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Fyndir
By Fyndir
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Budget (including currency): (GBP) £1,500 upgrades

 

Country: UK

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Primarily single monitor 1080p gaming with the aim of making use of 144hz where possible, notable titles I've been playing recently include ARMA 3, FFXIV, Rimworld, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

 

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): The attached image is the build I restarted with in early 2020 after my old computer was lost in a fire in late 2019, in the time since then I have made a couple of changes like adding an aftermarket CPU cooler, a big HDD for backup storage, and upgrading the RAM.  All peripherals are taken care of as well.

 

I had been looking at potentially upgrading the GPU this year but as I'm sure you are all more than aware of the challenges involved in that, so instead I've started thinking about broader system upgrades.  One thing I would note here is that I have a deep seated anxiety around water cooling, even in AIO setups, so my overwhelming preference is to stick to air cooling.

My upgrade plans would be a new CPU, a new bigger case, and a new power supply so that if I get my hands on a new GPU I'm ready to go without any other problems to solve, which takes us to the PC part picker link below which has my current cooler, motherboard, RAM, storage, and GPU in addition to those upgrades.

 

The question is whether or not any part of this is sensible, or if I am being ridiculous?  Thank you to anyone who has any insight or wisdom to share.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £298.98 @ Box Limited
CPU Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler Purchased For £0.00
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard Purchased For £0.00
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Purchased For £0.00
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For £0.00
Storage Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For £0.00
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card Purchased For £0.00
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case £130.05 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply £129.99 @ Corsair UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £559.02
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-23 15:40 BST+0100  

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Fixing a mistake in the link
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2 minutes ago, Fyndir said:

my old computer was lost in a fire in late 2019

2 year late, but my condolences.

 

4 minutes ago, Fyndir said:

which takes us to the PC part picker link below which has my current cooler, motherboard, RAM, storage, and GPU in addition to those upgrades.

You forgot to mark your existing part as purchased. But this is my change to your build with your budget:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £298.98 @ Box Limited
CPU Cooler be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler £68.92 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard Purchased For £0.00
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory Purchased For £0.00
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory £80.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For £0.00
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £72.98 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card Purchased For £0.00
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case £130.05 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply £129.99 @ Corsair UK
Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor Purchased For £0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £781.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-23 15:27 BST+0100  

That leaves you with 820 pounds with GPUs and other creature comfort that you want.

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £298.98 @ Box Limited
CPU Cooler Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. B 51.17 CFM CPU Cooler £49.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard Purchased For £0.00
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory Purchased For £0.00
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory £80.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For £0.00
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £72.98 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card Purchased For £0.00
Case Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case £79.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply £107.99 @ Corsair UK
Monitor AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor Purchased For £0.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £690.89
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-23 15:35 BST+0100  

Just edited @SorryClaires list. Just changed the cooler, case, and PSU.

Went with the RM over RMx because the extra 20 for the rmx isn't worth it. The RM is a bit worse and has a worse fan but it's still a good PSU.

4000D airflow. Corsair, cheaper, much better airflow

-Scythe Mugen because it's still a good cooler, and it's a bit cheaper.

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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9 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

2 year late, but my condolences.

 

You forgot to mark your existing part as purchased. 

Thank you, and you're absolutely right I did forget to do that.  Whoops.

This should be accurate now and properly reflect the parts that I have, will edit into the original post if I can.  Sorry for any confusion and wasted time!
 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor £298.98 @ Box Limited
CPU Cooler ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler Purchased For £0.00
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard Purchased For £0.00
Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Purchased For £0.00
Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Purchased For £0.00
Storage Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Purchased For £0.00
Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card Purchased For £0.00
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 ATX Full Tower Case £130.05 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply £129.99 @ Corsair UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £559.02
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-23 15:39 BST+0100  

 

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