Upgrading a 2017 PC Recommendations

[ForceFC]

Hi all,

I currently have a desktop that was built in 2017 with the following specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2400g
Mobo: Asrock AB350M Pro4
RAM: 16GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 Mhz Patriot Viper 4
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB
OS: Windows 10
Case: Tecware Nexus M
PSU: 450W PSU
HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm SATA

Been thinking of upgrading this rig as its still working well but getting slower. I'm looking at the following areas to upgrade:
- Hard drive (Maybe get a SSD? 500 GB or 1 TB)
- Power supply (to either 650W or 750W?)
- GPU: GTX 3060 12 GB (Thinking of going for second-hand)
- Mobo + CPU: Maybe? I'm not sure
- Wifi card

Mostly looking at Hard drive, PSU and GPU upgrade. Current budget is about 600 - 800 dollars, any recommendations on which parts to get?

Will be doing art generation and photo editting.

 

[NightRaven49]

Been thinking of upgrading this rig as its still working well but getting slower. I'm looking at the following areas to upgrade:
- Hard drive (Maybe get a SSD? 500 GB or 1 TB)

u should definitely get a ssd. pc parts in general don't lose performance over time, and quite likely it is the data fragmentation on ur hard drive that is behind the system slowdown. u can get a decent pcie gen 3 nvme first to see if responsiveness improves; u should be able to find wd sn570s and samsung 980s easily. it is better to get ones with dram, though they are harder to find for a decent price.

for art generation, I'm assuming stable diffusion? 580 8gb should be sufficient with some tweaking, so if u find performance acceptable I don't see any reason to upgrade.

 

[abstrax]

Hi all,

I currently have a desktop that was built in 2017 with the following specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2400g
Mobo: Asrock AB350M Pro4
RAM: 16GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 Mhz Patriot Viper 4
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB
OS: Windows 10
Case: Tecware Nexus M
PSU: 450W PSU
HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm SATA

Been thinking of upgrading this rig as its still working well but getting slower. I'm looking at the following areas to upgrade:
- Hard drive (Maybe get a SSD? 500 GB or 1 TB)
- Power supply (to either 650W or 750W?)
- GPU: GTX 3060 12 GB (Thinking of going for second-hand)
- Mobo + CPU: Maybe? I'm not sure
- Wifi card

Mostly looking at Hard drive, PSU and GPU upgrade. Current budget is about 600 - 800 dollars, any recommendations on which parts to get?

Will be doing art generation and photo editting.

if upgrade to 3060 dun feel will see any diff......
y nid to upgrade psu if not spoilt? save the budget.
Since u doing artwork and photo edit, increase ram to 32 or 64GB better
Get a NVMe SSD, u will notice the huge diff. Any brand will do. Ur m/b support Gen3 NVMe

 

[SEvsNK]

Upgrade to ssd 1st and see if the performance upgrade is sufficient for u.
No need to buy the remaining parts for now, they may or may not be a significant upgrade.

 

[ForceFC]

Was thinking of upgrading to rtx 3060 due to faster render + editting time. AMD support not as good as nvidia atm.

 

[SEvsNK]

Was thinking of upgrading to rtx 3060 due to faster render + editting time. AMD support not as good as nvidia atm.

Likely its slow due to your hdd

 

[86technie]

Hi all,

I currently have a desktop that was built in 2017 with the following specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2400g
Mobo: Asrock AB350M Pro4
RAM: 16GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 Mhz Patriot Viper 4
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB
OS: Windows 10
Case: Tecware Nexus M
PSU: 450W PSU
HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm SATA

Been thinking of upgrading this rig as its still working well but getting slower. I'm looking at the following areas to upgrade:
- Hard drive (Maybe get a SSD? 500 GB or 1 TB)
- Power supply (to either 650W or 750W?)
- GPU: GTX 3060 12 GB (Thinking of going for second-hand)
- Mobo + CPU: Maybe? I'm not sure
- Wifi card

Mostly looking at Hard drive, PSU and GPU upgrade. Current budget is about 600 - 800 dollars, any recommendations on which parts to get?

Will be doing art generation and photo editting.

1) Upgrade both the CPU and motherboard
Example AMD Ryzen 5600 + Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite - $454
2) Upgrade to Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVME SSD around $95

Everything else reuse, upgrade the AMD Ryzen 5 2400G which is quad core CPU
to AMD Ryzen 5600 6 Core will improve overall performance.
Just take note for new CPU and motherboard, recommend do a clean installation of Windows.

Not sure about what PSU you are using but the Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB performance
isn't fully tap. 450watt PSU is rather low maybe can consider get a FSP 550watt PSU.
FYI a new graphic card looks nice but for photo and video editing is more on CPU than
Graphic card.