Tips for a rig upgrade

[Kikoms]

Hello guys,

 

So I've got my rig for 4 years now and i feel like it's starting to get a little sluggish and not run as smoothly as it once did.

My main goal is to upgrade it with the most value for money options, taking into consideration that it's a gaming pc mainly focused on 1080p gaming.

Below is a list of the current config:

• CPU: Intel I5 6500

• Motherboard: Asus Z170-P

• RAM : 2x4GB HyperX Fury 2400MHz Cl15

• GPU: GTX 960 Strix 4GB GDDR5

• Storage: Kingston 120GB HyperX Savage 2.5 SATA III SSD/ Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue 7200rpm 64MB SATA III 3.5

• Power Supply: Seasonic S12II 520W

• Case: NZXT S340

Thanks for the help and feedback and Merry Christmas to all :D!!

[Statik]

What’s the question? What do you want to upgrade, budget, location, etc

[Kikoms]

Out of all the components I currently have I would like to upgrade those that would give the biggest performance increase without whilst being compatible with the rest of the system, since the main goal would be to do a gradual overhaul and create a +-700$ ryzen sistem for 1080p gaiming.

I would like to do it as monthly investments more or less and purchase the components one step at time but still being able to use until i have all parts.

Maybe I'm being a little stingy  but i didn't want to make such an investment all at once.

BTW I live in Europe .

[boggy77]

Seems like a balanced build. If you want to upgrade you'd need to upgrade both the cpu (to a 77000) and the gpu (depending on your budget to a 1660super, rx 5700 or 2070 super.

[Kikoms]

I'm thinking of going with the RX 5700 although i don't know if my PSU will handle it  ... Afterwards I'll probably upgrade the CPU for a Ryzen 2600 or 3600  the main doubt with the CPU/MB is whether if i go with a B450 MB or a X470 (taking into consideration future upgrades)

[boggy77]

22 minutes ago, Kikoms said:

I'm thinking of going with the RX 5700 although i don't know if my PSU will handle it  ... Afterwards I'll probably upgrade the CPU for a Ryzen 2600 or 3600  the main doubt with the CPU/MB is whether if i go with a B450 MB or a X470 (taking into consideration future upgrades)

You can get the 5700 and a new better psu that you can reuse in the new build.