Build New or Upgrade?

[DefenderDC100]

So I have had my PC for around 5 years now and its starting to lag behind in games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider and AC Origins. I am torn between upgrading my current set up or building a new one

 

Current Set Up:

 

Case: InWIN GT1 BLACK

Motherboard: ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

CPU: Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache

Cooler: Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe

RAM: 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

GPU: 4GB Gigabyte GTX 960

Storage: Sandisk 240GB SATA SSD; 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK HDD

PSU: CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES MODULAR 80+ GOLD

 

My budget for upgrading would be around £300. Would it be worth spending this on it or would I just have to be building a new one in a year or so anyway?

 

If I were to be building a new PC I would be prepared to invest around £700, and it would preferably be a micro ATX form factor at the biggest as I am a student and move around every few months so (in this case atleast) smaller would be better.

 

Please can you let me know any suggestions you have,

 

LS

[3 Lions]

Try and find a used i7 4770K or i7 4790K on Ebay. 

[TH3R34P3R]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£144.95 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard	MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot - Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£93.59 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£184.97 @ Ebuyer
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£41.99 @ Novatech
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£555.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-08 17:26 GMT+0000

 if you want new, do this. I did not include storage or a psu as you have both of those things already.  

 

if not, i would simply say go for a used 4790k. (and maybe a matching stick of ram  ) 

 

 

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, DefenderDC100 said:

So I have had my PC for around 5 years now and its starting to lag behind in games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider and AC Origins. I am torn between upgrading my current set up or building a new one

 

Current Set Up:

 

Case: InWIN GT1 BLACK

Motherboard: ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

CPU: Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache

Cooler: Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe

RAM: 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

GPU: 4GB Gigabyte GTX 960

Storage: Sandisk 240GB SATA SSD; 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK HDD

PSU: CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES MODULAR 80+ GOLD

 

My budget for upgrading would be around £300. Would it be worth spending this on it or would I just have to be building a new one in a year or so anyway?

 

If I were to be building a new PC I would be prepared to invest around £700, and it would preferably be a micro ATX form factor at the biggest as I am a student and move around every few months so (in this case atleast) smaller would be better.

 

Please can you let me know any suggestions you have,

 

LS

My old School i use to go to had 4690 CPUs and from what i know just using task can max them out (or im getting confused with another cpu)

[DefenderDC100]

47 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£144.95 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard	MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Patriot - Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£93.59 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£184.97 @ Ebuyer
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£41.99 @ Novatech
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£555.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-08 17:26 GMT+0000

 if you want new, do this. I did not include storage or a psu as you have both of those things already.  

 

if not, i would simply say go for a used 4790k. (and maybe a matching stick of ram  ) 

 

 

Yeah thats the sort of thing that I was thinking of for a new build. How does the Radeon RX 580 compare to something like a gtx 1060? I might just be being old fashioned but I've never strayed for an AMD CPU

 

Also, might be a stupid question but when switching storage between builds do I need to wipe the SSD cos it will have drivers for old GPU, CPU etc. on it, or does it not matter?

[DefenderDC100]

49 minutes ago, Nolanrulesroblox said:

My old School i use to go to had 4690 CPUs and from what i know just using task can max them out (or im getting confused with another cpu) 

Probably a different one, It's been a pretty good CPU but just not up to the task of modern games

[Guest]

4 hours ago, DefenderDC100 said:

Probably a different one, It's been a pretty good CPU but just not up to the task of modern games

i checked and it was the 4690