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Alphaaa552
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I am gunna be upgrading my terrible old motherboard, cpu and ram: Intel DQ67SW, I7 2600, terrible ram (im even embarrassed to say) 1333mhz :(.

I will be upgrading to the B450 Aorus Elite Motherboard, Ryzen 5 2600, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (16GB, 3200Mhz). I will also be changing my case due to a switch to an ATX board. I have the Deep Cool Matrexx 50.

 

Any tips as I really don't want to mess this up. I have done minor upgrades like a new GPU, installing fans but nothing more than that. I have seen quite a lot of tutorials and know minor details. 

 

Any useful tips are incredibly helpful.

 

Thanks!

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19 minutes ago, Alphaaa552 said:

I am gunna be upgrading my terrible old motherboard, cpu and ram: Intel DQ67SW, I7 2600, terrible ram (im even embarrassed to say) 1333mhz :(.

I will be upgrading to the B450 Aorus Elite Motherboard, Ryzen 5 2600, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (16GB, 3200Mhz). I will also be changing my case due to a switch to an ATX board. I have the Deep Cool Matrexx 50.

 

Any tips as I really don't want to mess this up. I have done minor upgrades like a new GPU, installing fans but nothing more than that. I have seen quite a lot of tutorials and know minor details. 

 

Any useful tips are incredibly helpful.

 

Thanks!

What price range are you aiming at?

What GPU did you buy? Because be careful to balance it with the CPU so you don't see big bottlenecks.

A good case and low price that I would recommend is Fractal Design Focus G

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1 minute ago, greeatzy said:

What price range are you aiming at?

What GPU did you buy? Because be careful to balance it with the CPU so you don't see big bottlenecks.

A good case and low price that I would recommend is Fractal Design Focus G

See the thing is, I have already purchased the case, motherboard, and ram. I have an RTX 2070 which shouldn't be a bad bottleneck on a 2600 I don't believe. I have a 600W power supply. I had an overall price range of around £350. I have around £120 left for the CPU. All the other parts I can take out of my old PC.

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14 minutes ago, Alphaaa552 said:

See the thing is, I have already purchased the case, motherboard, and ram. I have an RTX 2070 which shouldn't be a bad bottleneck on a 2600 I don't believe. I have a 600W power supply. I had an overall price range of around £350. I have around £120 left for the CPU. All the other parts I can take out of my old PC.

Yeah there will be no bottlenecks. Try to get the ryzen 5 2600X it has a slightly higher base clock and boost clock compared to the 2600.

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  • 2014 Build --> FX 8350 4.7GHz {} ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer {} Reference GTX 980 4GB {} 2x4GB 1866MHz HyperX {} Seagate 2TB 7200rpm {} 840 EVO 120GB {} XFX PRO850W {} Noctua NH D14 {} Fractal Define R4 White Windowed
  • 2018 Build --> Ryzen 7 2700X {} ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 {} Gigabyte RTX 2070 8GB {} 2x8GB HX Fury 3200MHz {} Toshiba P300 2TB {} Kingston 480GB A1000 {} Corsair RM750W {} Enermax LIQMAX II 240 {} Fractal Focus G
  • 2021 Build --> Ryzen 9 5900X {} ASUS ROG Strix X570-F GAMING {} ASUS GeForce RTX 3080Ti ROG STRIX OC {} Gigabyte AORUS RGB DDR4 32GB {} Kingston KC2500 M.2 2280 NVMe 2TB {} Seasonic FOCUS GX-1000 {} ASUS ROG Ryujin 240 AIO {} NYXT H710i
  • 2026 Build --> Ryzen 9 9950X3D {} ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO {} ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 32GB ASTRAL LC {} G.Skill TridentZ Royal Neo RGB Silver DDR5 CL28 6000MHz 2x16GB {} Samsung SSD 4TB 9100 PRO M.2 {} Seasonic 1600W PRIME TX Noctua Edition {} Fractal Lumen S36 V2 RGB 360mm AIO {} Fractal Design North XL Charcoal
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5 hours ago, Alphaaa552 said:

I am buying a new case, my old one is the Aerocool Cylon Mini, and new one is on the post

i meant 
 
use case
noun
 
  1. a specific situation in which a product or service could potentially be used.
     
     
     
     
     
    What are you going to do with it? 
     
    Gaming, photo editing, general browsing.. ect. 
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5 hours ago, Alphaaa552 said:

See the thing is, I have already purchased the case, motherboard, and ram. I have an RTX 2070 which shouldn't be a bad bottleneck on a 2600 I don't believe. I have a 600W power supply. I had an overall price range of around £350. I have around £120 left for the CPU. All the other parts I can take out of my old PC.

Get the 2600x. It is available for £118 on amazon.co.uk.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/6mm323/amd-ryzen-5-2600x-36ghz-6-core-processor-yd260xbcafbox

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CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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