Update Planning Required

[eprice96]

Budget (including currency): 1500

Country: CAN

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Tarkov, Apex, Star Field, Cyberpunk

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): Current Specs: EVGA 1080TI, intel 8400, 16gb Trident Z 3200, Asus Strix Z370G mATX board, EVGA 550 gold power supply. Playing on 1440p 144 hz monitor. 

 

Hi all, 

 

It has been a few years since I first built my PC. I am looking to start upgrading and hoping to get some suggestions on what order I should go in or what actually needs to be upgraded. Sadly, the person I build this rig with is no longer a part of my life, and I have not been following the latest releases as closely as i used to. Therefore, any help or advice about what to upgrade and in what order would be really appreciated. 

 

Thanks in advance!

[Tetras]

This is an example of a complete rebuild:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/fY8qmD

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($186.95 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($219.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Crucial Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL46 Memory  ($99.50 @ Vuugo) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($59.50 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Sapphire PURE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($120.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A650GF 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($110.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1526.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-05 18:49 EDT-0400

[Slottr]

With a budget of 1500, I would sell your current system as is and use the total to build a new system.

[RONOTHAN##]

With the specs you have, odds are you're going to want to just build a whole new system. If you do want to just upgrade, the CPU would be the first stop, but for Starfield especially the 1080 Ti is really showing its age, and you do have the budget for most of a system upgrade. 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/h2YY9c

 

This is probably what I'd build, reusing your case and storage. 

[TylerD321]

21 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

With the specs you have, odds are you're going to want to just build a whole new system. If you do want to just upgrade, the CPU would be the first stop, but for Starfield especially the 1080 Ti is really showing its age, and you do have the budget for most of a system upgrade. 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/h2YY9c

 

This is probably what I'd build, reusing your case and storage. 

I would just sell the old pc and bump the budget up a bit personally. If you don't want to do this, this is a great alternative option. You could even ebay the rest of your parts?

[SorryBella]

3 hours ago, eprice96 said:

Current Specs: EVGA 1080TI, intel 8400, 16gb Trident Z 3200, Asus Strix Z370G mATX board, EVGA 550 gold power supply. Playing on 1440p 144 hz monitor. 

This PC config would sell. I would sell the PC as a whole on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist for 450-500CAD, and everyone would flock on your listing very quick. Just make sure to clean it up and put new thermal paste on the CPU.

 

That would net us 2000CAD. Actually usable budget in Canada for a PC.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($529.00 @ Canada Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($41.90 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($234.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($142.29 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Corsair MP600 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($729.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $2043.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-05 22:22 EDT-0400