Upgrading the ol' reliable

[Jacob Winters]

Howdy all!

 

I've been running my PC for a while now (Well over 8 years), and upgrading a part here and there every once in a while, but I feel as though it's finally time to upgrade it in a major way. I want to find myself a new CPU, but would rather on a newer socket than LGA1150, which means upgrading the Motherboard, which also means upgrading my current memory from DDR3 to DDR4.

 

I'm not really sure where exactly to look, as the market always used to be "Oh! New CPU for gaming? Intel all the way!!", but now AMD CPUs are becoming viable options.... (How the world is changing...). I have no real preference at the moment, but would really just like some performance-to-cost benefit.

 

Current Build;

 

CPU: Intel i5-4690k @3.5GHz, 4 Cores
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition

CPU Cooler: Stock Intel Cooler (Yeah... I know...)

Memory: Corsair Vengance DDR3 @1600MHz (2x8GB)

Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A

Storage: 250GB Samsung EVO 970 M.2 Drive, PNY 240GB SSD, 2TB Seagate HDD, 1TB Toshiba HDD

Power Supply: Thermaltake 650W
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 600T
Monitor: Dell E2715H 1920x1080 @60Hz, Gateway HX2000 1600x900 @ 59Hz 
Keyboard: Corsair K70
Mouse: Razer Deathadder Elite

 

 

At this point, I'm looking to upgrade the CPU, CPU Cooler, Memory, and Motherboard. If I need to, however, am I willing to put some money down for a new power supply, although I don't really think I'll need to.
I am planning on upgrading the GPU and monitors sometime in the near future, but those aren't a priority right now,
My budget is roughly 600 USD, although if you folks have some insane suggestions I can break that a bit.
I usually just play games on this build, like Arma, GTA, and some others as they come along. I'm not massive into the AAA titles, as I don't find them enjoyable all that much, although I may play games like Siege every now and then.

 

Thank you all for helping me, it really means a lot! I appreciate you taking time out of your day to help my sorry little butt! <3

 

If you need any more info, feel free to let me know, and I'll do my best to provide!

[Fasauceome]

11 minutes ago, Jacob Winters said:

Power Supply: Thermaltake 650W

could be more specific

[Fakmykak]

Are you ok with getting some used hardware? Or do you want everything to be new?

[Jacob Winters]

34 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

could be more specific

I honestly don't remember what the exact product is, all I know is that it's a thermaltake and its 650W... It doesnt have any names on it besides Thermaltake, sorry.
 

32 minutes ago, Fakmykak said:

Are you ok with getting some used hardware? Or do you want everything to be new?

I would prefer New, but used things from reliable sources would be fine I suppose.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Jacob Winters said:

I honestly don't remember what the exact product is, all I know is that it's a thermaltake and its 650W... It doesnt have any names on it besides Thermaltake, sorry.

Makes me wary of the quality, thermaltake makes some good units and some real crap ones. If you upgrade, consider allocating some funds for a new PSU. 550 or 650 will do for just about any rig.

[Jacob Winters]

5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Makes me wary of the quality, thermaltake makes some good units and some real crap ones. If you upgrade, consider allocating some funds for a new PSU. 550 or 650 will do for just about any rig.

I just looked up the serial number, and it looks like the Thermaltake TR2 TR-600, which is actually a 600 watt... Should still be alright though, just needs a good dusting

[Fasauceome]

19 minutes ago, Jacob Winters said:

I just looked up the serial number, and it looks like the Thermaltake TR2 TR-600, which is actually a 600 watt... Should still be alright though, just needs a good dusting

Oof, the TR2 was one of the worst lines from thermaltake, definitely consider a replacement.

 

Used one myself in an old spruce up build, terrible voltage ripple.

Edited July 26, 2019 by fasauceome

[VEXICUS]

44 minutes ago, Jacob Winters said:

....

There you go...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA V2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card  ($269.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.43 @ Amazon) 
Total: $602.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 14:58 EDT-0400[/

[Jacob Winters]

I personally would rather a larger motherboard with more room for upgrades in the future, so I changed it to a MSI B450-A Pro. As well, I don't really feel the need to upgrade my GPU at the moment, so I removed that from the list. Also, I've decided to go with an AIO Water Cooling system, and I've heard that Corsair does fairly well, so I've slapped a few extra bucks towards that, as I wish to water-cool the system for when/if I want to overclock. Here's where I am at now in the list, in case anyone would like to make any further suggestions. Thanks for the ideas @VEXICUS !!

(I may change the CPU to a more powerful one, although I'm not sure at the moment)

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($132.90 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.43 @ Amazon) 
Total: $482.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-26 15:34 EDT-0400