AdviceLooking to Upgrade my System - £1000 Budget
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Post your current specs including the model number of your power supply

pcpartpicker.com/list/J7Yw7T

PSU Model Number (220-G3-0650-RX)


How much do you want to spend on the upgrade?
I'd like to spend £1000 British Pounds



What is your goal for the upgrade?
My goal for the upgrade Is to be able to run games without poor performance on 1440p 144hz. I'd rather stay with Intel If possible but If AMD Is the best possible choice for the best experience then we can work with that maybe.
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Still looking for some advice on this.
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AMD > Intel in general for you price/perf ratio.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£156.95 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£67.96 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 2.048 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£203.81 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £570.70

Since you don't really need to fully rebuild with what you currently have this should suffice more than enough. the case is optional, was just going for something a little more sleek the s340 is more than enough already. Put a 2TB SSD in just for mass space SSD storage. Always nice to have and fits nicely within the budget. You can use your 2070 that you have already, would be perfectly fine.

You can easily drop the overall price on this down ~280 dropping the SSD and case.
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I wouldn't feel comfortable investing in another Intel socket at this point in time. If you really wanted to stay with Intel, then IMO, your best bet id to buy a used i7-7700k and just swap that out for your 7600k for now, then when Intel finally release 10nm desktop CPU's(if it ever happens), maybe then consider a socket upgrade.

On the other hand, if you're ready for a socket upgrade, AM4 is the way to go IMO. With your budget, I'd go straight for Zen 2, with probably an R7 3700x to be honest. It's potentially a bit overkill for a 1440p144Hz gaming system with an RTX 2070 but R5 3600 vs R7 3700x now kind of feels a lot like i5-3570k vs i7-3770k back in 2012. The i5(or now R5) is perfectly adequate and great value, but the i7(R7 now) gives you a little more oomph outside of gaming if you decide to use your system for anything else.


There's really no reason to change your case unless you are unhappy with your S340, or just want a change. You have the budget though and are doing a mobo upgrade, so now's the time to change case if you want to. Meshify C is a fine choice- Phanteks P400A and cooler Master NR600 are also two great alternatives. NZXT H500/H510 are also potential's if you like the S340 but want a bit of an upgrade in the same style- the Meshify, P400A and NR600 all have vastly better airflow than the S340, H500, and H510 though.
Also I would probably just re-use your Kraken X62 since you already have it, unless you specifically want to change to air. In which case, I'd be getting a Dark Rock 4 personally(and I did, swapped my X61 for a DR4 on my 1700x).

So, this is what I'd be looking at;
Ryzen 7 3700x - £281.99

then you have a choice of motherboards;
MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX - £94.99
I really wouldn't go lower end than this with your budget. This is going to be pretty lackluster in terms of features compared to higher end X470/X570 mobo's, but this should be enough motherboard for most users IMO. Up to you to decide if it's enough for you.
Some other good options are;
Asus TUF X570 - £160.79
By far the best value X570 motherboard. This has the same VRM set-up as the higher end Strix X570 motherboards, but at a much more palatable price. That said, for me personally, it lacks some features I like and I would probably pay the extra £90-100 for Strix X570, even though it really is quite hard to justify.
Strix X570-F - £247.95
Strix X570-E - £278.74
The only difference between the X570-F and X570-E that I can see, is that the "E" has a post code display on the bottom of the mobo towards the left, whereas the "F" has no post code display. I'm honestly not sure if there are any other differences between the 2 mobo's than the post code display.

Then, since you have plenty of budget left over, grab yourself a nice 1TB NVMe SSD;
Sabrent Rocket Q - £99.99
Silly not to at these prices to be honest, absolute steal IMO.
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21 wrote I wouldn't feel comfortable investing in another Intel socket at this point in time. If you really wanted to stay with Intel, then IMO, your best bet id to buy a used i7-7700k and just swap that out for your 7600k for now, then when Intel finally release 10nm desktop CPU's(if it ever happens), maybe then consider a socket upgrade.

On the other hand, if you're ready for a socket upgrade, AM4 is the way to go IMO. With your budget, I'd go straight for Zen 2, with probably an R7 3700x to be honest. It's potentially a bit overkill for a 1440p144Hz gaming system with an RTX 2070 but R5 3600 vs R7 3700x now kind of feels a lot like i5-3570k vs i7-3770k back in 2012. The i5(or now R5) is perfectly adequate and great value, but the i7(R7 now) gives you a little more oomph outside of gaming if you decide to use your system for anything else.


There's really no reason to change your case unless you are unhappy with your S340, or just want a change. You have the budget though and are doing a mobo upgrade, so now's the time to change case if you want to. Meshify C is a fine choice- Phanteks P400A and cooler Master NR600 are also two great alternatives. NZXT H500/H510 are also potential's if you like the S340 but want a bit of an upgrade in the same style- the Meshify, P400A and NR600 all have vastly better airflow than the S340, H500, and H510 though.
Also I would probably just re-use your Kraken X62 since you already have it, unless you specifically want to change to air. In which case, I'd be getting a Dark Rock 4 personally(and I did, swapped my X61 for a DR4 on my 1700x).

So, this is what I'd be looking at;
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then you have a choice of motherboards;
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I really wouldn't go lower end than this with your budget. This is going to be pretty lackluster in terms of features compared to higher end X470/X570 mobo's, but this should be enough motherboard for most users IMO. Up to you to decide if it's enough for you.
Some other good options are;
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By far the best value X570 motherboard. This has the same VRM set-up as the higher end Strix X570 motherboards, but at a much more palatable price. That said, for me personally, it lacks some features I like and I would probably pay the extra £90-100 for Strix X570, even though it really is quite hard to justify.
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The only difference between the X570-F and X570-E that I can see, is that the "E" has a post code display on the bottom of the mobo towards the left, whereas the "F" has no post code display. I'm honestly not sure if there are any other differences between the 2 mobo's than the post code display.

Then, since you have plenty of budget left over, grab yourself a nice 1TB NVMe SSD;
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Silly not to at these prices to be honest, absolute steal IMO.


Thanks you for the suggestions. I'll pickup a 3700x for sure then If It's going to be more suffice for 1440p 144hz Gaming. Question: Isn't Ram Speeds Super Important for AMD? No idea If 2666 would be enough as that's currently what I use. Also I will be using my x62 Inside the AMD Build yeah.
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ZealN wrote Thanks you for the suggestions. I'll pickup a 3700x for sure then If It's going to be more suffice for 1440p 144hz Gaming.

Yeah, honestly, like I said, even an R5 3600 would suffice. At 1440p144Hz you're going to be GPU bound anyway. If you'd rather save money, 3600 is fine and a lot better value to be fair- If you're happy to spend the money, 3700x is a real solid option. I'd spend the extra 100 quid for a 3700x, but I'm an enthusiast.


ZealN wrote Question: Isn't Ram Speeds Super Important for AMD? No idea If 2666 would be enough as that's currently what I use.

It's pretty helpful to have faster RAM with Ryzen, yeah. 2666MHz is pretty much the minimum I'd want to work with, but that is going to be fine so I'm not sure it's worth buying another new 16GB kit of RAM. You already have 16GB there, which is plenty, why buy again? You can always try manually tuning RAM speed and latencies, you might be able to get that 2666MHz kit to 2933MHz.



3000/3200MHz is the best value and can offer a noticeable performance improvement over 2666MHz with Ryzen. 3600MHz is kind of the 'perfect' speed for Ryzen 3000 CPU's, but 3600MHz RAM can be a little pricey still, though some kits can be found for reasonable prices now and again. You also have the budget to upgrade RAM if you really want, but if you're gonna do that anyway, it's a bit silly to not go with 32GB isn't it?

So, I'd probably think about holding on to the 16GB kit, but if you just wanna do the upgrade then here's some kits to look at;
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB 3000MHz - £133.15
Honestly, doesn't really make sense to buy this kit IMO but this is like the bottom end of what you want to be looking at for a RAM upgrade.
T-Force Vulcan Z 2x16GB 3200MHz - £130.57
This is probably your best value option for new RAM. Nothing special/exciting, but priced really quite well for a 32GB kit @ 3200MHz.
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB 3600MHz - £141.49
Cheapest 3600MHz 32GB kit I can see, and this is actually a pretty great price for what you're getting too.

Or, if you want RGB RAM, these are your options really;
Vengeance RGB PRO 3000MHz - £147.98
Vengeance RGB PRO 3200MHz - £164.10
Vengeance RGB PRO 3600MHz - £185.11
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Managed to find this offer for £182 32GB 4x8 3600Mhz.
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I was thinking of waiting for the new 3000s series before upgrading my GPU
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ZealN wrote Managed to find this offer for £182 32GB 4x8 3600Mhz.
amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07TB4J2D...&psc=1

I'd go for a 2x16GB kit instead of 4x8GB. Especially since it's about the same price anyway.

ZealN wrote I was thinking of waiting for the new 3000s series before upgrading my GPU

Yeah, for sure. No reason to upgrade from an RTX 2070 at this point, and it might even make sense for you to skip the next generation as well.
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