Help with new cpu

[giffin]

I’ve been looking to upgrade my cpu (AMD FX 4300 Quad Core Processor) but honestly don’t really know what I’m doing. I’ve been looking at the Intel Core i5-8400 but think I’m right in thinking that a motherboard change would also be required. As well as this I want to upgrade my gpu (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti) for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080. Would this create any problems? Sorry it’s a bit of an ask but if anyone could help that’d be great.

 

[chemmajorp53]

What is the rest of your system? It sounds like you want an entire new computer. Also, The i5 8400 makes pretty much no sense at $200 when you can get an r5 2600 for $160 or so. What is your budget?

 

[giffin]

My budget is around £600 ($760). I didn’t see the r5 2600 I assume it’s better? Rest of system : 8GB RAM, windows 10 64-bit os,x64-based processor, 2TB storage, MSI 760GM-p23 motherboard. Do you need anymore information? I’d give you a link to the pc but I think it’s been discontinued ( probably for a reason lol)

 

[chemmajorp53]

That's going to be tough with that budget, even a 1070 ti alone is going to be 2/3 of your budget. I was more wondering if your case/PSU were worth keeping but if it's a prebuilt then they're probably not.

 

[giffin]

That's going to be tough with that budget, even a 1070 ti alone is going to be 2/3 of your budget. I was more wondering if your case/PSU were worth keeping but if it's a prebuilt then they're probably not. [/qu

 

[giffin]

I wasn’t looking to change the casing/PSU if I don’t have too. Also I was hoping for price drops in sales after Christmas. If not would a cpu or gpu upgrade be better to start with?

 

[vMax]

This is a tough one based on budget...Have not included PSU, SSD/HD, Case but a Ryzen 2600, Fast RAM in DDR4 3000 and a 1070...

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XTVwkd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XTVwkd/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£65.80 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£108.65 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Mini Video Card (£299.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £620.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-10 13:26 GMT+0000

 

[giffin]

This is brilliant thanks. Would the parts not upgraded have any negative effect on the final capabilities of the pc? If not then that solves my problem thanks so much!

 

[vMax]

This is brilliant thanks. Would the parts not upgraded have any negative effect on the final capabilities of the pc? If not then that solves my problem thanks so much!

No problems at all....and no you should be fine and the only thing to add is an SSD if you do noit have one already...SSD's are very cheap now and make a huge difference over a normal HD...

Also make sure you have a power supply at or around 550w...