AdviceAbout time for an upgrade
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Hey everyone, this is my first post. Any advice would be very helpful, so thank you in advance. It has been about 6.5 years since I put together my budget gaming rig. I think at the time, it costed me about 1500ish. Of course it is a little out dated. Here's what I got -

CPU - i5-3570k
GPU - Sapphire Flex Radeon HD 7950
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V Pro
RAM - G-Skill Ripjaws X-series 2x8 GB (1 stick did die on me, so down to 8GB total)
PSU - Corsair HX series 750W
I do have 1 SSD and 1 HDD which I don't think that I would need to upgrade?

I have started to look at a handful of benchmarks for older LGA 1155 CPU's and tried to compare them to the new AM4 socket stuff. Just trying to figure out the best bang for the buck hardware. As well as looking into a new GPU and RAM. I would imagine a 750W PSU would still do the trick?

Well, here is what I came up with and looking for general advice on my wish list that I came up with. Maybe similar benchmarks of stuff with saving money, or maybe spend a little more for a bigger upgrade?

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Those parts you selected are fine, I've refined your selection a little.
Depending on what your current SSD is, it could be worth looking into getting an NVME drive too.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($194.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN TUF Gaming Allian 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card ($269.99 @ B&H)
Total: $619.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-02 10:23 EDT-0400
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Requesting a list of parts

If you don't answer these questions, we will post them or refer you back to this post.

What is your budget and currency?
What will you use the PC for?
Do you need a monitor? If not, what monitor(s) will you be using?
Do you need a keyboard, mouse, or other peripherals?
Do you need an operating system?
Will you overclock?
Anything else we should know?



For starters, you're screwing yourself already with that RAM. DDR3 priced anything above 40.00 USD is completely outrageous. Especially when you can get DDR4 for that price and default better performance, it does NOT help that you decided for a 3600 too. Ryzen actually is better with faster RAM not stuff from the dark ages.

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You don't need an SSD by any means, it's just something that is a great luxury item. And if you want everything to load incredibly fast a year or two from now, honestly SSDs is the only option.

Decent Refresh PC

Assuming you're reusing your case, monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. this should get your performance you're looking for and give you some future flexibility.
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