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Better to upgrade PC or build a new one? 2017-08-10 10:47:28 Post No. 361703
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I've looked at building a new PC myself, and would be prepared to spend about £650 or $900 on putting a whole new rig together, so I get more than a couple years use out of it. But I wonder if its possible to upgrade this one to a similar standard. Seems a lot easier and cost-effective if I can reach a similar spec without having to buy a new case, PSU, hard drive etc.
Also is there any real point in going for a CPU with more than 4 cores? All the games that I play don't even use more than 1 at full capacity it seems.
Link to my current PC specs
://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cyberpower-gaming-battalion-504-pc-485-ebuyer-2058249
Link to the kind of rig I am looking at buying
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/mwrggbH8SE/
tl;dr Can I upgrade current PC to roughly match the spec of the 2nd link? If so, what do I buy?
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I would get an 8350 CPU if I were you (that's what I have now and I love it that's why I'm suggesting it). Not sure how it compares to your 4350 though.
Add a new video card. I am currently thinking about adding or upgrading to a 1050 or 1060. I have a 650 Ti and though it works for the old games I want perfectly fine I haven't upgraded for a couple years so might be in the same boat as you.
If you don't have an SSD then add a 120 r 256 GB SSD in there and you should see noticeable improvement. Those should cost like $300 or less.
8 GB of ram you have now is fine.
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>>361714
Also are you actually downgrading videocards or am I crazy?
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>>361714
>8350
What the fuck, why are you recommending he bottleneck his entire system?
Go Ryzen 5 1500, grab a B350 board preferably ASRock or gigabyte. Some really fast RAM shoot for 16gb and you're good. If you have a case and all that
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>>361753
>Ryzen 5 1500
Having a look at that now and it doesn't seem to be that much better than my 4350 as far as I can tell (which is not very far).
Also do I not need a new graphics card?
Feel like it's my weakest component.
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Bump, please help me!
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>>361714
>Recommending an FX cpu in current year
Autism.
>>361757
R5 1500 Is 80% faster than your 4350. Don't get an FX CPU they're house fire bottlenecks.
You definitely need a new GPU, Miners have shot up the price for them, youre better off not getting one right now and using your current GPU. And get one in a few months.
Checkout the OP in >>>/g/pcbg for much better recommendations
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What I did was buy a cheap pc with an I5 in it, and I just replaced the gpu with a gtx 1050
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>>361902
Okay thank mate that's really helpful.
What's the best CPU & Graphics card I could put in my PC and it still work okay?
Pic is the full spec, Power supply is 550W
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>>361926
>What's the best CPU & Graphics card I could put in my PC and it still work okay?
The best thing you can upgrade your cpu too is an FX8350 without getting a new mobo, I dunno if i would recommend doing that. You should ask in the pc building general.
As for a video card. i wouldnt get something more powerful than a 1060 for your current setup as your cpu will bottleneck most more powerful GPUs
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>>361977
Okay I've looked it up and a 8350 would be a pointless upgrade, pretty much outdated already.
How can I know which motherboard to buy?
I am looking at buying a Ryzen 7 1700 and a graphics card that'll cost around £200/$300
And would my PSU handle this?
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