Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my desktop and would like to stick with the 1050ti

[maplestoru69]

Here is my current specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/blucomet/saved/
I currently have a budget of $500, what should I upgrade and to what?

 

[norcalsc]

based on what have and can reuse, I'd get a ryzen 5, a motherboard and some ram. the go buy an ssd for your OS at the very least you should be good to go go. shouldn't have any problem getting that within your budget of 500 bucks. the 1050ti is still a good GPU for 1080p gaming, yet if you decide to upgrade your GPU in the future to say something that will push 1440p or 4k, the ryzen 5 will handle it. get fast ram and do yourself a favor go with 16gb if possible and you'll be chewing through AAA games in no time

 

[bmockeg]

This is a good setup.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $493.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 02:00 EDT-0400

 

[bmockeg]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($219.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($127.36 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $502.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 02:10 EDT-0400

Here is an option if you rather get a better CPU and motherboard at the expense of upgrading your hard drive and PSU

 

[maplestoru69]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($219.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($127.36 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $502.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-11 02:10 EDT-0400

Here is an option if you rather get a better CPU and motherboard at the expense of upgrading your hard drive and PSU

Would upgrading the PSU be as important or can I just not touch the 500w I have? I'm most likely not going to upgrade until couple years later

 

[maplestoru69]

based on what have and can reuse, I'd get a ryzen 5, a motherboard and some ram. the go buy an ssd for your OS at the very least you should be good to go go. shouldn't have any problem getting that within your budget of 500 bucks. the 1050ti is still a good GPU for 1080p gaming, yet if you decide to upgrade your GPU in the future to say something that will push 1440p or 4k, the ryzen 5 will handle it. get fast ram and do yourself a favor go with 16gb if possible and you'll be chewing through AAA games in no time

What motherboard and ram do you suggest? And I'm most likely not going to upgrade to higher resolution until much later on

 

[rcald2000]

With a $500 budget, you could buy either a Ryzen 7 2700 + X470 chipset MB or Intel i7-8700K + Z370 (Z390) chipset MB. Then sell your current CPU/MB/RAM and use the proceeds to purchase DDR4 RAM.

 

[maplestoru69]

With a $500 budget, you could buy either a Ryzen 7 2700 + X470 chipset MB or Intel i7-8700K + Z370 (Z390) chipset MB. Then sell your current CPU/MB/RAM and use the proceeds to purchase DDR4 RAM.

Hmm, I kinda prefer not selling anything just so I can have some backup parts if anything happens.

 

[bmockeg]

You didn't list your PSU specs so I threw a good option in there. You don't have to upgrade it yet.