New PC or Upgrade?

[mr welsh]

Budget (including currency): around £1000

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  GTA 5, Counterstrike, Arma 3, Hell let loose, Squad...........  being able to play latest games and not on Min graphics

Other details Interl R core I5 4690 @ 3.50 (4 CPU)     8 Gig RAM = x2 4gig stick (Not sure what brand)   Geforce GTX960 6GB

 

Hi guys, Ive had this computer about 6-7 years now and tolerated low graphics,and accepted I cannot run the latest games (COD Warzone for example)  I was wondering if its better to get a NEW pc or upgrade some things

I dont really have much money to put into it , and looking at the Geforce 1080 years later the prices are still high enough to buy a car with

 

Im not sure where the best places to buy parts or prebuilt computers are as Ive always been lazy and gone into main dealers that are obviously over priced.

 

any advice would be appriciated 

 

[MattTheGeek]

What motherboard do u have

[tkitch]

Get a new PC at this point.

 

You won't get enough upgrade from that platform to matter.

[MattTheGeek]

What he said a new pc is the better option

[SupaKomputa]

Get a ryzen 1600 / 2600 + B450 + 16gb DDR4 + SSD.

Hold on the rest of the money, that GPU is still ok.

Wait till gpu prices drop, and get 3060.

[tkitch]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Get a ryzen 1600 / 2600 + B450 + 16gb DDR4 + SSD.

Hold on the rest of the money, that GPU is still ok.

Wait till gpu prices drop, and get 3060.

Why get a 2 or 3 generation old CPU still?  That seems silly.  

[SupaKomputa]

3 minutes ago, tkitch said:

Why get a 2 or 3 generation old CPU still?  That seems silly.  

Because they are cheap, new cpu are overpriced right now.

[tkitch]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Because they are cheap, new cpu are overpriced right now.

maybe the high end chips?  But you can build a modern CPU just fine today.

GPUs are insane, tho.

[Bombastinator]

It may be bad enough that you will want to change out everything EXCEPT the video card depending on what it is. If the video card is slower than an apu/iGPU one of those might be something worth looking at.  Higher end integrated graphic are showing ability to play new games at 1080p low.  CPUs and motherboards are both fairly normally priced right now but discrete video cards are still crazy.  The historically standard path for this type of thing that proved true for lumber (another product there was recently a shortage of) is that there is one particular section of the supply chain that is making most of the money from the shortage.  This section will attempt to extend the shortage as long as possible because they like money.  There is a limit to this though.  Stocks will grow and warehouses will fill up. Eventually they won’t be able to slow the flow of stock anymore because they run out of warehouse space and prices will drop.  We are seeing now that video cards are remaining i. Stock but prices remain high implying this refilling is starting to take place.  Depending on warehouse size the dam will sooner or later break.  It hasn’t happened yet though.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Bombastinator

[OfficialTechSpace]

Seeing as I'm the only member to make you a parts list here, YOU'RE WELCOME 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KBPWQD

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-11400 (£175.95 @ Novatech) 
CPU Cooler: Scythe FUMA 2  (£52.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG B560M BAZOOKA  (£109.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) 3600Mhz CL16  (£80.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB  (£83.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti  (£335.93) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A  (£68.09 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A650GF 650W 80+ Gold  (£99.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case Fans: 2x Phanteks PH-F120SK 50 CFM 120 mm Fan  (£9.23 each @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

 

Total: £1009.99