upgrade Help with an upgrade

[Domigol]

Budget (including currency): around 700€ (flexible budget)

Country: EU - Slovenia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Work (CAD, Blender, Rhino, Arhicad, Adobe programs, Twin motion, ...); Games: BG3, Dying light, CIV, Minecraft ...

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): 

Hi, I'm a relative amateur in the pc building community, and would appreciate your help with a small upgrade :3

I'm currently running an 8yo system i built myself and upgraded trough the years, ands its starting to act up.

 

Current system:

- GPU: GTX 1070

- MB: Gigabyte h170 gaming 3 (upgrading)

- CPU: Intel i5 6600K (upgrading)

- CPU cooler: Arctic Freezer i11

- RAM: 2x 16GB Crucial

- PS: system power 9 - 600W (i probably need to upgrade?)

- Case: Cooler master elite 430 black

- Storage (need new)

 

Lately I've been running in to some performance problems mainly limited my my CPU, and my motherboards audio is completely dead.

My current plan is to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard with new drives, and later down the line getting a new GPU (the 1070 is serving me well for now). Planning for a new GPU probably means ill need

a new power supply as well. (i would love to try VR and get a ultrawide monitor at some point)

What decent CPU would you recommend for weekend gaming, and cad/3d work. And what motherboard should I buy, I would love to have at least 2 PCI-e slots, and at least one nvme slot preferably 2.

And what nvme ssds and normal ssds do you recommend. ( i currently have a 5yo 250gb ssd, and a 750gb hdd, they are both running out of space).

Also is the cpu cooler still adequate?

 

Thank you for all the help, i appreciates it :3

[filpo]

1 minute ago, Domigol said:

Storage (need new)

for storage I'd get a p5 plus 2tb Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (CT2000P5PSSD8) - PCPartPicker

2 minutes ago, Domigol said:

RAM: 2x 16GB Crucia

what speed is this ram running at?

 

2 minutes ago, Domigol said:

MB: Gigabyte h170 gaming 3 (upgrading)

- CPU: Intel i5 6600K (upgrading)

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€208.92 @ Galaxus) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€38.29 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B660-PLUS WIFI D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€182.52 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€107.25 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Deepcool CC560 ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case  (€64.90 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€124.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €726.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-30 10:06 CEST+0200

[Domigol]

my ram is running at 2133 MHz

[filpo]

1 minute ago, Domigol said:

my ram is running at 2133 MHz

Then I'd also get a ram upgrade with the build that I linked above

G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (F4-3600C18D-32GVK) - PCPartPicker

[Domigol]

Ok thanks a lot :3

[leclod]

But you don't need that 1050W psu now. Not sure you'll need it later.

And if you buy new Ram you might just as well consider DDR5 (and a DDR5 board). Cheap DDR5 perf is similar to expensive DDR4, so you can go cheap.

You could probably keep your old case.

1 hour ago, filpo said:

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (€208.92 @ Galaxus)

I don't understand those ubiquitous F cpu recommandations. At least mention that a non-F can be helpful. Do you carry a spare tyre in your car ?

Edited September 30, 2023 by leclod

[filpo]

8 minutes ago, leclod said:

don't understand those ubiquitous F cpu recommandations.

Well a 12600k is about 50 euros more for an igpu

 

8 minutes ago, leclod said:

nd if you buy new Ram you might just as well consider DDR5 (and a DDR5 board). Cheap DDR5 perf is similar to expensive DDR4, so you can go cheap.

1 hour ago, filpo said:

Ddr4 and ddr5 perform basically the same in games anyways

9 minutes ago, leclod said:

 

But you don't need that 1050W psu now. Not sure you'll need later.

 

Ye but for only 120 euros? It’s a steal. I’d just get it now and not worry about it later

[leclod]

25 minutes ago, filpo said:

Well a 12600k is about 50 euros more for an igpu

Here I see 21 more (10%). And a 13400 might be a better choice than the 12600KF anyway.

25 minutes ago, filpo said:

Ddr4 and ddr5 perform basically the same in games anyways

For a similar price I'd go with the newer plateform

Edited September 30, 2023 by leclod