Question i want to upgrade my PC

[b2bmade]

I've got an i5 4690K and a 1660Ti, and I'm itching for an upgrade. Any ideas on what I should go for? Hit me with your suggestions!

 

[Why_Me]

What country are you located and what is your budget?

 

[b2bmade]

What country are you located and what is your budget?

im in the uk and i ideally want to spend under 1000 or so

 

[punkncat]

Probably would end up in the ballpark of a 7700 or 12900, decent motherboard with some DDR5, a 4060 or 7xxx xt of some variant, decent power supply, case, and storage.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I’d start with a platform upgrade, that is new cpu, board, psu ram etc and see what kind of money you’ve got left and possibly gpu upgrade.

 

[artk2219]

I've got an i5 4690K and a 1660Ti, and I'm itching for an upgrade. Any ideas on what I should go for? Hit me with your suggestions!

Are you going to keep any of your current parts or will it be a full new build?

 

[artk2219]

Another option if you just want a quick and cheap upgrade is for you to swap out that i5 for a xeon with hyperthreading. You can get Xeon E3 1245 V3's for around 18 pounds.

Xeon
Many Much Xeons
E3 1245 vs 4770k

 

[Why_Me]

im in the uk and i ideally want to spend under 1000 or so

There's enough left over to fit in a case if you so choose.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£139.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£20.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£136.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: *Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£64.96 @ Box Limited)
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£95.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7600 8 GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£96.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £813.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-25 07:43 BST+0100

A better look at those components.

PRB B760-P DDR4 II

PRO series motherboards tuned for better performance by 12 Duet Rail Power System, DDR4 memory with Memory Boost, Lightning Gen4 PCIe, Extended Heatsink, M.2 Shield Frozr, 2.5G LAN, Front Type-C

www.msi.com

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...2400f-processor-18m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html

https://www.deepcool.com/products/C...le-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/15898.shtml

https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KF432C16BBK2_32.pdf

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/us/consumer-storage/internal-ssd/970evoplus/

PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7600 8GB

<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #131313;">BOOST CLOCK Up to 2755 MHz, 8GB/128 bit DDR6. 18 Gbps Effective</span></p>

www.sapphiretech.com

MAG A750GL PCIE5 | Power Supply | Overflow With Power

The MAG A750GL PCIE5 power supply is designed to be ready for GeForce RTX^TM 4070 Ti and other graphics cards thanks to its ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 support.

uk.msi.com

 

[b2bmade]

Are you going to keep any of your current parts or will it be a full new build?

im not very skilled in pc building, i have a "ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER" motherboard i was told its good but its sales

 

[b2bmade]

There's enough left over to fit in a case if you so choose.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£139.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£20.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£136.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: *Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£64.96 @ Box Limited)
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£95.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7600 8 GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£96.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £813.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-25 07:43 BST+0100

A better look at those components.

PRB B760-P DDR4 II

PRO series motherboards tuned for better performance by 12 Duet Rail Power System, DDR4 memory with Memory Boost, Lightning Gen4 PCIe, Extended Heatsink, M.2 Shield Frozr, 2.5G LAN, Front Type-C

www.msi.com

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...2400f-processor-18m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html

https://www.deepcool.com/products/C...le-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/15898.shtml

https://www.kingston.com/dataSheets/KF432C16BBK2_32.pdf

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/us/consumer-storage/internal-ssd/970evoplus/

PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7600 8GB

<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #131313;">BOOST CLOCK Up to 2755 MHz, 8GB/128 bit DDR6. 18 Gbps Effective</span></p>

www.sapphiretech.com

MAG A750GL PCIE5 | Power Supply | Overflow With Power

The MAG A750GL PCIE5 power supply is designed to be ready for GeForce RTX^TM 4070 Ti and other graphics cards thanks to its ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 support.

uk.msi.com

i thought about getting a full new one but i wasnt sure

 

[Why_Me]

i thought about getting a full new one but i wasnt sure

Here's that build with a new case. The 120mm fan goes inside the back of that case for a rear exhaust fan.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£139.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£20.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£136.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: *Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£64.96 @ Box Limited)
Storage: *Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£95.70 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7600 8 GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: *Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£96.99 @ AWD-IT)
Case Fan: *ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£9.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £893.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-25 10:08 BST+0100

A better look at that case.

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/focus/focus-2/black-tg-clear-tint/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIG4vFQbDn4

 

[artk2219]

I'd recommend going AM5 over LGA 1700, LGA 1700 is already EOL, 14th gen is the last generation of cpu's that will ever be available to that socket. AM5 is supported until 2026 at least so you would have an upgrade path in the future for a more powerful cpu without having to swap everything else out. I used Why_Me's (Thanks Why_Me!) list as a reference and swapped out the motherboard, cpu, ram, and SSD.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/z3sspB

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I will say though, if the op were in the USA with a microcenter nearby, you could get way better deals.

For example, I could pick up a new 12700k, MSI z690 board and 16gb ddr4 ram for 350 dollars US. They showed another deal with an AMD 7700x, b650 board and 32gb ddr5 ram for 399. So some great deals out there. If in the USA and wanting to build, I'd really consider that AMD bundle, a new PSU and case, then see what I had left for a gpu.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

the haswell CPU is old AF, considering that you were using the 4th gen i5 till now, a platform that can support some upgrade paths would be nice.

you can compromise and get a mid range CPU and GPU or you can continue using the 1660ti and save up for just a GPU upgrade later.

Top of the line CPU platform with PCIE 5.0 SSD support:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£363.88 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Black 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£49.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: ASRock B650E PG RIPTIDE WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£222.99 @ NeoComputers)
Memory: ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£109.99 @ AWD-IT)
Storage: Kingston Fury Renegade 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£100.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£119.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £965.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-10-27 14:23 BST+0100