CPU Upgrade Advice

[garyclark.home]

Looking to upgrade my processor, although this will mean replacing the motherboard and RAM. Currently I have the following:

Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 1060
PSU: 850W Corsair CMPSU-850HXUK
Case: Silverstone Raven RV02B
Processor: i7 920 D0 SLBEJ Bloomfield
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator (tri-channel)
Motherboard: GA-X58A-UD3R

I'm currently playing Battlefield 1, Doom, Watch Dogs and Farcry Primal. Considering I've only changed the graphics card in the last 7 years (Changed a couple of months ago due to performance in Doom).

I want to extend the life of the rig, prevent any bottlenecks and, obviously, boost performance where possible.

My budget is about £300 and I'd like to get 16GB RAM with that, as well as the CPU and motherboard, is that asking too much for too little money?

Any suggestions welcome


EDIT:
Someone I know is selling HP EliteDesk 800 G1 for £200. Although most of this is useless to me, the processor is a i7 4770 3.4Ghz and is has 16GB RAM, I'd just need a socket 1150 motherboard. Would this be worth a go or is there a better option?

 

[Finstar]

I'm afraid you wouldn't really see any fps gains with that budget.

 

[Finstar]

This is £93 more than your budget but would be the optimal next upgrade.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£174.76 @ BT Shop)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£96.56 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£121.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £393.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-20 12:29 GMT+0000

 

[garyclark.home]

I'm afraid you wouldn't really see any fps gains with that budget.

Thank you for your response, I've added a curve ball to the end, would that give me any gains or should I look to increase my budget?

 

[Finstar]

AMD variant:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£174.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.07 @ BT Shop)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£135.51 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £389.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-20 12:33 GMT+0000

 

[Finstar]

I'm afraid you wouldn't really see any fps gains with that budget.

Thank you for your response, I've added a curve ball to the end, would that give me any gains or should I look to increase my budget?

Yes, that old hp would be a very good deal if you can just find a 1150 mobo.

 

[garyclark.home]

I'm afraid you wouldn't really see any fps gains with that budget.

Thank you for your response, I've added a curve ball to the end, would that give me any gains or should I look to increase my budget?

Yes, that old hp would be a very good deal if you can just find a 1150 mobo.

I'll see if I can get that then. If the RAM is 2x8GB I'll go for this:
https://www.ebuyer.com/728679-asus-h81m-p-plus-socket-1150-vga-dvi-hdmi-8-channel-audio-matx-h81m-p-plus
and if it's 4x4GB, there's this:
https://www.ebuyer.com/512557-asus-b85m-g-socket-1150-vga-dvi-hdmi-6-2-channel-hd-audio-matx-b85m-g

If I can't get hold of it then I'll have to save up an extra £100 and take a look at the other builds you posted, I'm not sure how AMD and Intel compare these days!

Thank you for all your help!