Help needed. Upgrade advice

[Selhurst123]

Budget (including currency):  £750

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Battlefield 6, GTA 6 (Trying to be ready for when they come out)

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 set up:

 

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz (6 CPUs), ~3.7GHz

Memory: 64GB DDR4 (1801 MHz) RAM

Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

MB: PRIME Z390-P

PSU : Corsair CV Series CV450

 

Thanks for any help / replies.

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£98.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING SE-214-XT PLUS 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.98 @ 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  (£47.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB Video Card  (£303.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £670.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-13 15:07 GMT+0000

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£98.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING SE-214-XT PLUS 76.16 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.98 @ 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  (£47.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£384.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Power Supply: *Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £751.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-02-13 15:08 GMT+0000

[emosun]

what power supply do you have? seems you need both a cpu and gpu upgrade

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

 

the board they got is decent no? surely a cpu and gpu alone would do? they can move the gpu to a new build later

[Why_Me]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

the board they got is decent no? surely a cpu and gpu alone would do? they can move the gpu to a new build later

Slow RAM, older platform.

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, Why_Me said:

Slow RAM, older platform.

yeah but if they sink everything into a platform upgrade they'll end up with a sorta mid tier build again and it might not be worth it if they do not plan to upgrade the future machine.

i guess the important question is , do they want to upgrade the machine again or not? if they don't want to then you don't want to make something that has room for expansion as they will never use it vs maxing out what they have which might still edge out a newer build despite the ram being not as fast.

[Selhurst123]

13 minutes ago, emosun said:

what power supply do you have? seems you need both a cpu and gpu upgrade

Sorry, added to original message.

[ewitte]

Generally, I stagger upgrades.  Do the GPU then 2 years later do the CPU.  Certain events (like the 5090 not being a worthwhile upgrade) extend things out a bit.  There isn't really anything I need at the moment outside of feeling space constrained after swapping the 7.68TB drive for a 4TB one.  Trying to deal with not keeping everything installed lol as I have 1.5Gbit downloads with no caps (plus media is on a 40+TB synology).

[emosun]

4 minutes ago, Selhurst123 said:

Sorry, added to original message.

well , you'd have to buy a power supply cpu and gpu

or you can just build a whole new pc as suggested above

[Why_Me]

20 hours ago, Selhurst123 said:

Sorry, added to original message.

That second build I posted will have you killing bad guys quicker than Edward IV was slaying those Red Rose b@stards at the Battle of Towton. Both of those builds are meant for gaming at 1080P.

 

btw if you enjoy Battlefield then here's a game I think you'll like and it's free.

 

  

 

[ewitte]

5 minutes ago, emosun said:

well , you'd have to buy a power supply cpu and gpu

or you can just build a whole new pc as suggested above

Is there really a upgrade path without changing the Motherboard as well?  On a budget I would just drop everything on the GPU/PSU and wait 1-2 years to do CPU/MB/RAM.  May actually be something that can be purchased after selling the old parts TBH even if it is just a used AM4 and 5800x3d.

[Selhurst123]

Ah, I thought I would just have to upgrade the CPU and GPU but reading the above I might as well just build a new setup not just try to upgrade one or two parts.

[emosun]

8 minutes ago, ewitte said:

Is there really a upgrade path without changing the Motherboard as well?  On a budget I would just drop everything on the GPU/PSU and wait 1-2 years to do CPU/MB/RAM.  May actually be something that can be purchased after selling the old parts TBH even if it is just a used AM4 and 5800x3d.

yeah the system should be able to handle a powersupply and gpu upgrade which can be moved to a newer machine later.

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Selhurst123 said:

Ah, I thought I would just have to upgrade the CPU and GPU but reading the above I might as well just build a new setup not just try to upgrade one or two parts.

Theres not much in the way of low wattage good gpus currently so yeah you'd want a decent powersupply

[Selhurst123]

Think this is what I'll go for:

 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-12400F (Up to 4.4GHz) 18MB Cache

Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME B760M-A WIFI (mATX, LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6) Memory (RAM)

32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB)

GPU: 12GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 7700 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP

PSU: CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

[Why_Me]

33 minutes ago, Selhurst123 said:

Think this is what I'll go for:

 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-12400F (Up to 4.4GHz) 18MB Cache

Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME B760M-A WIFI (mATX, LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6) Memory (RAM)

32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB)

GPU: 12GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 7700 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP

PSU: CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

You want DDR5-6000 CL30 if you go the DDR5 route.