low budget pc upgrade

[aBattleBorn]

hello, guys

first thing sorry about my English.

I am working about upgrading my aging gaming pc,i am trying to inevst the least i can and get the most bang for my buck.

my old system:

MB: gigabyte h81d2v

intel core i5 4590

amd shppair hd 7870 xt with boost

550w Antec power supply

8gb ramaxl DDR 3 1600mha ram

ss p80 micro atx case

 

for now, I have upgraded the case and the GPU

to Antec p8

and amd rx 580 pulse

 

I got the GPU second hand for 160$

 

I don't know if I should get the 4970k/non k or the amd ryzen 7 1700x

i am going to switch both my ram and mb

the lga 1150 mb+16gb ram+4790k will cost me around 455$ or if i will just get the 4790 425$

the am4 mb+16gb ram+ryzen 7 will cost me 570

again i am trying to invest the least and get the most bang for my buck.

will the ryzen 7 make a big diffrnce in my gaming preformence?

also what do you guys think about crossfire,in the far futher does it worth getting secound amd rx 580?

 

thanks in advance

 

 

[Slottr]

The cheapest route you can go because you already have the right motherboard and ram, is getting a used 4770 or 4790.

 

But if you can't get those for a good price used, then a full AM4 upgrade might be worth it and sell your old stuff.

[17030644]

4 minutes ago, aBattleBorn said:

 

I don't know if I should get the 4970k/non k or the amd ryzen 7 1700x

i am going to switch both my ram and mb

the lga 1150 mb+16gb ram+4790k will cost me around 455$ or if i will just get the 4790 425$

the am4 mb+16gb ram+ryzen 7 will cost me 570

again i am trying to invest the least and get the most bang for my buck.

will the ryzen 7 make a big diffrnce in my gaming preformence?

 

 

 

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if you are going to switch ram and board anyways it's completely pointless to stay in the LGA 1150 socket

 

 

and if you care about gaming only you could go with a ryzen 5 which will perform about the same

 

5 minutes ago, aBattleBorn said:

 

also what do you guys think about crossfire,in the far futher does it worth getting secound amd rx 580?

 

thanks in advance

 

 

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welcome

 

Avoid xfire unless you get a really good deal

[aBattleBorn]

6 minutes ago, Slottr said:

The cheapest route you can go because you already have the right motherboard and ram, is getting a used 4770 or 4790.

 

But if you can't get those for a good price used, then a full AM4 upgrade might be worth it and sell your old stuff.

well, I have to switch my mb because he is half dead, the audio ports and the front USB 3  does not work

and I am switching my ram cause I have 2 sticks of 4 and I don't want to switch to quad channel.

thanks for your quick response.

still worth to stay with lga1150? i mean it is around 100+ USD cheaper but from the other hand ryzen 7 is more powerful 

[aBattleBorn]

7 minutes ago, 17030644 said:

if you are going to switch ram and board anyways it's completely pointless to stay in the LGA 1150 socket

 

 

and if you care about gaming only you could go with a ryzen 5 which will perform about the same

 

welcome

 

Avoid xfire unless you get a really good deal

why? because it is an old socket?

you know you might have a point I didn't thought about the ryzen 5, but the 1600x is stronger than my i5 4590 and it is cheaper than the ryzen 7

 

and let's say I will be able to get another rx580 8gb in 2 years for 100$ will it be worth for it gaming performance?

[Slottr]

14 minutes ago, aBattleBorn said:

well, I have to switch my mb because he is half dead, the audio ports and the front USB 3  does not work

and I am switching my ram cause I have 2 sticks of 4 and I don't want to switch to quad channel.

thanks for your quick response.

still worth to stay with lga1150? i mean it is around 100+ USD cheaper but from the other hand ryzen 7 is more powerful 

Then sell what you have and go get a cheap AM4 setup.

 

That's in USD so just change it to whatever country you're from

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory	ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$365.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 14:18 EST-0500

 

[aBattleBorn]

12 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Then sell what you have and go get a cheap AM4 setup.

 

That's in USD so just change it to whatever country you're from 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$195.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$64.99 @ Newegg Business
Memory	ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$365.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-08 14:18 EST-0500

 

thank you very much, man I really appreciate that.

I think I'll go with that.

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, aBattleBorn said:

thank you very much, man I really appreciate that.

I think I'll go with that.

If you're just gaming though, I would get the 1600 or 2600.

[aBattleBorn]

17 minutes ago, Slottr said:

If you're just gaming though, I would get the 1600 or 2600.

ill get the 1600 stronger than the i7 4790 and it will save me a few bucks.

thanks again

[17030644]

1 hour ago, aBattleBorn said:

why? because it is an old socket?

you know you might have a point I didn't thought about the ryzen 5, but the 1600x is stronger than my i5 4590 and it is cheaper than the ryzen 7

 

and let's say I will be able to get another rx580 8gb in 2 years for 100$ will it be worth for it gaming performance?

because it's dumb since you are going to spend a lot of money on mobo and ram, and you'll still be stuck in an old socket so you'll need to drop more money in the near future

 

if you want to stay on lga 1150 keep your mobo and ram