Looking to Upgrade my old Build - Any Suggestions?

[Constipated Crow]

Budget (including currency): Around £500 ($600) is my ideal top range

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy gaming & heavy video editing (demanding After Effects animations, Premiere Pro, etc.)

Other details: Here's my current build: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=4hKGjX

 

I'm guessing that my current bottleneck is my CPU (i7 4790k) - since it's around a decade old at this point. I'm also stuck with my ancient motherboard that only supports DDR3 RAM, so I'm ideally looking to upgrade a few things in my system:

 

Motherboard: This will need to be upgraded anyways, since the architecture on my MOBO is really ancient.

CPU: I'd love to get a powerful CPU as an upgrade, as I do relatively heavy gaming & video editing.

PSU: My PSU is also around a decade old at this point, so I'd like to upgrade that too.

RAM: DDR4 is the goal - 32gb would be a minimum (64 would be ideal if I can get it within my budget) for my video editing.

 

Any and all help/suggestions would be appreciated, as I've been absent from the "cutting edge components" scene for a while, so I have no idea what's good value right now. Do you agree with my list of the 4 components I'd like to upgrade? Or is there a better route I can take to upgrade my PC?

 

My graphics card (GTX 1080) is still okay ish in my opinion, as it's probably the most powerful (and power-hungry) component I have right now. I may upgrade it in the future, but right now, I'm relatively happy with it - I think the other components are a bigger priority atm.

 

My storage isn't ideal either. I'd love to get M.2 drives instead of my slower SSDs, but I think that'll have to wait too. I'd like to spend my £500 budget on the 4 components I listed above, and have the option of upgrading my storage down the line.

 

Thanks in advance!

[brob]

1 hour ago, Constipated Crow said:

Motherboard: This will need to be upgraded anyways, since the architecture on my MOBO is really ancient.

CPU: I'd love to get a powerful CPU as an upgrade, as I do relatively heavy gaming & video editing.

PSU: My PSU is also around a decade old at this point, so I'd like to upgrade that too.

RAM: DDR4 is the goal - 32gb would be a minimum (64 would be ideal if I can get it within my budget) for my video editing.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-14500 2.6 GHz 14-Core Processor ($234.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.90 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock B760M PG SONIC WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($94.97 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI ARMOR OC GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00) 

Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB320L ARGB MicroATX Mini Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00) 

Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $605.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[Constipated Crow]

10 minutes ago, brob said:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-14500 2.6 GHz 14-Core Processor ($234.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.90 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock B760M PG SONIC WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Silicon Power Value Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory ($94.97 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI ARMOR OC GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00) 

Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB320L ARGB MicroATX Mini Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00) 

Power Supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.90 @ Amazon) 

Total: $605.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-09 15:41 EDT-0400

Would you say the parts I linked below are good as they are? Do you think there's a major bottleneck somewhere here that would need to be addressed? Whether performance-wise, or power-wise? Or does it look good to you?

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=HkjL7P

 

Thanks!

[Linuswasright]

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5 minutes ago, Constipated Crow said:

Would you say the parts I linked below are good as they are? Do you think there's a major bottleneck somewhere here that would need to be addressed? Whether performance-wise, or power-wise? Or does it look good to you?

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=HkjL7P

 

Thanks!

do you need that much ram? You can upgrade the cpu if you don’t, and by a decent bit.

[Constipated Crow]

4 minutes ago, Linuswasright said:

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do you need that much ram? You can upgrade the cpu if you don’t, and by a decent bit.

I work with pretty intense & demanding After Effects/Premiere Pro projects, so ram is definitely one of my bottlenecks right now sadly...

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£114.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£130.00 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £309.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-09 21:17 BST+0100

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£157.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£130.00 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £387.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-09 21:19 BST+0100

[brob]

29 minutes ago, Constipated Crow said:

Would you say the parts I linked below are good as they are? Do you think there's a major bottleneck somewhere here that would need to be addressed? Whether performance-wise, or power-wise? Or does it look good to you?

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=HkjL7P

 

Thanks!

 

You are giving up some performance using DDR4.

 

The PSU is Tier C. If you are getting a new PSU I'd suggest investing in at least a Tier B and preferably Tier A model. Be Quiet Pure Power 12M and Corsair RMe are generally well priced Tier A models.

 

[Constipated Crow]

3 minutes ago, brob said:

 

You are giving up some performance using DDR4.

 

The PSU is Tier C. If you are getting a new PSU I'd suggest investing in at least a Tier B and preferably Tier A model. Be Quiet Pure Power 12M and Corsair RMe are generally well priced Tier A models.

 

Where I live, I can only get a hold of DDR5 ram (64gb) for £50-60 more than its DDR4 counterpart. So even though DDR5 will undoubtedly perform better, I'm not sure the trade-off is worth it, especially since I have a relatively tight budget for this upgrade. Same with the PSU - I know I'm undoubtedly gonna be better off with a Tier A or B PSU, but my current budget (with the performance bump expectations I have) isn't suited for a more expensive PSU unfortunately

[podkall]

2 hours ago, Constipated Crow said:

Where I live, I can only get a hold of DDR5 ram (64gb) for £50-60 more than its DDR4 counterpart. So even though DDR5 will undoubtedly perform better, I'm not sure the trade-off is worth it, especially since I have a relatively tight budget for this upgrade. Same with the PSU - I know I'm undoubtedly gonna be better off with a Tier A or B PSU, but my current budget (with the performance bump expectations I have) isn't suited for a more expensive PSU unfortunately

how much is your limit? because 40-60ish pounds more, and you could get an AM5 system,

 

not the fastest choice mind you, at least when it comes to core count the Intel is advantaged, 7600 has 6 cores, but it does clock at quite high speeds,

 

if you're interested in this option too, I or someone else could expand on it: (I can't at the moment)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£182.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *ASRock B650M PG Lightning Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£116.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£106.33 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE GOLD 750 V2 FULL MODULAR 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £535.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-10 00:06 BST+0100