Forced upgrade time

[Elkaa]

Budget (including currency): £700

Country: United Kingdom 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: World of Warcraft etc

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): So the time has come that my Q6600 system has fallen over and I know its not fixable

 

This does mean I still have a case and a 1080p 75hz monitor so no need for these

 

Motherboard - I was thinking its time to jump over to AMD and probably a B550 board (with wifi would be great)

Cpu - I could keep costs down with a Ryzen 3100 for now with the view to replace in the near future?

GPU - ah this is where it gets outside of my knowledge, an RX5600XT pulse looks like a solid buy but maybe pushing the budget 

RAM - 16gig of 3200mhz should do the trick? any brands to prefer or avoid

SSD - NVME I guess would be the way to go, 500gig would most likely do for now (I have a 1tb hdd thats used for photos etc if needed)

PSU - well I'm out of the loop, would a 550w modular of some sort do?

 

As you can tell coming from a Q6600 system how long its really been?

 

[jaslion]

8 minutes ago, Elkaa said:

Budget (including currency): £700

Country: United Kingdom 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: World of Warcraft etc

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): So the time has come that my Q6600 system has fallen over and I know its not fixable

 

This does mean I still have a case and a 1080p 75hz monitor so no need for these

 

Motherboard - I was thinking its time to jump over to AMD and probably a B550 board (with wifi would be great)

Cpu - I could keep costs down with a Ryzen 3100 for now with the view to replace in the near future?

GPU - ah this is where it gets outside of my knowledge, an RX5600XT pulse looks like a solid buy but maybe pushing the budget 

RAM - 16gig of 3200mhz should do the trick? any brands to prefer or avoid

SSD - NVME I guess would be the way to go, 500gig would most likely do for now (I have a 1tb hdd thats used for photos etc if needed)

PSU - well I'm out of the loop, would a 550w modular of some sort do?

 

As you can tell coming from a Q6600 system how long its really been?

 

If you can reuse the old gpu and hold on to it for a bit. Then wait for the newer 3000 series cards to launch and get a nice used bargain on the older cards on the used market.

 

You can also get a B450 max board by msi if you want to be a bit cheaper.

I would also bump the cpu up to a 3300x as wow like better single core performance and that would be a nice bump.

3000mhz plus is good 16gig is plenty.

Nvme really isn't needed a good sata drive like the mx500 is plenty but if you go nvme the wd blue ones are same as their sata counterparts and about the same price. The sx8200 is a between ssd that is between the high end and sata speeds and still affordable.

Psu wise there is a list you can choose from. Just get a b tier or higher unit I'll link it below.

 

[St. Nick]

If you can find it in stock, I'd highly recommend spending the extra 10 pounds or so for the 3300x, You may want to wait a month for the gpu and get a 3070. Yes 469 is a chunk out of your budget but a solid b550 board is around 90 pounds, the 3300x should be around 115 and a corsair LPX 3600 kit can be had for as low as 52 pounds. If you can still salvage your power supply that would help but otherwise a gigabyte or kingston m.2 ssd to boot from at 120 gigs should run you around 35 pounds  that does go a little over your budget especially if you do need a powersupply to and you might need another SSD later on but it will get you the best performance for the moment
 

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, St. Nick said:

If you can find it in stock, I'd highly recommend spending the extra 10 pounds or so for the 3300x, You may want to wait a month for the gpu and get a 3070. Yes 469 is a chunk out of your budget but a solid b550 board is around 90 pounds, the 3300x should be around 115 and a corsair LPX 3600 kit can be had for as low as 52 pounds. If you can still salvage your power supply that would help but otherwise a gigabyte or kingston m.2 ssd to boot from at 120 gigs should run you around 35 pounds  that does go a little over your budget especially if you do need a powersupply to and you might need another SSD later on but it will get you the best performance for the moment
 

I would not recommend using a psu that is from over a decade ago in a new system no matter how good it was. A 3070 for WoW is also just kinda insane.

[St. Nick]

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I would not recommend using a psu that is from over a decade ago in a new system no matter how good it was. A 3070 for WoW is also just kinda insane.

I do agree, it is. but the 5600XT is almost 300 pounds in the UK. some models even above it. Might as well at that point. Nothing RTX2000 is worth buying at retail anymore. Might wanna consider something second hand if he can find a good deal but right now having to upgrade pretty much anything but rtx3070 doesn't look like good value. Especially in the UK market. 389 pounds for a 3060? I'd really rather not if the 3070 is there for 80 pounds more.

[Elkaa]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

If you can reuse the old gpu and hold on to it for a bit. Then wait for the newer 3000 series cards to launch and get a nice used bargain on the older cards on the used market.

 

You can also get a B450 max board by msi if you want to be a bit cheaper.

I would also bump the cpu up to a 3300x as wow like better single core performance and that would be a nice bump.

3000mhz plus is good 16gig is plenty.

Nvme really isn't needed a good sata drive like the mx500 is plenty but if you go nvme the wd blue ones are same as their sata counterparts and about the same price. The sx8200 is a between ssd that is between the high end and sata speeds and still affordable.

Psu wise there is a list you can choose from. Just get a b tier or higher unit I'll link it below.

 

Thanks for the insight

 

I did scout for the 3300X - seem non existent everywhere! much the same for alot of the cheaper ryzen cpu's

I'm happy to go with the B550 as the budget is deffo flexible (I mean 13 years of use out of the machine is someting I wouldnt be doing again)

 

I'll delve into the list and have a look, must have missed it when browsing about!

[Elkaa]

3 minutes ago, St. Nick said:

I do agree, it is. but the 5600XT is almost 300 pounds in the UK. some models even above it. Might as well at that point.

absolutely true, some of the prices feel very steep here in the UK right now

 

I mean I did look around and being abit out of the hardware loop even the RX590 seems to push nearly £200 now..

[jaslion]

Just now, Elkaa said:

absolutely true, some of the prices feel very steep here in the UK right now

 

I mean I did look around and being abit out of the hardware loop even the RX590 seems to push nearly £200 now..

That is why I recommend waiting and snagging a cheap 2000 series used.

[St. Nick]

Yep same. If he can get it used go for it. If not though, the UK prices make that 3070 seem mighty appealing. 

[Elkaa]

sorry both I misssed these replies

 

Waiting is a case of no PC in reality (nothing much can be salvaged from the old one!) hence considering a 5600XT

 

I mean I could jam a much cheaper card in for the short term and ride out the 3070 launch in October "sometime" ?