PC Upgrade

[AidanTechTips]

Hi everyone! Recently I figured out that my PC was built in 2014 and couldn't run Win11 and didn't have a TPM. So, I thought it was upgrade time. Thought I should post here to make sure I'm getting a good value. I have a budget of 600 dollars, don't want to break the bank too much for an upgrade. But seeing as Christmas is soon, I'm OK with going a little on the expensive side. I'm going for a bang for my buck build that won't cost me a fortune. For now I'll stick with my GTX 970 until the GPU shortage dies down, then I'm thinking of getting a 3060.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zKnbJf

Let me know what you think!

Some things I want it to be able to do:

Edit 1080p 60fps video

Play games at moderate to high FPS

Multitask pretty well
Have an fTPM and Windows 11 support. (Gotta have that shiny new OS)

Thank you for your time!

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Edited July 21, 2021 by AidanTechTips
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[BondiBlue]

Welcome to the forums, btw!

 

Your build looks good to me. Any reason you're buying thermal paste?

[AidanTechTips]

2 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

You can't, but the mods will do it for you. Welcome to the forums, btw!

 

Your build looks good to me. Any reason you're buying thermal paste?

Hi Bondi! Thanks for replying. I'm buying thermal paste because this is my first time upgrading my computer or working inside this one. My uncle built this a long time ago and gave this to me for free. I will be upgrading with his help, because I don't trust myself to not mess something up lol. Thanks for your time!

Also looks like that post is gone now lol.

[BondiBlue]

Just now, AidanTechTips said:

Hi Bondi! Thanks for replying. I'm buying thermal paste because this is my first time upgrading my computer or working inside this one. My uncle built this a long time ago and gave this to me for free. I will be upgrading with his help, because I don't trust myself to not mess something up lol. Thanks for your time!

Your CPU comes with a cooler, and it has thermal paste on it already, so you don't need to buy any unless you'll be using it with other systems. Unless you have a better cooler in your current rig that you're planning to use?

[AidanTechTips]

1 minute ago, BondiBlue said:

Your CPU comes with a cooler, and it has thermal paste on it already, so you don't need to buy any unless you'll be using it with other systems. Unless you have a better cooler in your current rig that you're planning to use?

Hi! No, I was planning on sticking with the built in cooler, and did not know it came with thermal paste pre applied. Thank you for helping me and responding so quickly!

[BondiBlue]

Just now, AidanTechTips said:

Hi! No, I was planning on sticking with the built in cooler, and did not know it came with thermal paste pre applied. Thank you for helping me and responding so quickly!

Yep, the pre applied paste should do fine. What case and power supply do you have? 

[AidanTechTips]

Just now, BondiBlue said:

Yep, the pre applied paste should do fine. What case and power supply do you have? 

Not sure, but I know they still work just fine, so there's no reason to throw them out.

[Downkey]

Faster SSD, significantly better motherboard that comes with WiFi 6. You don’t need 3600 CL16. 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($136.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($71.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($105.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $604.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-20 18:30 EDT-0400

[AidanTechTips]

1 minute ago, Downkey said:

Faster SSD, significantly better motherboard that comes with WiFi 6. You don’t need 3600 CL16. 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($136.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($71.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($105.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $604.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-20 18:30 EDT-0400

Thank you!

[AidanTechTips]

2 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Faster SSD, significantly better motherboard that comes with WiFi 6. You don’t need 3600 CL16. 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($136.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($71.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($105.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $604.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-07-20 18:30 EDT-0400

Also I noticed that on PCPartPicker it says that I may need to update the BIOS, would this be hard or ez?