Confused with upgrade and a new build

[Frostant]

Hey guys!

Building a budget PC is really a headache when you already have a PC

So...my parents bought me a pre built PC 4-5 years back

Specs :

i3 2100

Intel DH61WW

A Kingston 4GB DDR3

Seagate 500GB HDD

Mercury 450W (I think this is some local PSU...not gonna keep it anyway)

 

Never had a GPU, so..was living a life within 20fps, finished some games including Assassin's Creed 3, Far Cry 2 and Just Cause 2...but all the games at the next level are almost non playable

So I decided to do something for it.

I have two options:

 1. Upgrade the current system by adding a dedicated GPU

 2. Get an APU now and add a GPU later

 

If I've to add a GPU to my i3 system, I'd buy the Radeon RX 460

and if I'm gonna get an APU, it would be the A10 7700k (I'll add a GPU later when i can afford it)

 

The games I'll most likely play are: Assassin's Creed Series, GTA 4 and 5, Resident Evil 6 and 7, NFS Series, Star Wars, Witcher 3, Middle Earth, Far Cry Series, Just Cause 3, Crysis Series and Tomb Raider.

I'm okay with 1280 x 720 at medium settings and 30+ fps (It would be a blessing lol).

I use my PC mostly for Gaming and sometimes for Video Editing(Rendering time doesn't matter...just want the job done).

My motherboard is not working now, so I gotta get a new mobo anyway.

I'm from India btw and my budget is 200 USD (Mobo + GPU/APU)

Since the APUs have a good future and the above mentioned GPU performs better than the iGPU, I can't get a balance between these two.

 

I really need help with this asap (rebate for the Asus rx 460 ends on 28th..so.)

Please help! thank you in advance 

[m0k]

dont get that APU, you would need a motherboard for it too + more ram (and faster ram)

and its would be wise to wait for ryzen APU announcements

 

EDIT: did not read your current mobo is dead.

Edited February 14, 2017 by mok

[DiamondShark286]

either go for gpu or wait for amd Ryzen because the a10 series would probably not yield much performance gain

[DiamondShark286]

2 minutes ago, mok said:

dont get that APU, you would need a motherboard for it too + more ram (and faster ram)

and its would be wise to wait for ryzen APU announcements

 

upgrade your current system until you can afford a new platform (it would have to be better than last gen APU)

add another 4gb ram

add rx460

 

he said his motherboard is dead but still not a good cpu.

[m0k]

4 minutes ago, Tb428 said:

he said his motherboard is dead

derp.

[Frostant]

7 minutes ago, mok said:

dont get that APU, you would need a motherboard for it too + more ram (and faster ram)

and its would be wise to wait for ryzen APU announcements

 

upgrade your current system until you can afford a new platform (it would have to be better than last gen APU)

add another 4gb ram

add rx460

 

Gotta get a new mobo anyway. And yea I'll get an 8 GB 1866Mhz (not included in budget) if I get the APU.

7 minutes ago, Tb428 said:

either go for gpu or wait for amd Ryzen because the a10 series would probably not yield much performance gain

Guess I should wait for Ryzen then since both of you guys says that..

So the A10 7700k is out of the way now.

Thanks!!

 

also..should I really wait for Ryzen or go with my first plan?

I can't get a GPU now if I buy an AMD Ryzen.

[DiamondShark286]

27 minutes ago, Frostant said:

Gotta get a new mobo anyway. And yea I'll get an 8 GB 1866Mhz (not included in budget) if I get the APU.

Guess I should wait for Ryzen then since both of you guys says that..

So the A10 7700k is out of the way now.

Thanks!!

 

also..should I really wait for Ryzen or go with my first plan?

I can't get a GPU now if I buy an AMD Ryzen.

you will probably see bigger performance gain if you go with a gpu now especially for gaming so that would be my suggestion but as soon as you can you should also upgrade your motherboard and cpu