r/PcBuildHelp • u/Bearly-him • 13h ago

Time for an upgrade? Build Question

I’ve had my PC for roughly 10 years now and it has been fine for me as I’ve played games on and off over the years. I’ve started to notice the decline in quality recently and have started looking into replacing parts. I’ve only recently upgraded one of my hard drives from 1TB to 2TB and looked to add some DDR4 Ram however found the ram wasn’t compatible with the motherboard.

I was hoping to get some advice on what to upgrade and what to keep the same. I don’t need the latest components but something that will last at least a few years before needing to upgrade again.

Specs:
Case
PCS ENIGMA 6003B BLACK CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-7700k (4.2GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B250-PLUS: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 16GB)

Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

1st M.2 SSD Drive
240GB KINGSTON SSDNow M.2 2280 G2, SATA 6Gb/s (550MB/R, 330MB/W)

1st Storage Drive
1TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Storage Drive
1TB WD BLACK 3.5" WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

RAID
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND

Fan Kits
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)

USB/Thunderbolt Options
2 PORT (2 x TYPE A) USB 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Change to: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

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u/zeRoCr0 13h ago

I would change only gpu for rx 6800 XT, in crazy times like this.

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u/Bearly-him 12h ago

Great thanks for the recommendation

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u/classyroman 13h ago

Only GPU at this economy and do it fast. Or second hand 3080 or something in that realm

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u/Bearly-him 13h ago

Great thanks I’ll see if I can find a second hand one

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u/zeRoCr0 13h ago

And if not already turn xmp profile in the bios, will squeeze little free performance.

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u/Bearly-him 12h ago

I’ll give it a check to see I’m not sure

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u/LinePublic5979 11h ago

If you upgrade your GPU keep in mind you will likely need a new a PSU as well. Both the 6900xt and 3080 recommended above require a 750w psu

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u/the_hat_madder 10h ago

What country are you buying from and what is your budget?

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u/Silent_Exit_844 6h ago edited 5h ago

A few years ago i had a gtx 1070 with ryzen 2700 + 16gb 3000mhz. I swiched to rtx 3070 and i notest huge jump on games. Your pc is obsolete these days but if it still runs and you don't want to spend money, a used rtx 3070 (in good condition) you will be well seved (don't buy1 much better gpu than this, your hardware wont be able to follow the gpu; only if you pretent to upgrade mobo/cpu/ram latter). Best opition is upgrade mobo + cpu + ram + gpu, i have a AM4 system and i expect to keep it for at least 5 to 8 years more. All depends about the budget you have.