It's been a while since I've built a PC, and I'm beginning to realize that an upgrade may be required. Because I built my PC in 2014, I feel that it's beginning to show it's age, along with a lot of novice mistakes on my part (more on that later).
My current uses are just specifically gaming. I don't do video editing, streaming, recording, etc. So hopefully I shouldn't need to get the top-of-the-line Ryzen CPU with however many cores (I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to most hardware now, I haven't paid much attention unfortunately lol). I'll most likely do some of my college homework on it as well, but since I'm a STEM major I doubt I'll be using programs like Adobe After Effects and whatnot. The most graphic intensive games I'm going to be playing are BF1, World of Warships, War Thunder, Team Fortress 2, and Elite Dangerous. I'm hoping to run everything on ultra at 1080p, but if that won't work then high graphics can suffice.
My current build goes as follows:
AMD FX6300
ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0*
8GB DDR3-1600 Crucial Ballistix RAM
EVGA GTX 1050Ti*
Corsair CX600
Inland 250GB SSD*
WDC 1TB HDD
*So my current build definitely isn't the greatest. When I built my system, no one told me that RAM had to be specifically supported by the motherboard which means that half of it is being "reserved for hardware". I had also figured that with the motherboard, I could easily overclock my FX6300, but unfortunately, months after the return window had closed for it, I realized that it's not a board that you should overclock with. That also showed when I attempted because I would constantly get crashes. The only parts I've recently upgraded are my GPU and SSD (I planned on giving my Dad the 1050ti for his system because he's running a much older card at the moment).
With all of that being said, I just want to ensure that this upgrade will be as futureproofed as it possibly can. Instead of investing in another AM3+ motherboard and more DDR3 RAM, I figured that it would be best to just go ahead and get everything new. I also want to ensure that whatever RAM is going into this new system will be compatible with the motherboard so there won't be any issues like I'm having now.
The only parts I think I should really need to upgrade are the GPU, CPU, MoBo and RAM. I'm currently interested in the Ryzen 5 2600x, X470/B450 MoBo, GTX 1060 3gb/6gb, and 16gb of RAM.
I had a couple of questions regarding the MoBo and GPU:
1. Is the extra 3gb of RAM on the 1060 worth the slightly higher price?
2. Which brand motherboard would be best for this system? Would the MSI Gaming Plus be a good choice?
I'm sorry for the long wall of text, but I hope that I've filled in as many gaps as I could. Thank you all so much in advance for helping me out with this!
My current uses are just specifically gaming. I don't do video editing, streaming, recording, etc. So hopefully I shouldn't need to get the top-of-the-line Ryzen CPU with however many cores (I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to most hardware now, I haven't paid much attention unfortunately lol). I'll most likely do some of my college homework on it as well, but since I'm a STEM major I doubt I'll be using programs like Adobe After Effects and whatnot. The most graphic intensive games I'm going to be playing are BF1, World of Warships, War Thunder, Team Fortress 2, and Elite Dangerous. I'm hoping to run everything on ultra at 1080p, but if that won't work then high graphics can suffice.
My current build goes as follows:
AMD FX6300
ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0*
8GB DDR3-1600 Crucial Ballistix RAM
EVGA GTX 1050Ti*
Corsair CX600
Inland 250GB SSD*
WDC 1TB HDD
*So my current build definitely isn't the greatest. When I built my system, no one told me that RAM had to be specifically supported by the motherboard which means that half of it is being "reserved for hardware". I had also figured that with the motherboard, I could easily overclock my FX6300, but unfortunately, months after the return window had closed for it, I realized that it's not a board that you should overclock with. That also showed when I attempted because I would constantly get crashes. The only parts I've recently upgraded are my GPU and SSD (I planned on giving my Dad the 1050ti for his system because he's running a much older card at the moment).
With all of that being said, I just want to ensure that this upgrade will be as futureproofed as it possibly can. Instead of investing in another AM3+ motherboard and more DDR3 RAM, I figured that it would be best to just go ahead and get everything new. I also want to ensure that whatever RAM is going into this new system will be compatible with the motherboard so there won't be any issues like I'm having now.
The only parts I think I should really need to upgrade are the GPU, CPU, MoBo and RAM. I'm currently interested in the Ryzen 5 2600x, X470/B450 MoBo, GTX 1060 3gb/6gb, and 16gb of RAM.
I had a couple of questions regarding the MoBo and GPU:
1. Is the extra 3gb of RAM on the 1060 worth the slightly higher price?
2. Which brand motherboard would be best for this system? Would the MSI Gaming Plus be a good choice?
I'm sorry for the long wall of text, but I hope that I've filled in as many gaps as I could. Thank you all so much in advance for helping me out with this!