Question Best £350/400 Component Upgrade?

[JamesAtari]

I'm upgrading an old system I found for a family member, and wondering what the best upgrade would be with a budget of £350-£400 tops

The components I need are:
- CPU
- RAM
- Mobo
- GPU
- PSU (Current PSU doesn't seem to have any issues but it's 10 years old so would prefer the upgrade).

I'm thinking Ryzen 5 5600 to start, and b550 board if possible. Unsure on GPU's within this budget, RX 6600 maybe? (Honestly no clue what's best price-performance/potential bottlenecks).

Willing to buy used GPU if needed.

System would likely be used for 1080p games and light 1440p later down the line.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Your idea of a 5600, b550 and 6600 is a good place to start.

Right now the 5600x is only a couple pounds more than the 5600, worth buying.

Board here is an excellent budget board. You could save 20 or so with a cheap a520, but it's not worth it.

Would recommend the stretch to 32gb ram if possible, but you could buy 16 now like this and still have 2 slots available to upgrade down the line.

Here's a decent 6600 and reasonable budget power supply.

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9tkq4p)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/g94BD3/amd-ryzen-5-5600x-37-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000065box) | £98.63 @ Amazon UK
**Motherboard** | [MSI B550M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DLcG3C/msi-b550m-pro-vdh-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550m-pro-vdh) | £69.98 @ Amazon UK
**Memory** | [Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/P4FKHx/silicon-power-sp016gxlzu320bdaj5-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-sp016gxlzu320bdaj5) | £28.99 @ Amazon UK
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte EAGLE Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/G9ytt6/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6600-8-gb-eagle-video-card-gv-r66eagle-8gd) | £189.95 @ Ebuyer
**Power Supply** | [MSI MAG A550BN 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/mnVmP6/msi-mag-a550bn-550-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-mag-a550bn) | £39.99 @ Amazon UK
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| **Total** | **£427.54**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-11-26 23:56 GMT+0000 |

Used gpu would get you in budget. A 6600xt or 7600 is a fairly sizable upgrade over the regular 6600 if you can find one of those for not much more.