[SOLVED] What should I upgrade? (Max £400 budget)

[EBarratt]

Hiya, I've had this computer for a couple years now and it works completely fine for what I need but I've been saving up and have decided it's time to start upgrading.

Motherboard – MSI A320 PRO-M2
Graphics Card – MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AERO ITX 4G OCV1
Processor – AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics, 3500Mhz, Quad core
RAM – Team Group T-FORCE GAMING DDR4 8GB
Hard Drive – Seagate BarraCuda 1TB Internal Hard Drive HDD

I was thinking of upgrading my RAM to improve performance but I am honestly not sure, I have spent roughly £500 on this so far. I have been told an SSD might be worth looking into in order to improve boot speeds.

 

[jay32267]

I would go SSD #1,
It makes things a lot faster for not that much money.
After that....your GPU/CPU and memory (to 16GB) can all be upgraded.
Your MB can take MUCH faster CPUS....like Ryzen 5 3600X which is good for gaming. Then you could upgrade your GPU to just about anything you want.

 

[Flayed]

for £400 I think a 3060ti

 

[Prad_Bitt]

I would go SSD #1,
It makes things a lot faster for not that much money.
After that....your GPU/CPU and memory (to 16GB) can all be upgraded.
Your MB can take MUCH faster CPUS....like Ryzen 5 3600X which is good for gaming. Then you could upgrade your GPU to just about anything you want.

I second this... Except the cpu part. In £400 let's just say £50-60 for a 500 gig nvme SSD (is that accurate?) about £40 for 8 more gigs ram, same model. so that's 300 left.

I wouldn't really upgrade cpu because I doubt that board even supports cpu like 3600. Plus the 2200G isn't that weak. I would say wait for budget Nvidia ampere models and get something in the £250 range. Upgrade mobo and CPU once you have money. Something like a 5600 non X and B550 or cheap X570. Don't go for the A series it has a very short life

 

[jay32267]

For the record....the board supports the 3600x.
Although I agree the 2200g isn't that weak.....especially for a 1050 Ti.
So I might upgrade the CPU last....but that would be depending on the GPU I decided to go with....and I totally forgot about the price limit.

 

[Prad_Bitt]

For the record....the board supports the 3600x.
Although I agree the 2200g isn't that weak.....especially for a 1050 Ti.
So I might upgrade the CPU last....but that would be depending on the GPU I decided to go with....and I totally forgot about the price limit.

LOL yeah. The reason I suggested gpu first is there will be a higher performance uplift from a gpu upgrade than a CPU with that setup. Even a 1650S is like 80-100% faster than a 1050 Ti. Lower end cards do age very quickly.

 

[EBarratt]

LOL yeah. The reason I suggested gpu first is there will be a higher performance uplift from a gpu upgrade than a CPU with that setup. Even a 1650S is like 80-100% faster than a 1050 Ti. Lower end cards do age very quickly.

What GPU would you recommend me upgrading to? I could probably add a little extra to that budget if needed by selling the current GPU off to a friend.

 

[jay32267]

I think the 2200g is plenty for the 1650s...and I would think the 2200g is probably good up to around an RTX 2060 (just a ballpark estimate)....before it might start slowing things down.

In other words...I wouldn't run the 2200g with an RTX 3090.

 

[jay32267]

What GPU would you recommend me upgrading to? I could probably add a little extra to that budget if needed by selling the current GPU off to a friend.

I probably wouldn't go higher than an RTX 2060.....if I was going to keep the 2200g.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

[Prad_Bitt]

What GPU would you recommend me upgrading to? I could probably add a little extra to that budget if needed by selling the current GPU off to a friend.

RTX 3050 should be around that price, at most. It should perform. Similar or better thana. 2060 plus pcie 4 and ray tracing gen 2. If you're selling you can probably get a 3060 non ti

 

[EBarratt]

RTX 3050 should be around that price, at most. It should perform. Similar or better thana. 2060 plus pcie 4 and ray tracing gen 2. If you're selling you can probably get a 3060 non ti

Alright, sorry for this but I would just like to check what is best for me to upgrade in order.

1. 1TB SSD (Would most likely need that much storage for my games)
2. + 8GB TeamGroup RAM - Same as I have already
3. GPU, 3050 or similar
4. Motherboard (B550)
5. CPU, 3300x or similar

I know this list doesn't fit into my budget but if I know what to upgrade at what time I can do it whenever i'm ready.

 

[Prad_Bitt]

Alright, sorry for this but I would just like to check what is best for me to upgrade in order.

1. 1TB SSD (Would most likely need that much storage for my games)
2. + 8GB TeamGroup RAM - Same as I have already
3. GPU, 3050 or similar
4. RTX 3050
5. Motherboard (B550)
6. CPU, 3300x or similar

I know this list doesn't fit into my budget but if I know what to upgrade at what time I can do it whenever i'm ready.

List is good but 3300x ehhhhh. I'd say whenever you do upgrade do cpu+mobo and buy 5600 without the x. More future proof

 

[jay32267]

Alright, sorry for this but I would just like to check what is best for me to upgrade in order.

1. 1TB SSD (Would most likely need that much storage for my games)
2. + 8GB TeamGroup RAM - Same as I have already
3. GPU, 3050 or similar
4. Motherboard (B550)
5. CPU, 3300x or similar

I know this list doesn't fit into my budget but if I know what to upgrade at what time I can do it whenever i'm ready.

I like the order.
As far as the MB and CPU....being that's down the road a little bit...I'd wait and see what's available at that time.

 

[madmatt30]

Ryxen 2600, still a good cpu and will power upto a 1660 super fine at 1080p 60 htz.

Gtx 1650 super (budget related choice but way more powerful than your current 1050ti)

16 gb ddr ram (2x 8gb) - pointless trying to match with your current stick, better selling it and replacing from scratch.

240 - 512gb ssd and keep the majority of the games on your existing storage.

Easily doable when selling your current gpu, ram and cpu - they'll command a decent price imo, £150+ total.

Your board is fine for up to a ryzen 3600, don't see the point replacing it at all.

 

[chrisanders466]

SSD or NVME upgrade I'm not sure if you can get NVME on that board but it's great

if you can squeeze it in a ryzen 5 3600x or non x would be a great upgrade

once GPUs are more chill in the future I would say upgrade then even I am waiting on the supply to come back and prices to get close to rrp

 

[Obiwancanabi]

that graphics card and SSD would be my pick, the 1050 isnt a great card, a GTX970 would do you well at a very reasonable price, less then £100 on ebay, another 100 for a decent size SSD, M.2 if you want fastest response out of things, then you can add a little RAM double up to 16GB with an extra stick, assuming its just got one already, or get a 16GB kit dual channel. you should see some nice gains