Need a few upgrades to 7yr old computer

Turner

Currect pc specs:
Gpu: ATI Radeon HD 5870
Cpu: Intel Core i7 930
Ram: 6gb DDR3
Board: Asus P6T Deluxe v2
HDD: 128gb SSD for operating system, and 3x 1tb HDD in raid for storage.

Am looking to upgrade for the following reasons.

I play a lot of Xplane and FSX and the fps is not great and generally a bit jumpy on decent resolutions. I will certainly be playing Flight Sim 2020 when it is released next year.

I do a bit of video editing with Davinci resolve.

I suppose at this stage my ram is quite old compared to new ram on the market and need a spruce up.

I would love to speed up my USB transfer capabilities as my max at the moment is USB 2.0. I do a lot of transferring video files from usb flash drives to external HDD etc.

Would I need to upgrade the motherboard or could I upgrade all of the above with my current one?

I will keep the 3 x 1tb HDD's for general storage of movies etc.

Thanks for any suggestions and advice.

K.O.Kiki

You need a full system overhaul.

Ryzen 7-2700, 16Gb DDR4, 500Gb+ NVMe SSD, modern 3Tb/4Tb drive(s).
For GPU, entry-level would be RX 580, next step up GTX 1660 / 1660 Super. After that you're in enthusiast territory.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£139.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Green) CPU Cooler (£19.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£83.14 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£53.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£64.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB MINI ITX OC Video Card (£209.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.09 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.63 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £719.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-21 16:13 GMT+0000

You'd also need to overhaul your external drives to USB 3 housings.

Turner

Some great recommendations there K.O.Kiki, thanks

I will check them out, CPU alone blows mine out of the water