build upgrades Sitting on a decent PC, but looking to upgrade ($1000 limit).

[elpurpledonkey]

Hey everyone, hope y'all are enjoying yourselves. I may have the opportunity to upgrade in the coming weeks but I'm having a hard time deciding parts. I'd be purchasing the parts in the US and my budget limit is $1000

 

 

My current build:

• CPU i7 6700 (non-k edition / no OC)
• Motherboard HP IPM17-DD (v1.04) (This was ripped from a HP prebuilt so I could use the intel CPU)
• GPU Red Devil 5700XT (no OC)
• RAM Micron 2x8GB 1866MHz DDR3 (pulled from some old prebuilt)
• PSU Seasonic m12II 750w 80+ Bronze (admittedly I've lost the bag of spare cables)
• Storage Mushkin REACTOR 1TB SSD
• Case Fractal Design Define R4 (It's a little too large, missing a side panel, and its extra parts)

 

Please note: I have a pretty good time with how this PC runs but I feel there is definitely room for improvement.

 

What do I use my rig for? Mostly gaming. Valve Index, and a large variety of pancake games, as well as using Ableton.

 

What am I looking for? More stability and power for games. For VR I would like to push over 90Hz with high-ish settings without dropping as many frames. Pancake games I want to push for 120fps @ 1440p with high to max-ish settings. I have experience in the past with overclocking AMD FX chips and AMD cards so I would like to return to being able to push my hardware.

I know I need more storage and would like a new case. Some parts I feel are dated or relatively low spec like the motherboard, and maybe the RAM? Where do I stand in terms of my GPU/CPU and looking to upgrading?

 

Parts I've been looking at:

• AMD Ryzen 5600x
• MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE
• Corsair CX 750w 80+ Bronze
• PC cases under $100
• 2x8GB DDR4 3600MHz kits

 

So, where do you think my money is best spent? Should I hold off on some things? I recently got new peripherals so I feel like I'm set in that area. Thanks in advance you beautiful people and sorry for my poor formatting abilities.

 

[SavageNeo]

5700XT is still pretty good. 

but you do play at 1440p so going for 5600x should give you a nice performane increase. overall your pc seems pretty decetb right now.

3 minutes ago, elpurpledonkey said:

• AMD Ryzen 5600x
• MSI MPG B550 GAMING EDGE
• Corsair CX 750w 80+ Bronze
• PC cases under $100
• 2x8GB DDR4 3600MHz kits

no need for such high end motherboard. something like asrock b550 pro 4 should do fine. you will save money towards next upgrade that should be the gpu.

that psu is well odd choice. that has headroom for new gpu upgrade but that psu is pretty midrange. There are better options. Check our osu tier list in these forums for more.

Cases under 100€. P400A, P300A, for example

[elpurpledonkey]

Definitely glad I have the GPU that I do. Unfortunately have to wait for the GPU market to cool down but it's in mind for my next upgrade. Thanks for the recommendation on going for a lower spec motherboard (just have to make sure I can do that bios flash thing for Zen 3). I'll look into that PSU list, and good case recommendations.   

[elpurpledonkey]

9 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

5700XT is still pretty good. 

but you do play at 1440p so going for 5600x should give you a nice performane increase. overall your pc seems pretty decetb right now.

no need for such high end motherboard. something like asrock b550 pro 4 should do fine. you will save money towards next upgrade that should be the gpu.

that psu is well odd choice. that has headroom for new gpu upgrade but that psu is pretty midrange. There are better options. Check our osu tier list in these forums for more.

Cases under 100€. P400A, P300A, for example

 

Question for you however. Given the pricing and availability in my region (US), how happy are you with your 3700x? I've been wondering if I should save some $ since it still seems like a gainful upgrade over my current CPU for gaming and VR.

[jaslion]

28 minutes ago, elpurpledonkey said:

 

Question for you however. Given the pricing and availability in my region (US), how happy are you with your 3700x? I've been wondering if I should save some $ since it still seems like a gainful upgrade over my current CPU for gaming and VR.

I don't see a reason to replace the 3700x. Sure it isn't the latest and greatest but it's still a high end cpu. Unless you want to go beyond 144fps then I see no point in getting anything new as it can easily do that.

 

My bad misread.

 

I would honestly just keep the 6700 for games right now and upgrade when the new platforms come around so you can enjoy a long upgrade cycle if you wish.

[SavageNeo]

7 minutes ago, elpurpledonkey said:

 

Question for you however. Given the pricing and availability in my region (US), how happy are you with your 3700x? I've been wondering if I should save some $ since it still seems like a gainful upgrade over my current CPU for gaming and VR.

i have 5700XT nad 3700x yes. 3700s is pretty good. not worth the upgrade over 6700 really