Question Thinking of upgrading my old PC

[MrGuffdust]

We have :
i5 9600k
1060 GTX 6gb
16gb ram.

Will be used for AAA gaming at great settings or better. We also have a 1080p monitor.

Looking to spend around £1500. Preferably from 1 website.

One last thing we have a really big decent case so wont be needing that.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

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including the specs to your current build like so;
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OS:
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include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.
in case you want to recycle anything from your current build.

Including the titles you want to tax the system with would help us narrow down parts that best fit your use case scenario.

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[MrGuffdust]

Thanks for your reply.
Blimey ... I don't know, all i know is it's an old system.
Ah, it has a 850w psu.
And a top spec MSI motherboard for the day.
The hard drives are old and slow. 4tb, and a 2tb and a 1tb.
Sorry.

 

[Dj0gany]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£180.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£83.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory (£98.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£145.79 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Speedster QICK 319 Core Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB Video Card (£323.70 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000D RGB AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case (£163.84 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE AF120 RGB SLIM 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£23.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1249.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-08 09:26 GMT+0000


This is more than enough for 1080p gaming for many more years to come, not to mention it looks amazing.
You can tweak out some things to make it perform/ look better, since you have £250 flexibility.

 

[MrGuffdust]

I was looking at this build for £1405.

• QtyImageDescriptionPrice
• 1
  
  AMD Ryzen™ 5 9600X, AM5, Zen 5, 6 Core, 12 Thread, 3.9GHz, 5.4GHz Turbo, 32MB Cache, PCIe 5.0, 65W, CPULN149413£244.99Remove item
• 1
  
  ASUS PRIME X870-P WiFi, AMD X870, AM5, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, 2.5G/WiFi7, USB 4.0, AMD EXPO, ATXLN151431£239.99Remove item
• 1
  
  Gigabyte Radeon RX 7800 XT GAMING OC 16GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing Graphics Card, 3840 StreamsLN140325£439.99Remove item
• 1
  
  64GB (2x32GB) Corsair DDR5 Vengeance Grey, PC5-44800 (5600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 40, 1.25V, Dual Profile AMD/XMPLN129072£175.49Remove item
• 1
  
  be quiet! Dark Rock 5 Single Tower Cooler, 6 Heatpipes, 1 x 130mm Silent Wings PWM Fan, Aluminium, 210W TDPLN149037£64.99Remove item
• 1
  
  1000W Thermaltake Toughpower GF3, NATIVE PCIe 5, Fully Modular, 80PLUS Gold, Single Rail, 83.5A, 135mm Fan, ATX3.0 PSULN128401£139.99Remove item
• 1
  
  2TB Kingston NV3 SSD, M.2 (2280) PCIe 4.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, 3D NAND, 6000MB/s Read, 4000MB/s WriteLN151059£99.98Remove item

List Total

£1405.43 Inc VAT
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I was thinking for long term without upgrading for the next few years.

 

[Why_Me]

We have :
i5 9600k
1060 GTX 6gb
16gb ram.

Will be used for AAA gaming at great settings or better. We also have a 1080p monitor.

Looking to spend around £1500. Preferably from 1 website.

One last thing we have a really big decent case so wont be needing that.

Thank you in advance.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£175.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B650-S WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£139.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Palit Dual OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£519.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.94 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1192.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-08 14:56 GMT+0000

 

[Eximo]

Could also hold out a few weeks for RTX 5070 availability.

 

[helper800]

If you had to get it today this would be my recommendation:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£224.95 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£38.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£105.17 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB Video Card (£603.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£60.58 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.95 @ AWD-IT)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£7.02 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1410.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-01-08 16:24 GMT+0000

 

[MrGuffdust]

Thank you guys/gals.