PC Upgrade suggestion

[MoscaCareca]

Budget (including currency): max 1000 EUR

Country: 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Not game specific, has to be able to run almost anything smoothly 

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): 

Hey, LTT! Big fan from Southern Europe here. I need to upgrade my PC as it's beginning to run slow but I have no idea on what to upgrade nor have the money to spend on something big. Any tips? Down bellow is my current setup with peripherals included. It was quite decent when I bought it, like 3 years ago, back when the first intel i9 had just launched. I just saw the new ryzen zen 3 processors and thought that maybe I could get a ryzen 5 5600x with a couple extra work this month 

 

 

Peripherals:
-Main Monitor: Asus VG248QE
-Side Monitor: Asus VP248QLG-P
-Mouse: Logitech G403
-Keyboard: Ozone Strike Battle Spectra
-Mousepad: Steelseries QCK+

Computer Spechs:
-CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Hexa-Core 3.2 GHz w/Turbo 3.6 GHz 16 MB
-Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3

-PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W
-RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2400MHz (Red)
-Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060
-Memory: SSD 2.5'' Samsung 850 Evo 250GB and 1TB Barracuda HDD
-Case: ATX Nox Hummer MC Black with windowed side panel

[Doggyroar82]

Whats your budget?

[MoscaCareca]

Probably no more than 1k€ but I don't have that kind of money right now so I don't even know how to tell you a quantity. I'd say 500 is somewhat reasonable

 

[jake1010]

if you could save your case, storage and peripherals than you could get a 5600x, rx 6800/rtx 3070 and a seasonic 600 watt unit, 3600 MHZ ram for about 800-1000

[Downkey]

Id upgrade your CPU, motherboard, and RAM. The 1060 is still fine.

[jake1010]

or get a 2060 b450 and ryzen 3600 and 3200 mhz ram

[MoscaCareca]

1 minute ago, jake1010 said:

if you could save your case, storage and peripherals than you could get a 5600x, rx 6800/rtx 3070 and a seasonic 600 watt unit, 3600 MHZ ram for about 800-1000

but then again, for the 5600x wouldn't I need to upgrade the motherboard aswell?

 

[jake1010]

yeah accadentally deleated that but you could probably get that into the budget

[MoscaCareca]

2 minutes ago, jake1010 said:

if you could save your case, storage and peripherals than you could get a 5600x, rx 6800/rtx 3070 and a seasonic 600 watt unit, 3600 MHZ ram for about 800-1000

If I didn't have to upgrade motherboard I'd do that because it looks really solid. Only problem is how much it costs but I guess I'd just save up

[MoscaCareca]

Just now, jake1010 said:

yeah accadentally deleated that but you could probably get that into the budget

Can you perhaps show me the specific parts I'd need to get? With links or full names please

[jake1010]

or go with a ryzen 5 3600 and b450 as graphics is the main limit in most games exept for things like csgo when you get several hundred fps or ms flight sim which is cpu bound for some reason

[jake1010]

sure where are you from as then i can send you a part list

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, MoscaCareca said:

Probably no more than 1k€ but I don't have that kind of money right now so I don't even know how to tell you a quantity. I'd say 500 is somewhat reasonable

 

Coming in a little bit over budget:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€188.89 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	€59.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB Challenger D OC Video Card	€277.74 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case	NOX Hummer MC ATX Mid Tower Case	Purchased For €0.00
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€51.90 @ Computeruniverse
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€578.43
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-06 17:21 CET+0100

But i would wait a couple weeks to see if you can get a cheap 3600. Either used or reduced retail price.

[jake1010]

or get a 2600 and 5700 and bios flash it

[jake1010]

also not the blower style

[jake1010]

i have a 3600 and almost never the bottleneck or you can get the 2060 with the 5700

[MoscaCareca]

40 minutes ago, jake1010 said:

sure where are you from as then i can send you a part list

I am from Portugal

[MoscaCareca]

32 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Coming in a little bit over budget:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€188.89 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	€59.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB Challenger D OC Video Card	€277.74 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case	NOX Hummer MC ATX Mid Tower Case	Purchased For €0.00
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	€51.90 @ Computeruniverse
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€578.43
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-06 17:21 CET+0100

But i would wait a couple weeks to see if you can get a cheap 3600. Either used or reduced retail price.

I'd like to upgrade motherboard so it is compatible with the new zen 3 processors. also , I already have a 500w psu, why the change?

[MoscaCareca]

24 minutes ago, jake1010 said:

or get a 2600 and 5700 and bios flash it

I don't know what a bios flash is, care to explain?

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, MoscaCareca said:

I'd like to upgrade motherboard so it is compatible with the new zen 3 processors. also , I already have a 500w psu, why the change?

The S12II is a pretty low end power supply, the wattage is fine but the quality is poor. If you're upgrading to nice pc gaming components, I recommend the PSU upgrade as well.

[MoscaCareca]

32 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

The S12II is a pretty low end power supply, the wattage is fine but the quality is poor. If you're upgrading to nice pc gaming components, I recommend the PSU upgrade as well.

 I see, thanks

[jake1010]

1 hour ago, MoscaCareca said:

I don't know what a bios flash is, care to explain?

on the rx 5700 line there are 2 cards, a regular 5700 and an 5700xt. the xt has 5%more cores than the regular but also higher clock speeds. when you bios flash you can make the clocks on the regular 5700 the same as the 5700xt's. effectivly making the card 5% slower than the rx 5700xt or about 60% faster than the 1060 6gb

[jake1010]

basicly you are taking the software from the higher tier card and downloading it on the lower end model. thus raising clock speed and making the card faster. just do the flash when your power is least likely to cut off ie no thunderstorm

[MoscaCareca]

17 hours ago, jake1010 said:

basicly you are taking the software from the higher tier card and downloading it on the lower end model. thus raising clock speed and making the card faster. just do the flash when your power is least likely to cut off ie no thunderstorm

I understand now, but isn't that risky?

[jake1010]

3 hours ago, MoscaCareca said:

I understand now, but isn't that risky?

as long as you have your system is as stable as possible it isn't a problem. by as stable as possible i mean no overclocking of any kind and if you are using a stock heatsink let the heatsink cool down by turning off the computer until the heatsink is warm but not hot. also some cards have dual Vbios and so if your system manages to crash you have a backup and you can try again on the failed one while still having a backup.