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Hello, everyone!

 

I've been looking into upgrading my aging CPU and I need some help with upgrading but cannot decide on what to purchase.

I have a budget of £550 and am looking to purchase a new CPU, motherboard, RAM, CPU cooler and case.

I would like to go onto the Ryzen platform as I plan on encoding on OBS with my CPU rather than my GPU which I'm using now, which is greatly limiting the games that I can stream.

The case needs to be mATX form factor since I need a small form factor and have room for two extra expansion cards.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance! :D

I say jiggly-bytes when I see "GB".

It goes down better than you would expect.

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what are your current specs?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

what are your current specs?

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (1600MHz)

 

My GPU, storage solutions and PSU are more than adequate and so I didn't include them.

I say jiggly-bytes when I see "GB".

It goes down better than you would expect.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  (£197.99 @ Aria PC) 2700 if you can spend abit more.
CPU Cooler: Scythe - Mugen 5 51.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 KRAIT GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£93.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Team - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£154.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£66.50 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £556.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-15 13:41 BST+0100

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  (£197.99 @ Aria PC) 2700 if you can spend abit more.
CPU Cooler: Scythe - Mugen 5 51.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 KRAIT GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£93.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Team - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£154.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£66.50 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £556.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-15 13:41 BST+0100

That looks quite promising, might go for some stuff like this. Thanks for the help!

I say jiggly-bytes when I see "GB".

It goes down better than you would expect.

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