In my current build I have an AMD Athlon x4 880k paired with 16gb ddr3 ram and a gtx 1050ti 4gb wanting to just generally improve performance for cheap Anyone suggest a decent upgrade path?
I know fm2+ Died years ago had the pc for just a year now got it for a steal what would you recommend? And I guess I’m willing to invest £250/$310What is YOUR idea of "cheap"? How much are you willing to invest?
There's no where to go on your current platform. Any realistic gains are going to have to come from a platform upgrade.
I currently have a 550w power supply would that be enough to power the Ryzen 5 etc ?Options listed above.
Active 85 model no ATV550w and Palit 1050ti 4gb don’t have any plans to upgrade it yet because it’s still a very Capeable cardWhat is the EXACT model of the power supply and what is the model of the graphics card you have, or that you WILL have if you plan to upgrade?
Power supply made by CITActive 85 model no ATV550w and Palit 1050ti 4gb don’t have any plans to upgrade it yet because it’s still a very Capeable card
what would you recommend because down the line I will want to upgrade the gpu but for now I don’t like what wattage brand etcYeah, that's a CiT power supply. CiT is only known for low quality. I'd absolutely replace it, even if you were NOT going to upgrade. See here:
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sorry to keep going on mate would this be enough to power everything and if I wanted to later down the line upgrade my gpu to say a 1080 would this still be enough power or would I need a more powerful psu?PCPartPicker Part List
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Currys PC World)
Total: £64.99
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thanks for all the help mate I’m definitely getting that Ryzen 5 3600 to go with the “much better upgrade” you suggestedA GTX 1080? That will run on a good 520w unit, if it's a "good" 520w unit, not just any old unit. So yeah, that PSU will easily run a GTX 1080. Now if you decide to run something from the AMD 5700/XT lineup, or a 2080 ti, you'd want a 650w unit. Or if you plan to overclock something like a GTX 1070/1080 or RTX 2070, you might want a 650w unit. But for a stock configuration GTX 1080, it's plenty.
Any kind of overclocking, CPU, GPU, memory (XMP is not "overclocking"), changes things and you want to add about an extra 100-200w depending on what you are overclocking and how much.