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Upgrading my (presumably) dying PC

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Hi everyone!

I have a custom built PC that I got way back that seems to be dying already. I've tried reinstalling Windows 10 but I'm constantly getting blue screens when I try to install either drivers (latest drivers) or even applications like Office and Photoshop. The hard drives are fine so I either suspect that it might be the motherboard or the memory that is dying. 

Old Specs:

- AMD A10 5800k

- Asrock FM2A85X Extreme 4

- 8GB G.Skills Ripjaws X Dual Channel

- Sapphire RX 470 4GB Nitro

Anyways, I assume that it is indeed dying and would like to upgrade to a newer CPU.

Can anyone suggest a build suitable for me that's within $400-$500? I'm most likely going to play games and I also do some work on it (like editing photos, videos, rendering stuff, etc.) so I'm kind of leaning towards a Ryzen build. I only need to buy a CPU, Memory and Motherboard since I plan on salvaging other parts since they're still doing ok.

Thanks!

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $159.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Noctua - NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler $57.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard Asus - PRIME B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $75.07 @ B&H
Memory G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $74.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $367.94
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-03 14:49 EST-0500  

You could take out the CPU cooler if you want, but it would give you better thermals and more OC headroom. You could also get a more expensive motherboard if you need more slots/features. But stay with a B450 or X470 board.

Primary PC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8G3tXv (Windows 10 Home)

HTPC: - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KdBb4n (Windows 10 Home)
Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645 (Windows Server 2019 Standard)      

*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

*Haswell Tower* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3vw6vW (Windows 10 Home)

*ITX Box* - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r36s6R (Windows 10 Education)

Dell Dimension XPS B800 - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

In progress projects:

*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

*Trash Can* - AMD A4-6300

*GPU Test Bench*

*Pfsense router* - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3

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Awesome, thanks for the reply! So since I'm getting the B450 Motherboard, it's better to just OC the 2400Mhz Memory to something like 3200 than just spending more for a stock 3200Mhz memory? Since I've been hearing that Ryzen chips are more effective at higher ram frequencies.

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Cool, thanks for the replies, looks like I'm set to upgrade :)

 

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