Upgrading CPU

[TonyCarter]

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Yes, there are things you can do to speed it up…but by the time you’ve upgraded the CPU (5700X3D @ £250), GPU (RTX3060 @ £300), PSU (750w Gold at £120), cooler (£70-£100) and swapped the relatively slow SSD & HDD for faster, more modern items, you’ll have probably spent more than the original cost…and you’d be at the end of the line of CPU upgrades for that motherboard/chipset platform.

I’m afraid the days of sub-£1000 1080p PCs is long gone (and this was true back in 2021 as your original build shows). Current 1080p builds, on a modern platform, with headroom for upgrades, are coming in at over £1800.

 

[Ekans2011]

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Yes, there are things you can do to speed it up…but by the time you’ve upgraded the CPU (5700X3D @ £250), GPU (RTX3060 @ £300), PSU (750w Gold at £120), cooler (£70-£100) and swapped the relatively slow SSD & HDD for faster, more modern items, you’ll have probably spent more than the original cost…and you’d be at the end of the line of CPU upgrades for that motherboard/chipset platform.

I’m afraid the days of sub-£1000 1080p PCs is long gone (and this was true back in 2021 as your original build shows). Current 1080p builds, on a modern platform, with headroom for upgrades, are coming in at over £1800.

I basically agree but I believe a 3060 would simply not powerful enough to handle a 4K resolution (unless playing below 30fps is acceptable for the OP), so the total costs would be much higher than the original build, 100%. .

 

[Ekans2011]

This is exactly why I flat out stopped recommending such low end systems. Just doesn’t make any sense when it comes to upgrade time

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