Upgrading my Rig

[CptBurstnutts]

I currently have an i5 8500 paired with an rx 570 4 gig on a H310 mobo . I was wondering whats the best upgrade path if i had 500 US to spend 

[Kade b]

I’d say upgrade to a 580 and try to get a cpu with 12 threads and 6 cores

[CptBurstnutts]

Just now, Kade b said:

I’d say upgrade to a 580 and try to get a cpu with 12 threads and 6 cores

Im planning on not upgrading for a year .will the 580 hold up ?

[Oswin]

rest of system specs? what will your use case be?

[Kade b]

4 minutes ago, CptBurstnutts said:

Im planning on not upgrading for a year .will the 580 hold up ?

The 580 may not be the best card around but it’s the one I would recommend to a family member building a budget system and it generally holds up on games with physics because of its pretty decent core count 

[CptBurstnutts]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

rest of system specs? what will your use case be?

16 gigs ram

256 sata ssd

2 terabyte hdd

 

Mostly do gaming and work ( GIS )

 

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, CptBurstnutts said:

16 gigs ram

256 sata ssd

2 terabyte hdd

 

Mostly do gaming and work ( GIS )

 

what PSU do you currently have?

[Kade b]

3 minutes ago, CptBurstnutts said:

16 gigs ram

256 sata ssd

2 terabyte hdd

 

Mostly do gaming and work ( GIS )

 

DDR3 DDR4 AMD what speed

[CptBurstnutts]

1 minute ago, Kade b said:

DDR3 DDR4 AMD what speed

Ddr4 2666 

[CptBurstnutts]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

what PSU do you currently have?

I dont even know ..its those crappy grey ones lol

 

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Kade b said:

DDR3 DDR4

it's an 8500..

 

10 hours ago, CptBurstnutts said:

Mostly do gaming and work ( GIS )

psu?

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, CptBurstnutts said:

I dont even know ..its those crappy grey ones lol

 

would upgrade that as well then

 

here is my suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Triple Dissipation Video Card	$379.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$479.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-29 05:46 EDT-0400

or you could also wait for ampere and big navi and get a GPU then

[CptBurstnutts]

3 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

it's an 8500..

 

psu?

Crappy grey ones

[CptBurstnutts]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

would upgrade that as well then

 

here is my suggestion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Triple Dissipation Video Card	$379.99 @ B&H
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$479.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-29 05:46 EDT-0400

or you could also wait for ampere and big navi and get a GPU then

This seems great but yeah imma wait  and see what next gen gpus offer

[Haro]

10 hours ago, CptBurstnutts said:

Crappy grey ones

you could go with what @Oswin made  or you could get a used 8700 for like 100-50ish bucks used and then get a psu like an MWE gold 550w/ pure power 11 500w and then get a new gpu like a 5700xt/5700/5600xt.. or you could wait for zen 3 and ampere and big navi.

 

[Fasauceome]

8 minutes ago, CptBurstnutts said:

This seems great but yeah imma wait  and see what next gen gpus offer

The market will be so different in a year, you should definitely just wait instead of deciding now.