Christmas Upgrade

Remouad

Have decided as a Christmas present to myself to upgrade my system

1. What is your budget?
€600 - 800

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Gaming/Development

3. Do you need a copy of Windows?
No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?
Yes See current build details below

5. Do you need a monitor?
No

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future?
2560 x 1080
No

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?
No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
Yes

8. How can you pay?
Cash, Card, etc.

9. When are you purchasing?
Before end of month

10. If you need help building it, where are you based?
No help needed

Current Build details below
Won't change the GPU as it's doing a decent job.
Everything else is up for replacement/reuse.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB Black Edition Video Card
Case: NZXT S340 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair VS 550 W ATX Power Supply
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-17 00:28 GMT+0000

Xenoronin

You could grab an i7 6700 (4 core, 8 threads, 4Ghz boost) from somewhere like webuy or ebay, pop it in and call it a day. It'd be a decent performance boost (your i5 has 4 core, 4 threads, 3.6Ghz boost) and keep you going for a few more years.

Alternatively you could sell on the CPU, mobo and RAM as a bundle, and get the Ryzen 3600 (6 core, 12 threads, 4.2GHz boost), a B450 motherboard and 3200MHz DDR4 RAM.

I'd slap in a large SSD in there too. 1TB drives are going pretty cheaply these days.

Remouad

6700 is an interesting option but decided to go the 3600 route.
Going with an M.2 drive while I'm at it.

Deciding whether to sell the old build or use it to replace my home server.
Anyone know what a good price would be for all of the above excluding case and GPU?

Homelander

I would maybe consider the 6700. Not because it's better than the 3600 or anything but the 3600 will be be a pretty expensive upgrade, as the sale value of the 6500 bundle would be very low. 6700 is a huge upgrade on a 6500 in newer games and it would be a once off cost of 150 or whatever.

Or else maybe consider just selling your current machine outright, that way it might fetch a good bit more value....and build an all new one based on the 3600.

Remouad

Homelander wrote: »

I would maybe consider the 6700. Not because it's better than the 3600 or anything but the 3600 will be be a pretty expensive upgrade, as the sale value of the 6500 bundle would be very low. 6700 is a huge upgrade on a 6500 in newer games and it would be a once off cost of 150 or whatever.

Or else maybe consider just selling your current machine outright, that way it might fetch a good bit more value....and build an all new one based on the 3600.

I've put my order in to fairly committed now to the 3600

Could possibly upgrade the GPU too.

What do you think the price difference would be between selling it or without the card?

Homelander

As a full pc, maybe about 400, possibly 450. Without the card, probably half that. Prices have dropped hugely in recent times.