Cheapest most powerful PC.

[xompx]

I'm already packing a

- Can't remember the mobo

- i3 6100

-16GB of DDR4 Ram

-Gtx 1060 (3gb)

 

I want to upgrade, however being in college for one more year i am saving up for that, however i'm off to uni in a year so whilst i have the money i want to upgrade so i it will last till the end of uni. Oh I'm from England so something in pounds. Something about 5 years.

[Spotty]

How much money are you looking to spend?
What are you hoping to use it for? Just uni work or other stuff as well?

GTX 1060 and 16GB of DDR4 is a good place to start. You could probably keep those. The i3 6100 is a little underpowered though. You could look at getting a new motherboard and a Ryzen 3600 CPU.

[harry esses]

get ryzen much cheaper sell mobo and cpu 

[xompx]

With that i was looking at upgrading to an i7 than eventually upgrading my gpu when i can

 

[5x5]

Prices on used Skylake/Kabylake i7s aren't ideal - you're better off getting a B450 Steel Legend and R5 3600

[harry esses]

is there buget

 

[xompx]

My budget is generally 700 at a push

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, xompx said:

With that i was looking at upgrading to an i7 than eventually upgrading my gpu when i can

 

For the cost of an i7 6700k or 7700k you could probably buy the Ryzen 3600. Used prices for i7 CPUs are wayyyy too high.
A brand new Ryzen 2600 + B450 motherboard should be less than the cost of a 2nd hand i7 6700k on eBay.

[5x5]

1 minute ago, xompx said:

My budget is generally 700 at a push

That's more than enough - you could probably fit an RX 5700 Pulse or Strix too

[harry esses]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$119.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$37.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$37.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$21.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB DUAL OC Video Card	$163.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cooler Master MB600L ODD ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	LG 22MC37D-B 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$89.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	$49.88 @ Amazon
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse	$29.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$731.58
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 07:55 EDT-0400

 

[5x5]

Just now, harry esses said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$119.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$37.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$37.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Kingston A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$21.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Asus GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB DUAL OC Video Card	$163.89 @ OutletPC
Case	Cooler Master MB600L ODD ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair VS 450 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$49.99 @ Amazon
Monitor	LG 22MC37D-B 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$89.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard	$49.88 @ Amazon
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse	$29.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$731.58
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 07:55 EDT-0400

 

That's a straight-up downgrade and waste of money. What?

[xompx]

True, however in the past i've had bad experiences with AMD CPUS

[xompx]

Also i have a monitor, keyboard and mouse already.

[5x5]

1 minute ago, xompx said:

True, however in the past i've had bad experiences with AMD CPUS

That's not a reason to get a much slower and more expensive i7 that is already obsolete - Ryzen 3000 is by far the best product on the market atm.

[harry esses]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$133.00 @ Amazon
Motherboard	ASRock B450M/AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$74.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$62.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team GX1 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$85.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card	$279.99 @ Newegg
Case	HEC HX210 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	$29.99 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$69.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$756.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$736.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 07:58 EDT-0400

 

[harry esses]

plus with amd you could easly upgrade to a ryzen 9 in future

 

[VEXICUS]

I'll recommend something like this instead...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£118.89 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock X370M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£60.72 @ SmartTeck.co.uk) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£31.98 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£31.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£56.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8 GB Video Card  (£314.46 @ Alza) 
Case: Aerocool Cylon Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£32.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£53.09 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £700.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 12:59 BST+0100

[xompx]

If it's ddr4 memory i can already supply that, that goes with the case and the power-supply too. I only really want to upgrade the CPU, GPU and mobo

[5x5]

Just now, xompx said:

If it's ddr4 memory i can already supply that, that goes with the case and the power-supply too. I only really want to upgrade the CPU, GPU and mobo

Don't worry - they just don't read anything and spam builds from American stores. Sadly how things tend to happen.

 

Cheers

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£84.41 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8 GB PULSE Video Card  (£371.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £707.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 13:03 BST+0100

[VEXICUS]

1 minute ago, xompx said:

If it's ddr4 memory i can already supply that, that goes with the case and the power-supply too. I only really want to upgrade the CPU, GPU and mobo

Specify your memory configuration, frequency.

Specify your power supply. 

[VEXICUS]

2 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Don't worry - they just don't read anything and spam builds from American stores. Sadly how things tend to happen.

 

Cheers

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£84.41 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 8 GB PULSE Video Card  (£371.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £707.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 13:03 BST+0100

Switch the Mobo with https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/9C97YJ/msi-b450m-gaming-plus-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-gaming-plus

 

Steel legend is just a pro4 with fancy heatsinks.

[5x5]

Just now, VEXICUS said:

Switch the Mobo with a https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/9C97YJ/msi-b450m-gaming-plus-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-gaming-plus

Why would I downgrade to that? The Steel Legend has far superior firmware

[xompx]

So EvGa 600 w1

And the memory is a single 16gb 3000Mhz Corsair vengeance 

[Stormseeker9]

22 minutes ago, xompx said:

I'm already packing a

- Can't remember the mobo

- i3 6100

-16GB of DDR4 Ram

-Gtx 1060 (3gb)

 

I want to upgrade, however being in college for one more year i am saving up for that, however i'm off to uni in a year so whilst i have the money i want to upgrade so i it will last till the end of uni. Oh I'm from England so something in pounds. Something about 5 years.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£185.94 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	£106.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£60.90 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card	£371.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£64.97 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£790.79
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-21 13:05 BST+0100

you can reuse your Ram and case (if it fits atx boards)

 

What speed is your ram rated at? Ryzen prefers >3200mhz

[5x5]

Just now, xompx said:

So EvGa 600 w1

And the memory is a single 16gb 3000Mhz Corsair vengeance 

The power supply needs an upgrade - get a Corsair TXM from the link above - it's phenomenal value

 

The RAM is golden.