Budget Upgrade

[PlumpPlatypus]

Hello there people of the internet,

 

I need help figuring out what GPU and CPU to get to upgrade my current potato PC.

Current Specs: GPU - AMD Radeon HD 6570

                           CPU - AMD FX (tm) - 6100 Six - Core Processor         3.30 GHz

                           RAM - 8GB DDR3

                               Power Supply - 500 Watts

                           Motherboard - Outdated

I am on a budget so i cant get anything overkill but i was thinking on getting the now outdated Ryzen 2600 CPU as i thought i would get this instead of getting the new Ryzen 3600 to save some money and pairing it with the RX 590 GPU. 

Does anyone else have another thought on what i should get, be it getting a cheaper CPU or Graphics Card to save money or spend a little more to get that extra value and performance. Any comment would help me out, 

Thanks 

[Pixel5]

in order to provide any meaningful information we need to know what you currently have that you can reuse and howmuch you want to spend only then we can see whats possible within your price range.

[PlumpPlatypus]

15 minutes ago, Pixel5 said:

in order to provide any meaningful information we need to know what you currently have that you can reuse and howmuch you want to spend only then we can see whats possible within your price range.

sorry,

 

Current Specs: GPU - AMD Radeon HD 6570

                           CPU - AMD FX (tm) - 6100 Six - Core Processor         3.30 GHz

                           RAM - 8GB DDR3

                               Power Supply - 500 Watts

                           Motherboard - Outdated

[FloRolf]

1 hour ago, PlumpPlatypus said:

I am on a budget

What exactly does that mean? Could you save up a a little more or is your budget fix? 

 

IMHO a 2600X would be a very very good upgrade and I've seen them quite cheap already. As for the RX590 you should hold your amazing 6570a little longer until amd drops the 5500X series as those will perform similar to the 590 but at a much lower power consumption, price, Temps etc. 

[PlumpPlatypus]

3 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

What exactly does that mean? Could you save up a a little more or is your budget fix? 

 

IMHO a 2600X would be a very very good upgrade and I've seen them quite cheap already. As for the RX590 you should hold your amazing 6570a little longer until amd drops the 5500X series as those will perform similar to the 590 but at a much lower power consumption, price, Temps etc. 

Thanks for your response, i think i will wait for the new 5500X series and to answer your question my budget has some leeway up to no more than £80 

[FloRolf]

5 hours ago, PlumpPlatypus said:

Thanks for your response, i think i will wait for the new 5500X series and to answer your question my budget has some leeway up to no more than £80 

How do you imagine yourself getting a 2600, a board, ram and a new gpu for just £80?

[BTGbullseye]

5 hours ago, FloRolf said:

How do you imagine yourself getting a 2600, a board, ram and a new gpu for just £80?

Unless he's picking stuff out of garbage bins, or swiping them off shelves and not paying for them, he's not even getting the CPU for that...

[PlumpPlatypus]

6 hours ago, FloRolf said:

How do you imagine yourself getting a 2600, a board, ram and a new gpu for just £80?

no no, not for £80. Thats the leeway of my budget. Really my budget is about £500 give or take. 

[veikko315]

9400F, ebay gtx 1070, cheap 8gb kit, cheap ssd, done

[BTGbullseye]

43 minutes ago, PlumpPlatypus said:

no no, not for £80. Thats the leeway of my budget. Really my budget is about £500 give or take. 

Now that we have an actual budget to work off, we can start providing decent recommendations.

 

A Ryzen 5 2600 and RX 580 would probably be your best bet to start, then save up for a 5700 XT. Once you have that, sell the 580, and buy a 3600 with the proceeds.Just get a cheap decent B450 or x470 motherboard and a cheap set of 3200MHz CL16 RAM, and you're good to go.