Upgrading my PC

[shea99]

So im off to Uni in September and my student loan is quite generous, After my first rent payment ill have £1405.90 left. As well as this im also getting a job so living costs will probably be paid by that so im looking at this as money i can spend. So my dad knows a guy and he's sorted me with a Macbook Pro and a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo for around £500. The macbook is for uni work. So he knows about my hobby for computers and has came to me with a GeForce GTX 1070 for around £300-£350, however he knows my specs and knows that my Fx 6300 also could do with a new life so my question is do you think i should look into upgrading my PC, Ive listed my current specs below.

Ive been looking at i5's anyway and he also mentioned an i7 which he would do me a decent price for and im just thinking i dont want to go overkill because there is other expenses i need to consider, clothes etc Any help ? Ive listed my specs below.

Also ATM im not a huge PC gamer however i intend to play alot more and feel that i would also like to have a machine capable of facilitating my uni work as well (computer forensics) 

• CPU
  AMD FX 6300
• Motherboard
  Asus MFA99FX
• RAM
  8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance
• GPU
  Radeon HD 7700
• Case
  Phanteks Enthoo Luxe
• Storage
  500GB Samsung 850 Evo & 1TB WD CB
• PSU
  Seasonic SS-600HT
• Cooling
  Hyper 212 EVO
• Keyboard
  Razer Blackwiddow Chroma
• Mouse
  Logitech G520
• Operating System
  Win 10

[Crunchy Dragon]

I would say get an i7-7700K or a Ryzen 5

[shea99]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would say get an i7-7700K or a Ryzen 5

Over the i5 6600k ?

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, shea99 said:

Over the i5 6600k ?

 

Given that the 6600K is last-gen, yes. Maybe drop down to an i5-7600K at least

[shea99]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Given that the 6600K is last-gen, yes. Maybe drop down to an i5-7600K at least

Yea i meant 7600k sorry  So you reckon to go i7 and to get the gpu ?

[Megazero]

For just gaming an i5 would have been fine, you dont need an i7. And TBH it doesnt matter all that much between a 6600k and a 7600k. Get whichever one is easier to get and cheaper (though with that said if they are a few pounds apart get the 7600k for sure)

As for everything else... something along these line :3? Since you are going with 2nd hand parts too alot of these price should go down, but I have no idea what u can get for how much so this is just some suggestion base on your budget

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.32 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£119.94 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£579.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£94.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£68.67 @ Alza) 
Total: £1174.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 22:15 BST+0100

I will also tell you this: these are probably way too overkill for whatever you want to do, and you probably need mouse, keyboard, monitor and speaker/headphone too, so you could drop the 1080Ti for a 1070 or smt, get a cheaper case and Ram. You shouldnt buy HDD and PSU secondhand, but everything else should be fine

[shea99]

1 minute ago, Megazero said:

For just gaming an i5 would have been fine, you dont need an i7. And TBH it doesnt matter all that much between a 6600k and a 7600k. Get whichever one is easier to get and cheaper (though with that said if they are a few pounds apart get the 7600k for sure)

As for everything else... something along these line :3? Since you are going with 2nd hand parts too alot of these price should go down, but I have no idea what u can get for how much so this is just some suggestion base on your budget

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£0.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.32 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£119.94 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£129.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card  (£579.45 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£94.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£68.67 @ Alza) 
Total: £1174.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-31 22:15 BST+0100

Sorry was meant to say that its only really the mobo cpu and gpu i was looking in to replacing but thanks with the advice on the cpu. It depends on how much the i7 is tbh as i know he will do me a deal and all of these parts are also brand new in the packaging 

[Megazero]

1 minute ago, shea99 said:

Sorry was meant to say that its only really the mobo cpu and gpu i was looking in to replacing but thanks with the advice on the cpu. It depends on how much the i7 is tbh as i know he will do me a deal and all of these parts are also brand new in the packaging 

If so... an i5 unlocked like a 7600k, a Z270 board with enough SATA port for all your HDD (if you are someone like me who use 4 drives in total), a PSU that have enough cable for all that and probably a 1070 would be best for you. Save all your money toward something else like VR and/or a few good monitor, or just save it for the eventually upgrade to a GTX 1270 or whatever name they will come up next  

[shea99]

3 minutes ago, Megazero said:

If so... an i5 unlocked like a 7600k, a Z270 board with enough SATA port for all your HDD (if you are someone like me who use 4 drives in total), a PSU that have enough cable for all that and probably a 1070 would be best for you. Save all your money toward something else like VR and/or a few good monitor, or just save it for the eventually upgrade to a GTX 1270 or whatever name they will come up next  

Cheers sounds good

[shea99]

25 minutes ago, Megazero said:

If so... an i5 unlocked like a 7600k, a Z270 board with enough SATA port for all your HDD (if you are someone like me who use 4 drives in total), a PSU that have enough cable for all that and probably a 1070 would be best for you. Save all your money toward something else like VR and/or a few good monitor, or just save it for the eventually upgrade to a GTX 1270 or whatever name they will come up next  

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/MLpnBP so like this, tbh ive got to wait to see how much he wants for the i7 anyway or even the 7270-E if i can get one at a good price