FX 8350 Upgrade

[AmIAGamer]

I want to upgrade from my old FX-8350, I've begun to do more actual work(coding, video editing, rendering), and the old viscera chip isn't cutting it. My budget is about 500-600$ total for all components; cpu, ram, mobo, and fan. Thanks for the help+recommendations.

[xriqn]

You're better off just upgrading to 16GB ram, getting water cooling, pairing the fx 8350 with a 1060 6GB and OCing that chip to 5GHz if you can. You'll never get a decent workstation setup for $600.

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, xriqn said:

decent workstation setup for $600

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Tt6sXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Tt6sXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Total: $628.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Decent workstation setup for 628$? gonna make a cheaper edition of this build

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qMXY9J
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qMXY9J/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $599.77
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Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-18 13:54 EDT-0400

 

worse mobo than last build and slightly uglier RAM

[xriqn]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Tt6sXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Tt6sXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($319.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($143.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Total: $628.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-18 13:51 EDT-0400

 

Decent workstation setup for 628$. gonna make a cheaper edition of this build

Where's the GPU, case, PSU and such? Can't build a PC with just a CPU, mobo and ram. PSU that the OP currently has will probably be very old and the case could be trash for all we know. They say the CPU isn't making the cut for rendering, but rendering work is mostly done by the GPU. Storage is probably a hard disk assuming the setup they currently have is the same age as their CPU so that's probably not far off of failing either.

[xriqn]

Listen to me here, I have an FX 6300 and that still does a VERY good job and all I had to do was overclock that a little to 4.4GHz.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, xriqn said:

Where's the GPU, case, PSU and such? Can't build a PC with just a CPU, mobo and ram. PSU that the OP currently has will probably be very old and the case could be trash for all we know. They say the CPU isn't making the cut for rendering, but rendering work is mostly done by the GPU. Storage is probably a hard disk assuming the setup they currently have is the same age as their CPU so that's probably not far off of failing either.

thats an 8350. probably a 500-600 watt PSU which will work. he can use his old GPU. as he only asked for CPU, Mobo, RAM, and cooling. 

 

@AmIAGamer did you only need CPU, mobo, Ram?

 

i wont assume what he has in terms of setup. i only provide what the user asks for. 

[xriqn]

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

thats an 8350. probably a 500-600 watt PSU which will work. he can use his old GPU. as he only asked for CPU, Mobo, RAM, and cooling. 

 

@AmIAGamer did you only need CPU, mobo, Ram?

 

i wont assume what he has in terms of setup. i only provide what the user asks for. 

A PSU that will be aging and close to failing. GPU is ancient if it's as old as the CPU and that's probably the reason why their PC is doing crap at rendering, not the CPU. In fact, a GTX 1060 pairs very nicely with the FX 8350 without much bottleneck (4% bottleneck according to thebottlenecker) therefore emphasising how the user's problem lies with the GPU, not the CPU as if there were problems with the CPU's speed it would not pair well with a MODERN GPU.

[GoldenLag]

7 minutes ago, xriqn said:

A PSU that will be aging and close to failing. GPU is ancient if it's as old as the CPU and that's probably the reason why their PC is doing crap at rendering, not the CPU. In fact, a GTX 1060 pairs very nicely with the FX 8350 without much bottleneck (4% bottleneck according to thebottlenecker) therefore emphasising how the user's problem lies with the GPU, not the CPU as if there were problems with the CPU's speed it would not pair well with a MODERN GPU.

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Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nqd6Bb/by_merchant/

Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Video Card  ($459.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $611.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-18 14:09 EDT-0400

 

could do this upgrade then

 

or

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QH3FP3
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Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($297.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $449.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-18 14:10 EDT-0400

 

and save some for a CPU, Mobo, Ram combo later on as the CPU has to upgraded at some point

[Nertballs]

5 hours ago, xriqn said:

A PSU that will be aging and close to failing. GPU is ancient if it's as old as the CPU and that's probably the reason why their PC is doing crap at rendering, not the CPU. In fact, a GTX 1060 pairs very nicely with the FX 8350 without much bottleneck (4% bottleneck according to thebottlenecker) therefore emphasising how the user's problem lies with the GPU, not the CPU as if there were problems with the CPU's speed it would not pair well with a MODERN GPU.

A decent PSU could last a lifetime, mine is running over 6 years at this point, touch wood.

We don't know what GPU they have, they've only asked about upgrading CPU and related components.

Also, you keep arguing that this CPU will hold up fine but everything else just has to be trash because it was bought a long time ago, what's that about.

[i_build_nanosuits]

7 hours ago, xriqn said:

Listen to me here, I have an FX 6300 and that still does a VERY good job and all I had to do was overclock that a little to 4.4GHz.

that was ''somewhat'' true back in 2014...

[xriqn]

6 hours ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

that was ''somewhat'' true back in 2014...

And it's still true today.

8 hours ago, Nertballs said:

A decent PSU could last a lifetime, mine is running over 6 years at this point, touch wood.

We don't know what GPU they have, they've only asked about upgrading CPU and related components.

Also, you keep arguing that this CPU will hold up fine but everything else just has to be trash because it was bought a long time ago, what's that about.

Well we don't know the specs of the PC, other than its CPU. I argue that the fx8350 will hold up fine because I've seen one in action in my friend's PC, he has a 1070 and it hardly even bottlenecks and can still game really well. PSU I'm assuming they got around the same time as the CPU was released, which would be 7 years ago now and a 7 year old PSU can get quite unreliable should you choose the wrong brand. GPU is definitely gonna be terrible if it is a GPU from when the CPU was released as most GPUs back in 2011 were just hitting 1GHz core clocks and most only had 1GB of VRAM.