Roughly £1000 PC Upgrade

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So a couple of years ago I built my first PC, i was so excited about it. It worked fine for most games until more demanding games came out it started to struggle and freeze. I now see massive fps drops on games like assetto corsa, BF1, GTA 5, etc. I have also noticed that my friends load in to games quicker the me? Is that down to my hard drive? Because I've got a wired connection and have fibre optic.

The PC I'm using now is:

  • FX 6300
    8gb ddr3
    EVGA GTX 970
    1tb storage space
    Zalman Z11 Plus Case

I've got a few ideas on the PC Upgrade that I wish to have, like an I7 (or something at this range) and a 500GB SSD but I'm inexperienced in what is best for a high end gaming and editing rig.

I wish to keep my gtx 970 as i feel upgrading to a 10 series wouldn't be worth it at the moment as my proccessor is the main problem.

I'd also would prefer to keep the same case if possible as i like the look of the case, but i need to swap out the fans due to them not being the best quality.

Please Can Anyone Help Me? My budget is around £870 but i could stretch to £1000 if needed.

Thanks
 
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They just released 8th gen, so it will be awhile. I just want to point out that a 1070 is a pretty sizable jump over a 970, and with a 1k budget, you can squeeze one in.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1743?vs=1731


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£174.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.37 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£158.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£135.54 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£175.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£108.05 @ BT Shop)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£169.08 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£131.94 @ Aria PC)
Total: £584.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-04 12:09 GMT+0000

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£275.90 @ Alza)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£147.76 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£153.54 @ Aria PC)
Total: £622.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-04 12:11 GMT+0000

Which is your psu model?
 
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Nice spread of options from M04D18, the R5 1600 is a fine part at a reasonable cost and he's added some good RAM along with a decent SSD.
The i5 8600K build is a much faster option and the one to go for if you plan on moving up to a fast HD 9 1080 ) display later on-adding an SSD won't exceed your budget either.

Here's Intel build that closely matches his R5 1600 overall:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£173.99 @ BT Shop)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£147.76 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£153.54 @ Aria PC)
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£109.96 @ BT Shop)
Total: £585.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-04 12:23 GMT+0000
 
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Thanks for the quick reply,
I think i need to get a new psu, i quickly picked up the one i've got now which is cheap 500 watt psu (i think from EVGA) its 80 + efficiency. Have you got any suggestion?
 
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Yeah if you want to buy new components, you will have to upgrade your PSU or you'll be stuck with an £1000 paperweight. I would suggest pretty much anything from Seasonic or a higher end EVGA model.
 
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This would do just fine.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xrT3hq
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xrT3hq/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£263.03 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£147.97 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston - FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£121.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£131.94 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.28 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £743.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-05 09:25 GMT+0000

I would indeed change VGA as soon as you can if you really want to keep playing at high settings.
But yes, 10/7nm is coming next year, which is not too far away, if you can wait, might be worth if.
 
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Do you know roughly when Intel will be releasing there 9th gen?
 
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They just released 8th gen, so it will be awhile. I just want to point out that a 1070 is a pretty sizable jump over a 970, and with a 1k budget, you can squeeze one in.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1743?vs=1731


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£174.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.37 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£158.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£135.54 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£348.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.44 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £983.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 18:39 GMT+0000



 
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Yeah after looking at the performance increase from the 970 to the 1070, I leaning towards the 1070 idea (thanks by the way), I might save up a little more and spend some extra cash on the r7 1700 as well, as it has got more cores which will benefit small me and save time when i'm rendering. It also an extra £50 which isn't to much extra for an extra 2 cores or 4 threads.
 
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