[SOLVED] Need serious upgrades for Uni and also for Gaming

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ronanwhite2011

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So i recently started my uni course studying games development and will obviously need to do some of the work at home and i am looking to upgrade my computer because i know it wont be able to handle the programs that i will be using to do my course. Some of the programs I will be using are Maya, Unreal Engine and Unity and also i want to play games at pretty high settings and a good framerate. Mostly triple A titles

My current S pecs are:

Mobo - Asus M5a78l-M USB-3

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor 3.4Ghz

RAM - I have crucial ballistix sport DDR3 1600mhz 8gb ram and 16gb Corsair vengeance 1600mz ddr3 ram

Graphics card - GTX 750 1gb

PSU - Corsair TX550 550w 80+ gold rated power supply

HDD and SSD - 1TB hard drive and a 240gb SSD

kolink observatory rgb case with 4x fans included and a fan controller - 3 front fans and 1 back fan (not that much ventilation)

Any suggestions for upgrades whether i upgrade my current system or i buy a completely new system? i would have about £1150-1200 to spend on upgrades or a new system. Thanks

But as well as like performance I like aesthetics too so if anyone helping doesn’t mind finding a few components that look snazzy with nice lighting. Chuck them in 😂😂

Edit
I was doing a wee bitta looking for parts but stumbled across these 2 pre built systems, haven’t a clue if they’re even worth it but seem pretty good

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076C45S44/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jSNMDbW2RQH9B

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076BQ3Q31/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_kSNMDb5EC6B9X

Would someone be able to tell me if they’re even any good 😂😂
 
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£309.33 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£77.04 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card (£409.98 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC C24G1 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor (£172.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1076.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-07 13:49 BST+0100


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CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor...

ronanwhite2011

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Don't worry my friend, that's what we're here for, to help :)

Good choice, Gaming X is an excellent board for the price.
I run the Asus TUF X570 myself. PCIe 4 may not be useful to us for a while, but who knows what the future holds.
Well I plan on investing a further few thousand into my computer just for things I want to do in the future and also because it will benefit me in the future with the career I want to persue.

Thanks very much for helping me with all that and that's one big ass forum post hahahaha
 
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