ConfusedPancake1425

Update on the problems I've been experiencing with my current PC: After lots of troubleshooting, I think I'm getting closer to an answer, it seems that the problem is the CPU, and not the GPU! It's probably a bottleneck or thermal throttling issue since while gaming the CPU stays consistently at 100% usage and the thermal compound on it is already pretty old. I'm going to clean the entire machine, getting as much dust off as possible and replacing the thermal paste on the processor, hoping that this will finally solve everything. If that is the case, I'll know that I can buy a new mobo/cpu/ram and still be fine with my current GPU, until I'm able to afford another one. However, if even after cleaning it the problem isn't gone, I really don't have any other ideas. Also, I checked my RAM's speed and in windows task manager it says 333MHz, but that can't be right, my guess is 1600MHz, but I'm no expert. Please let me know what you think!!!

Unfortunately the maximum I can get is 3000MHz at the moment, but I'll surely upgrade when possible!

I'll most likely get the CX550 then, thanks!

That's interesting to know, until a few days ago I had never heard of them, so I assumed they were less known. I didn't think 334MHz would make a big difference, that's why I was going to buy the 2666MHz sticks, also because they were cheaper, but I can buy the 3000MHz ones instead. I won't stay with that PSU for much longer but as long as it can hold the new build it's enough, CPU and GPU are more pressing issues. Still, which one you would recommend getting? I think pretty much every brand and model is available here and if not I can always buy online. Edit: Turns out that I will have to buy another PSU anyways, since I'll be passing my current PC to my brother after I've bought all parts. Technically I'm not "upgrading" my PC, just using it while the new is incomplete.

I used MSI Kombustor to stress test the GPU, don't know if it counts as benchmarking. Yes, I might be able to borrow my friend's GPU, coincidentally he has the same GPU I'm thinking of buying haha PS-SPD-0500NPCWBZ-W

No, I can't afford the GPU with all the other stuff, if I could my life would be so much easier hahah While idle GPU temp is about 45C/113F and CPU is 38C/100F, while playing GPU gets to an average of 57C/134F and CPU 69C/156F, although during a stress test my GPU can hit as high as 70C/158F

I'm a programmer so I'm more of the software type, know only the necessary basics about hardware lol. Is the PSU good enough for the new build? Also yes, I'm able to purchase mb/cpu/ram at once, but keep in mind that my GPU or CPU might be faulty, that makes it 100x harder to decide because, if I change my CPU and stuff but my GPU is still malfunctioning, the upgrade would be almost worthless.

@gamelovers11223 @boggy77 The PSU is fairly new, I bought it august 2019, unless 500W isn't enough to power the system I won't be changing it too soon.

Hi everyone, I want to upgrade my PC, but due to money issues I will have to buy one part at a time, so I would like to know which one I should buy first. My current rig: CPU: AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core 3.8GHz Motherboard: ASRock N68-S3 FX GPU: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series (XFX 260X) RAM: 2x DDR3 HyperX 4GB (Not sure about the clock speed tho, everywhere I look displays a different number) PSU: Thermaltake Smart Series 500W Storage: 2x 1TB HDD 1 Monitor (1920x1080) OS: Was using win 10, switched to 7 to see if it would fix some issues What I intend to get: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard: Asus Prime B450M-Gaming/BR GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 580 Gaming, 8GB RAM: Team Group T-Force Vulcan 16GB (2x8) 2666MHz DDR4 PSU: (same) Storage: 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 120GB SSD Same monitor but plan to add at least another one OS: win 10 I don't mind getting this less know brand of RAM because it'll be cheaper, I don't have many options since I live in Brazil and hardware here is very expensive. I'm also pretty sure either my GPU or CPU is faulty, I have been experiencing sudden, brutal frame drops on games that this setup should run without any problem at all,I can't even watch youtube videos at 720p+ anymore, I have tried everything I could think of and the problem persists, so I decided it was time to finally upgrade. So, is this build fine? Should I change something? Which component should I buy first? (And if you have any thoughts on my current problem please let me know!!) Sorry if I spelled something wrong or something I wrote didn't make sense and thanks in advance!