PC Upgrade/Complete Rework

[gizmoninja1]

I am upgrading my computer from something below mediocre to something for Fallout 76, I was looking for recommendations on some specific parts. I'm a complete computer retard and have cobbled together what i think will be good.

Intel I5 8400 apparently $182-187 however i will have to overclock it and would appreciate price averages on that.

AMD 8GB RX580= £224.97

MSI Intel Z270 GAMING PLUS Kaby Lake ATX Motherboard=£64.98

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 (2 x 8GB) PC4-22400 3000MHz
= £135.84

Any other information or help would be awesome however i know very little about computers so speak to me like a newbie.

 

[Eximo]

Z270 is not compatible with the i5-8400. Needs to be a 300 series motherboard. (B360, H310, H370, Z370, Z390)

i5-8400 can't really be overclocked like the unlocked K series chips. You might be able to get a small boost by messing with the BCLK on a Z series board.

 

[Eximo]

If you wanted overclocking on a budget, look at the Ryzen 2600 and a B450 motherboard.

 

[ohenryy]

Have you heard of Ryzen? It has double the core count and it's one of the best cPUs you can buy right now.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vJm9XP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vJm9XP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£194.38 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£96.38 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£122.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card (£199.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £613.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-02 19:39 GMT+0000

 

[Eximo]

Not double, but certainly double the threads possible. Not sure I would opt for an R7-1700 unless there was some non-gaming uses for the system. Rather have the better latency and memory support from the 2000 series then the two extra cores. R5-2600 is just priced to push Intel out of the lower end market.

i5-8400 6 cores
R5 2600 6 cores 12 thread (overclocking)
i5-8600k/i5-9600k 6 cores (overclocking, 5Ghz+)
i7-8700k 6 cores 12 thread (overclocking, 5Ghz+)
R7 1700 8 cores 16 thread (overclocking)
i7-9700k 8 cores (overclocking, 5Ghz+)
R7-2700X 8 cores 16 thread (overclocking)
i9-9900k 8 cores 16 thread (overclocking 5Ghz but not so much +)

 

[cryoburner]

Intel I5 8400 apparently $182-187 however i will have to overclock it and would appreciate price averages on that.

Do you actually see it available for around that price somewhere in your country? The prices of most of Intel's CPUs are marked up quite a lot at the moment due to supply issues. I take it you're form the UK? These are the prices I'm seeing on PCPartPicker there right now, which are quite a bit higher...

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/LHYWGX/intel-core-i5-8400-28ghz-6-core-processor-bx80684i58400

I kind of agree that a Ryzen 2600 with a B450 or X470 motherboard would provide a much better value, and it's been priced well below its MSRP lately...

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/jLF48d/amd-ryzen-5-2600-34ghz-6-core-processor-yd2600bbafbox

The Ryzen 2600 has slightly less per-core performance in today's games compared to an i5-8400, though it has SMT (like Hyperthreading) to better support more threads, which may help performance down the line. And of course, it's priced a lot lower right now, currently around £90 less going by these UK online prices, which could be better put toward other components.