Looking to Upgrade

[nicokart]

Hi all,

 

I am looking to upgrade my machine or even go brand new.

Below is my current spec:

https://i.gyazo.com/0c2aa34a6701817017bcc1388c636a05.png

 

My budget is around £1000. I am a Sim Racer and gamer in general so that will be my main operation.

I do small graphics and video work but primarily gaming and Sim Racing. 

 

I have never Overclocked before, there do not know if that would be an option?

 

What would people recommend for this type of setup?

 

Many thanks

[Lurick]

Do you need/want a new case?

How about storage? Need any more?

[zzzzzzzhhh]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HFPZyf Sell your RAM, PSU, CPU, MOBO and keep everything else and you can afford a GTX 1080, otherwise get a 980 Ti: https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SGRANVI980TIGTX6GBA 

[Lurick]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  (£292.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£58.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£125.25 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£361.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1011.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 19:55 BST+0100

 

 

The above should be a good launching platform. You can swap the 1700X for a 1700 probably and get pretty much the same performance and overclock.

[zzzzzzzhhh]

21 minutes ago, Lurick said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  (£292.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£58.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£125.25 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£361.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1011.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 19:55 BST+0100

 

 

The above should be a good launching platform. You can swap the 1700X for a 1700 probably and get pretty much the same performance and overclock.

A GTX 1070 for a 60Hz 1080p monitor? A tad overkill don't you think?

[nicokart]

1 hour ago, Lurick said:

Do you need/want a new case?

How about storage? Need any more?

Antec 100 One Hundred, Black Midi

750W ANTEC TRUEPOWER NEW PSU

I could do with more Storage - yes. WD Blue 1TB?

[nicokart]

2 hours ago, Lurick said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  (£292.90 @ Alza) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£58.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£95.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£125.25 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£361.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1011.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 19:55 BST+0100

 

 

The above should be a good launching platform. You can swap the 1700X for a 1700 probably and get pretty much the same performance and overclock.

Ryzen the way to go atm?

[nicokart]

2 hours ago, Vespertine said:

A GTX 1070 for a 60Hz 1080p monitor? A tad overkill don't you think?

My monitor is 144Hz. I've actually just upped cause I never noticed it was on 60Hz

 

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, nicokart said:

Ryzen the way to go atm?

Yah, it gives the best bang for the buck right now.

[Sanctorum]

Not much need for a new CPU tbh. 2500k is still solid, and you have a decent mobo/RAM anyway so you could stick with that for now. I'd recommend overclocking the 2500k though. If you really want a CPU upgrade, I'd probably grab a Ryzen 5 with 2x8GB 3000/3200MHz RAM and a nice B350 motherboard. Only other thing I'd bother doing is maybe adding another SSD and/or HDD.

 

You'll for sure want a GPU upgrade though. A GTX 1070 would be a good shout, if they weren't all out of stock and at ridiculous prices anyway. So, a GTX 1080 seems a good way to go;

https://www.cclonline.com/product/213501/GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-1080-WINDFORCE-OC-8GB/VGA3559/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-cjCEO9umRWT27qFqUYm_fQ

Even these are starting to rise in price and disappear though, so other than this, your best option is to find a nice used GTX 980Ti or R9 Fury (X).

[A-Shadow]

if you are going to get a ryzen chip you may want to get faster memory and if you needed to save some the stock cooler with the 1700 and x are very capable even for light overclocking

 

[A-Shadow]

6 hours ago, Sanctorum said:

Not much need for a new CPU tbh. 2500k is still solid, and you have a decent mobo/RAM anyway so you could stick with that for now. I'd recommend overclocking the 2500k though. If you really want a CPU upgrade, I'd probably grab a Ryzen 5 with 2x8GB 3000/3200MHz RAM and a nice B350 motherboard. Only other thing I'd bother doing is maybe adding another SSD and/or HDD.

 

You'll for sure want a GPU upgrade though. A GTX 1070 would be a good shout, if they weren't all out of stock and at ridiculous prices anyway. So, a GTX 1080 seems a good way to go;

https://www.cclonline.com/product/213501/GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-1080-WINDFORCE-OC-8GB/VGA3559/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-cjCEO9umRWT27qFqUYm_fQ

Even these are starting to rise in price and disappear though, so other than this, your best option is to find a nice used GTX 980Ti or R9 Fury (X).

if you go on New Egg UK the gtx 1070 is in stock

[nicokart]

In terms of GPU are there particular brands to go with?

 

What would be a good CPU cooler to go for to Overclock also?

 

I was reading this to Overclock: https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/cpus/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/1/

[nicokart]

GTX 1080: £569.99

GTX 1070: £469.99

GTX 980Ti: £430.00 (from new)

[Lurick]

15 minutes ago, nicokart said:

GTX 1080: £569.99

GTX 1070: £469.99

GTX 980Ti: £430.00 (from new)

I prefer EVGA personally but most GPU makers are pretty good these days, not really sure of a big name brand (aside maybe Asus) to avoid.

 

For a CPU cooler you can either go AIO like the H100i v2 or a nice air cooler like the beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3.

 

GTX 1070 is pretty equal to the 980Ti so you can go either way there, 1070 does consume less power but performs about the same. If you really want to go all in, go with the 1080 but that's up to you  

[nicokart]

OK, thanks @Lurick