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wow thank you so much! That was the most in depth and helpful response ever! I was expecting some advice and a few recommendations but you even added the prices and where to find them lol. Thank you very much!

wow thank you so much! That was the most in depth and helpful response ever! I was expecting some advice and a few recommendations but you even added the prices and where to find them lol. Thank you very much!

113 percent ram usage? pagefile is getting bonked lol
 
i would get a cheap 3600+b450+ram combo, and sell what youve got. a 3600 would age pretty nicely with 6 cores and shouldnt be too costly, a good b450 mobo like an asrock pro4 or msi pro max would be cheap and great for a 3600. regarding ram, youd want 2x8gb 3200mhz cl16, usually can find some on sale around 50 bucks.
 
maxing out the mentioned budget, you can save 50 bucks with 3200c16 ram and the asrock b450m pro4 but this would be a solid combo that would be a great platform for upgrades in the future, and for overclocking if that interests you:
PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $204.99 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard $99.99 @ Newegg Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $72.34 @ Amazon   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total $377.32   Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-22 17:44 EDT-0400   if you snag good deals on these parts used you can get under 300 usd for all 3, plus no tax. i have a system in progress for a friend thats a 3600, b450m pro4, and 2x8gb 3200c16, was <250 total

locked intel cpus are gimped in clock speeds and the b150 chipset wont support over 2666 mhz ram iirc. a 6700 would be better than what you have but wouldnt age well. a 6700k with 3200mhz ram would be much better for smooth gaming nowadays but the entry cost to such a system without any of the proper parts on hand (especially a z series motherboard) wouldnt make any sense. if you wanna stick with what you have, a 6700 would be enough atm.

I have a 7400 and rx480, and i have stutters trying to play warzone 720p high/medium. I would get a 7700k or something, if you want to upgrade. From what I can tell, the 7700 will work, but will need to have the bios updated on your older b150m. That requires a skylake CPU, which you have

My buddy rocks a 6700k and a 1070 and plays warzone almost exclusively. That being said, I'm sure there is a bit of difference between the rx480 and the gtx1070. 

My 6700k still runs everything. With ease.