooler - not sure

 

... thanks

[Guest]

so like 300 pounds total

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £265.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-20 16:32 BST+0100

[jack snee]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

so like 300 pounds total

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £265.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-20 16:32 BST+0100

Is the rest of my setup compatible with this for sure and will i be able to buy and install the mobo then get the CPU at a later date.

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

Is the rest of my setup compatible with this for sure and will i be able to buy and install the mobo then get the CPU at a later date.

oh damn forgot ram yeah my bad uhm let me redo it

[jack snee]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

oh damn forgot ram yeah my bad uhm let me redo it

okay cheers

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

okay cheers

This should put right near the max budget but it sure hell worth it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£55.41 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £299.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-20 16:39 BST+0100

[jack snee]

3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

This should put right near the max budget but it sure hell worth it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£77.24 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£55.41 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £299.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-20 16:39 BST+0100

alright cheers what order should i buy them so that i can use them instantly

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

alright cheers what order should i buy them so that i can use them instantly

well they all need to be at the same time to finction

 

pc won't post without ram

pc won't post without cpu obviously 

and without a motherboard you just have a cpu and ram lying there doing nothing 

[jack snee]

2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

well they all need to be at the same time to finction

 

pc won't post without ram

pc won't post without cpu obviously 

and without a motherboard you just have a cpu and ram lying there doing nothing 

Yeh i know i mean could i get the ram and swap it for the existing ram then swap the motherboard then the cpu?

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

Yeh i know i mean could i get the ram and swap it for the existing ram then swap the motherboard then the cpu?

the new ram is ddr4 so no won't work and your old one is ddr3 most likely

[zzzzzzzhhh]

Sell the RAM, CPU and motherboard as a combo for £100-£150, and sell the GTX 1050 Ti for £100 (eBay).

 

You will be left with about £500 for: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9cPFnn and https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SGRANVI980GTX4GBA

 

If you want to save that £40 you can always get an R5 1400 instead.

[jack snee]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

the new ram is ddr4 so no won't work and your old one is ddr3 most likely

yeh it is so would i have to buy the ram and motherboard at the same time?

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

yeh it is so would i have to buy the ram and motherboard at the same time?

and the cpu too since the new mobo is only gonna work with that cpu only

[jack snee]

1 minute ago, Vespertine said:

Sell the RAM, CPU and motherboard as a combo for £100-£150, and sell the GTX 1050 Ti for £100 (eBay).

 

You will be left with about £500 for: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9cPFnn and https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SGRANVI980GTX4GBA

 

If you want to save that £40 you can always get an R5 1400 instead.

This might sound dumb but how is a 980 better than a 1050ti

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

This might sound dumb but how is a 980 better than a 1050ti

GTX 980 is at the same level of a 1060 but it's a bit older card so yeah

 

[jack snee]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

GTX 980 is at the same level of a 1060 but it's a bit older card so yeah

 

I am confused how a 980 is the same as a 1060

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

I am confused how a 980 is the same as a 1060

This video shows why. it's just different naming

 

[zzzzzzzhhh]

4 minutes ago, jack snee said:

I am confused how a 980 is the same as a 1060

1060 was made to beat the competing 970 card, that is usually how NVIDIA works with their new chip architectures, but Maxwell cards like the 980 are very good choices if you have access to CeX and their (sometimes) good deals.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Vespertine said:

1060 was made to beat the competing 970 card, that is usually how NVIDIA works with their new chip architectures, but Maxwell cards like the 980 are very good choices if you have access to CeX and their (sometimes) good deals.

the 1060 suppose to compete with the 980 not 970

https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060

Quote

The new, much-anticipated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is available now! Starting at just $249, the GeForce GTX 1060 delivers GeForce GTX 980-class performance on a single 6-pin PCIE connector, and features the same Pascal-architecture technology found on the record-breaking GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070.

 

[jack snee]

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

This video shows why. it's just different naming

 

Just watched it and yes they are extremely similar so what would be the point changing it.

[zzzzzzzhhh]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

the 1060 suppose to compete with the 980 not 970

https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060

 

Let me rephrase that, NVIDIA likes to make their new cards better than the cards above it on the older architecture, although there have been situations which that has not been the case.

[Guest]

Just now, jack snee said:

Just watched it and yes they are extremely similar so what would be the point changing it.

The 1060 consumes less power, is more modern has extra VRAM (Which would help out in the future or with games use more VRAM) and costs less

[zzzzzzzhhh]

1 minute ago, jack snee said:

Just watched it and yes they are extremely similar so what would be the point changing it.

Yeah, it is similar to the GTX 1060, which is not your card?

[jack snee]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

the 1060 suppose to compete with the 980 not 970

https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060

 

I have a cex around the corner from my house. also if i am getting an atx would it not have two gpu inputs and therefore run both

[zzzzzzzhhh]

3 minutes ago, jack snee said:

I have a cex around the corner from my house. also if i am getting an atx would it not have two gpu inputs and therefore run both

You mean SLI? Sadly, that won't work with NVIDIA cards (I think AMD has something similar with Crossfire though), SLI can only be done with the same NVIDIA GPU, different GPUs won't work.