you’d still be limited by the now ancient rx480, so your CPU will be running laps around it while it struggles to ouput 30 fps in modern games. The speed of the ram isn’t great, but since the GPU is so slow, I don’t think it’ll really matter.

I’d recommend the following upgrade path […]

Thanks for your hint especially with the PSU and cables i am more confident now. But did you read that i don’t do so much gaming? And if i do then its grand strategy games (CPU heavy) or kcd2, which should run ok because kcd1 was already acceptable in my current system. Would you still recommend a GPU upgrade and your mentioned upgrade path?

that is very good news, thank you. I was actually ok with the kcd1 performance, had decent fps at least outside of towns. If kcd2 is even better, than i should do just fine. Thanks guys!

CPU, boards and RAM sticks barely degrade over time

thank you! I actually buy used things often, just with CPUs i didn’t, assuming i never know if people did overclocking or abuse them… Do you think it is safe enough? Then i would totally do it.

The 5600 comes with a stock cooler

I was going to buy it ‘tray’, as they cost more boxed (15- 30€). And i heard that boxed coolers are often bad. I would try to get a better cooler for a budget close to that difference.

is kcd2 that resource hungry? I never checked and assumed it were at least a little closer to kcd1, which ran fine on my current setup.