Approximate Purchase Date: this week/ASAP
Budget Range: Under £1000, though for 1080p I can't imagine spending anything close to that.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet browsing, watching movies/tv shows
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Cpu and GPU, possibly upgrading PSU and CPU cooler depending on recommendation.
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon for new, CEX or Ebay for 2nd hand. In the UK theres a somewhat decent market for 2nd hand GPUs and CPUs, any recommendations I'd be willing to buy 2nd hand if available to save money.
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: Main Monitor 1080p 144hz
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: This past week my 2060 super gave out and after testing in different systems and psus, its seemingly completely fried. Luckily I was planning an upgrade soon so this is as good a time as any.
My current system is as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
CPU cooler: Stock ^
Motherboard: B450 Tomahawk Max
Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16gb DDR4 3200MHz
SSD/HDD: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2, 2x WD Blue 1TB SSD
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super OC 8GB (DEAD)
PSU: Corsair TX550M from Late 2019
Chassis: Fractal Design Meshify C
OS: Windows 10
Monitor: Acer 1080p 144HZ, Asus 1440p 60HZ (unsure on models specifically).
I'm not interested in upgrading to AM5, so sticking with my Tomahawk for this upgrade with whatever BIOS update needed. Like I said above, just looking to upgrade my CPU and GPU, upgrading the CPU cooler and PSU too if needed.
My aim is for a gaming system which can comfortably handle any current or future AAA games thrown at it at highest settings (No interest in Raytracing), at 1080p for many years to come (5+ years). I'm not interested in upgrading to 1440p as of right now, though I imagine anything in the midrange or higher these days could handle 1440p too? Not looking to spend a huge amount of money, of course I spend a lot to get a high end combo to blitz any game at 1080p, looking for the sweet spot of price and performance for 1080p gaming right now.
Thanks for any help!
Budget Range: Under £1000, though for 1080p I can't imagine spending anything close to that.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet browsing, watching movies/tv shows
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Cpu and GPU, possibly upgrading PSU and CPU cooler depending on recommendation.
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon for new, CEX or Ebay for 2nd hand. In the UK theres a somewhat decent market for 2nd hand GPUs and CPUs, any recommendations I'd be willing to buy 2nd hand if available to save money.
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: Main Monitor 1080p 144hz
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: This past week my 2060 super gave out and after testing in different systems and psus, its seemingly completely fried. Luckily I was planning an upgrade soon so this is as good a time as any.
My current system is as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
CPU cooler: Stock ^
Motherboard: B450 Tomahawk Max
Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16gb DDR4 3200MHz
SSD/HDD: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2, 2x WD Blue 1TB SSD
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super OC 8GB (DEAD)
PSU: Corsair TX550M from Late 2019
Chassis: Fractal Design Meshify C
OS: Windows 10
Monitor: Acer 1080p 144HZ, Asus 1440p 60HZ (unsure on models specifically).
I'm not interested in upgrading to AM5, so sticking with my Tomahawk for this upgrade with whatever BIOS update needed. Like I said above, just looking to upgrade my CPU and GPU, upgrading the CPU cooler and PSU too if needed.
My aim is for a gaming system which can comfortably handle any current or future AAA games thrown at it at highest settings (No interest in Raytracing), at 1080p for many years to come (5+ years). I'm not interested in upgrading to 1440p as of right now, though I imagine anything in the midrange or higher these days could handle 1440p too? Not looking to spend a huge amount of money, of course I spend a lot to get a high end combo to blitz any game at 1080p, looking for the sweet spot of price and performance for 1080p gaming right now.
Thanks for any help!
Last edited: