Any advice for upgrading.

[Bradr86]

Hi I'm looking to upgrade some parts of my pc and wanted to know if the parts I was considering would make much of a difference.

 

My CPU is i5 10400f. And my GPU is rtx 3060 And wanted to know if I upgraded my motherboard and ram would i still have the same performance.

 

I currently have b410 motherboard and was thinking to switch to z590 and my current ram is 2x 8gb 2666mhz and wanted to upgrade to 2x8gb 3600

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Why_Me]

Budget, country you are located?

[Bradr86]

6 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Budget, country you are located?

Hi I'm from UK and budget is around 300

[Why_Me]

This is a few quid over your budget but it will show a noticeable difference from your current setup.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£134.99 @ AWD-IT) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£15.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£68.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £339.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 11:46 GMT+0000

[191x7]

29 minutes ago, Bradr86 said:

Hi I'm looking to upgrade some parts of my pc and wanted to know if the parts I was considering would make much of a difference.

 

My CPU is i5 10400f. And my GPU is rtx 3060 And wanted to know if I upgraded my motherboard and ram would i still have the same performance.

 

I currently have b410 motherboard and was thinking to switch to z590 and my current ram is 2x 8gb 2666mhz and wanted to upgrade to 2x8gb 3600

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, you'd have roughly the same performance. The board does not significantly affect the CPU performance and the i5 10400f does not profit from fast RAM.

 

You can go the other route, upgrading both the CPU and the motherboard while keeping the RAM.

 

Intel i5 13600 and a B760 DDR4 board would do. Then later adding more RAM.

[Bradr86]

12 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

This is a few quid over your budget but it will show a noticeable difference from your current setup.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£134.99 @ AWD-IT) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£15.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£68.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £339.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 11:46 GMT+0000

Thanks alot mate I really appreciate your help I'm going to go and order these now 

[Bradr86]

2 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

Yes, you'd have roughly the same performance. The board does not significantly affect the CPU performance and the i5 10400f does not profit from fast RAM.

 

You can go the other route, upgrading both the CPU and the motherboard while keeping the RAM.

 

Intel i5 13600 and a B760 DDR4 board would do. Then later adding more RAM.

Thank you for your reply both comments have been hugely helpful really appreciate your reply

[PDifolco]

30 minutes ago, Bradr86 said:

Hi I'm looking to upgrade some parts of my pc and wanted to know if the parts I was considering would make much of a difference.

 

My CPU is i5 10400f. And my GPU is rtx 3060 And wanted to know if I upgraded my motherboard and ram would i still have the same performance.

 

I currently have b410 motherboard and was thinking to switch to z590 and my current ram is 2x 8gb 2666mhz and wanted to upgrade to 2x8gb 3600

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upgrading the board on a 10400 will likely gives you +0% performance, as even a low end board is sufficient to power this CPU

Faster RAM will help a bit, but nothing crazy, 0 to +5% maybe

Depending on what you do (programs/games) you should either upgrade CPU or GPU to have a significant boost

 

[Bradr86]

1 hour ago, Why_Me said:

This is a few quid over your budget but it will show a noticeable difference from your current setup.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£134.99 @ AWD-IT) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£15.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£68.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £339.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-29 11:46 GMT+0000

Hi just about to order the parts and just thought would my current PSU be fine for these upgrades I have a 550w 

[Why_Me]

4 minutes ago, Bradr86 said:

Hi just about to order the parts and just thought would my current PSU be fine for these upgrades I have a 550w 

Your current psu should work fine ^^

[Bradr86]

42 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Your current psu should work fine ^^

Great thanks again