Upgrade path help and advice

[Fraser D]

Budget (including currency): Roughly £500

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - MW-Warzone - Some recording and streaming?

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

My Current Build is :

Case - CiT Blitz RGB?

PSU- Builders Series atx-500b - 500W

Motherboard - Gigabyte A320-s2h

CPU - AMD A8-9600 with integrated R7

Ram - HyperX Fury 8gb 2133mhz DDr3? (white)

Storage - Just acquired and loaded Windows 10 onto crucial mx500 2.5 ssd 1tb(boot)

                and a seagate barrcude 1tb (data)

 

Hey Folks, Iv had this rig for a few years without much use but i am looking to get back gaming and maybe do some recording and streaming. so im after your help and advice on what way to tackle this, i know a little about the hardware but am certainly not up to date on it all. Im just using a normal monitor at the moment but will be looking to get some that runs something like 1920x1080 and at 144mhz when i find one i like cheap enough

So what i really want to know is where to start, Im thinking about starting off with buying a GPU, after some research im thinking along the lines of a RTX 2060s? is this overkill? will it run with the CPU?

After the gpu, i was thinking about a RAM upgrade, the mboard supports upto 3200 DDr4 but the cpu max is DDr4 2666mhz, can i buy 3200 ddr4 and it will still work with the CPU? 

If the CPU cant handle the GPU then what kind of CPU am i looking at? i was thinking a ryzen 5 1600x? im assuming this will work with the motherboard? am4 socket?

Is the motherboard even upto scratch? the more research i do the more i get confused and lost! please help, and TIA for any advice!

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

[brob]

PSU should be replaced first.

 

One can run memory at lower speeds. Your current memory is DDR4. You will have to replace it to run any higher than DDR4-2133.

 

The A320 chipset is entry level and not really appropriate for Ryzen 5 or above cpu.

 

An RTX2060 is not a good pairing with an A8-9600 cpu. It would be a decent choice if one expects to upgrade the motherboard, cpu, and memory in a reasonably short period.

 

Save some more so that you can buy new psu, motherboard, cpu, gpu, and memory at the same time. 

[Fraser D]

Hey thanks for taking the time to reply!

 

with regard the PSU, do I need a more powerful one or is it just a better quality one? I have 2 others there’s, both probably better quality I have a Corsair VS450 and a FSP400-40agpaa, would either of these 2 be better suited?

 

And if I lowered my expectations a bit and said 1080p @ 60mhz, could I get away with keeping the chipset and cpu and get a a gpu which is more suitable and get that performance?

 

[brob]

PSU capacity should be fine. It's the quality that concerns me. I'm not familiar with the FSP model. The VS450 is an old design that is not well thought of but is probably the best choice.

 

A GTX 1660 Super or equivalent should provide the gpu power needed. But I don't think the gpu is up to the job.