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i want to upgrade my computer and need help to find the best parts for it, i have a 600€ budget

what i want to upgrade is = CPU, Motherboard and the Case

i was thinking about getting the ryzen 7 2700x but the rest idk what to get

the reason i want a new case is bc my old one has some broken ports and stuff like that.

 

what i currently have is=

Motherboard: Gigabyte B150-HD3P
CPU: i5-6500

CPU cooler: stock

GPU: gtx 1070

RAM: 2x8gb ddr4-2133

Case: some cheap case idk the name of rn

PSU: i think it was 530 watt

Storage: 1tb HDD and 240gb SSD

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This is what I would do if I were you:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor €159.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard Asus - PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard €101.84 @ Mindfactory
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €116.27 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €56.80 @ Senetic
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive €58.11 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case €29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply €84.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €607.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 06:57 CET+0100  

 

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For the case, the NZXT H500 or Corsair 100r. Both are pretty cheap and have a decent amount of space.

 

The Ryzen 7 2700x is a good CPU. if you plan on going with that, nab pretty much ~$100 AM4 motherboard with either B350/450 or X370/470. 

If you do not plan on overclocking, the stock wraith cooler will do you well enough. If you do plan on overclocking, or have some extra budget grab a decent aftermarket cooler such as the bequiet! dark rock pro

 

Edit: Make sure that the new hardware can be handled by your PSU, if not then get a new one with an upgraded power rating

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What is your location? Also would you happen to know the model of your PSU? If it's a lower quality PSU I'd recommend getting a new one (obviously if it's good then it's fine).

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1 minute ago, Cereal5 said:

What is your location? Also would you happen to know the model of your PSU? If it's a lower quality PSU I'd recommend getting a new one (obviously if it's good then it's fine).

i live in Germany, and i don't know what my PSU is right now, but i think it was decent.

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3 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

For the case, the NZXT H500 or Corsair 100r. Both are pretty cheap and have a decent amount of space.

 

The Ryzen 7 2700x is a good CPU. if you plan on going with that, nab pretty much ~$100 AM4 motherboard with either B350/450 or X370/470. 

If you do not plan on overclocking, the stock wraith cooler will do you well enough. If you do plan on overclocking, or have some extra budget grab a decent aftermarket cooler such as the bequiet! dark rock pro

the case seems like it would be good, and no i dont plan on overclocking, so the stock cooler it is, thank you.

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6 minutes ago, MandoPanda said:

This is what I would do if I were you:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor €159.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard Asus - PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard €101.84 @ Mindfactory
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €116.27 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €56.80 @ Senetic
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive €58.11 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case €29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply €84.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €607.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 06:57 CET+0100  

 

thank you for taking the time and making an entire list but i definitely want to atleast get an ryzen 7 2700x

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3 minutes ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

Now I must admit that for my personal PCs I do lean heavily on aesthetics when I choose my case.

And I spend a little more than $40.

But damn, that case is ugly.

And I imagine all those drive bays might cut down on air flow.

Esp with only 2x120mm front and 1x120mm rear.

Are you talking about the Corsair I suggested? I have one right now and the airflow is adequate, especially considering that I have a R5 2600x and a 1070 with all drive bays full. CPU stays below 70C and GPU stays around 65C in low ambient and 70C max with a high ambient temp (These are temps while gaming for around 45min to an hour).

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Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

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6 minutes ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

Now I must admit that for my personal PCs I do lean heavily on aesthetics when I choose my case.

And I spend a little more than $40.

But damn, that case is ugly.

And I imagine all those drive bays might cut down on air flow.

Esp with only 2x120mm front and 1x120mm rear.

 

Also, you said you have storage.

So that's €110 toward the 7 2700x .

But, yeah, I'd bite the bullet and go for a new PSU.

 

as long as the temperatures dont get too high i dont mind bad airflow, and yeah i dont care how the case looks really.
what wattage should the PSU be?

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3 hours ago, Blattgold said:

thank you for taking the time and making an entire list but i definitely want to atleast get an ryzen 7 2700x

Keep in mind that the 2700x is half of your budget...

 

Are you planning on overclocking? If so, get the 2700 because they perform the same when you overclock.

 

Dedicating half of your budget makes it tough to make a well balanced build... but here it goes...

 

Again... This is really really REALLY not a good idea... But this is what you are looking at when you want to dedicate half of your budget to one component...

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor €306.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard €85.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory €59.02 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €56.80 @ Senetic
Case Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case €29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply €63.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €602.69
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 10:52 CET+0100  

 

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2 minutes ago, MandoPanda said:

Keep in mind that the 2700x is half of your budget...

 

Are you planning on overclocking? If so, get the 2700 because they perform the same when you overclock.

 

Dedicating half of your budget makes it tough to make a well balanced build... but here it goes...

 

Again... This is really really REALLY not a good idea... But this is what you are looking at when you want to dedicate half of your budget to one component...

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor €306.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard €85.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory €59.02 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €56.80 @ Senetic
Case Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case €29.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply €63.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €602.69
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-15 10:52 CET+0100  

 

i already decided what i get but thank you, i dont really need a memory or storage upgrade.

thats what i got
AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor

Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair - SPEC-ALPHA (White/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair TX650M PC-Netzteil (Voll-Modulares Kabelmanagement, 80 Plus Gold, 650 Watt, EU)

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