Looking to upgrade

[LDDouglas]

Hello. I am looking for advice on upgrading these parts, and I have a budget of around £400. Is there any advice on what would be a good upgrade for said parts, and if they are easily installed by a novice?

Memory (RAM)
⤷ Originally Installed: 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) - I was thinking 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2X16GB)


Graphics Card
⤷ Originally Installed: 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready! - I was thinking NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 5060?


Power Supply
⤷ Originally Installed: CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUP - I was thinking Corsair 650W CX SERIES CX 650 POWER SUPPLY.

I appreciate the help, and I apologise for the lack of knowledge. I am looking to upgrade as my PC is slowing down with newer games such as Space Marine 2 and Oblivion remastered.

 

[Martinr36]

Can you please list the full spec from your orders page, let us know the users of the pc, and also monitor specs(make and model, or resolution and refresh rate)

 

[LDDouglas]

ase
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Monitor
IIYAMA G-MASTER GB2760QSU-B1 27"

 

[Ekans2011]

On what drive did you install the games?
HDDs are now too slow for modern games; I strongly advise you to purchase an NVME Gen3 SSD as a game drive.

The 5060 is too weak for your 1440p monitor: as a 1080p GPU, it will struggle at that resolution, and VRAM is insufficient.

I would not recommend the CX 650W as a power supply because it is an office-spec ATX2 PSU with no protection against transient spikes and has basically no difference from your current one. You would require a newer ATX3 power supply.

I'm afraid your £400 budget is insufficient to upgrade the GPU, PSU, SSD, and RAM. This is just my opinion.

 

[BlessedSquirrel]

Just to elaborate a bit on @Ekans2011 feedback which I do agree with.

The 2070 Super is a high end 1440p card whereas the 5060 is a very low end 1080p card, so you’re effectively downgrading by about 3 tiers. 5060 wouldn’t be powerful enough for the monitor. An RX9060XT would be the very lowest I’d go (which would still be going down a couple of tiers) but that’s almost £400 on its own and it would require a PSU upgrade also

An equivalent tier upgrade would be the 5070ti or the RX9070XT

So really the budget needs reevaluating

 

[LDDouglas]

Thank you all very much for the advice. I think that’s that put on the back burner then 🤣

 

[LDDouglas]

Just one more question. What budgets should a realistically look for?

 

[Martinr36]

Thank you all very much for the advice. I think that’s that put on the back burner then 🤣

Yeah back burner and save some more pennies

 

[Scott]

You would probably be looking at around £1000 for meaningful upgrades. It would be around £2k for a new build, which could encorporate a new platform with DDR5 and all the other modern niceties.

If you had the opportunity to sell the PC on and start from scratch with an appropriate budget, that would be the best call. Otherwise you're looking at:

PSU, GPU and second M2 drive as priorities. I would then want a CPU & Cooler upgrade, but that would be a lesser priority for 1440p.

 

[LDDouglas]

I think I have some saving to do 🤣 And by the time I come back a new build will be 4 grand

 

[Scott]

I think I have some saving to do 🤣 And by the time I come back a new build will be 4 grand

You have the benefit of hindsight now. Next time when speccing, be sure to over-spec certain areas for longevity so that they will be able to easily incorporate upgrades. The PSU is a major hamper on the build as a whole, the cooler could have been better to allow for CPU upgrades but at least the original one was free so nothing really lost. The last thing you want to do is replace something, that if selected better in the first place, you wouldn't have to.

With that being said, there's no reason not to upgrade the storage drive in your system right now. Even if you went with a new build down the line it would still be worthwhile swapping over. Be sure to get a Gen4 drive so that it's going to be a top performer. 2TB would be my recommendation as games are getting mighty big nowadays.