What to upgrade next?

[jonny13569]

My current build is in the signature box. Based on that what would you guys recommend I upgrade. I have been thinking processor, should I move from red to blue or stick it out and give zen a go? Or upgrade my graphics card to an nvidia 1000 series and hope my ageing CPU can last a few more years?

So now some info on what is to be spent and my needs:

• My budget is absolute maximum £600 preferably under £500.
• I am a chemistry student so may have to run some light modelling programs (the PCs in the department run i3-3000 series and do some relatively complex modelling in sub 10 minutes so this shouldn't be my most demanding work load).
• I enjoy photography and edit photos in Lightroom and Photoshop a lot (I run GPU acceleration on both programs), I occasionally make time lapses and hope to start doing them more often.
• I do game a fair amount, I prefer an RPG or RTS to an FPS but they also have their place.
• If I have some money left over I would like to replace the black heat-shrinked cables from my PSU with some sleeved ones (probably CableMod, however I am open to suggestion) but hardware is the main thing so if no money is left over then this will have to wait.

Any help on this would be much appreciated.

[MrSha256]

Yeah I think the next thing to upgrade is your CPU

[Herman Mcpootis]

get a new cpu and mobo, and decide if you wanna reuse the ram or not. the fx 6300 isn't a very good cpu and the am3+ socket is a dead end.

[19_blackie_73]

new cpu and mobo first, will improve your work more and bring down your power bill. You woudn't benefit that much from a 10series card with that cpu.

 

 

EDIT: sth like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£210.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 50.5 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£142.06 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£66.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £469.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-26 10:32 BST+0100

 

+ cablemod cables

I included a new cooler cause h90 isn't the best AIO and this will run more silent.

And if you want to go overkill, get the 6700k

[jonny13569]

@19_blackie_73 @herman mcpootis @MrSha256 Thanks for that. I had a feeling it would be the MoBo and CPU. The question now is what to get? Should I wait for Zen and AM4+ or go for a skylake CPU? Not sure I need Haswell/Broadwell-E?

[19_blackie_73]

5 minutes ago, jonny13569 said:

@19_blackie_73 @herman mcpootis @MrSha256 Thanks for that. I had a feeling it would be the MoBo and CPU. The question now is what to get? Should I wait for Zen and AM4+ or go for a skylake CPU? Not sure I need Haswell/Broadwell-E?

there's no need for the 6core intel chips and they will blow your budget.

sth like i mentioned above should suffice. BUT i forgot ram... you will need some ddr4

[jonny13569]

3 hours ago, 19_blackie_73 said:

there's no need for the 6core intel chips and they will blow your budget.

sth like i mentioned above should suffice. BUT i forgot ram... you will need some ddr4

Ahh sorry I missed the edit thanks for your help!