Looking to upgrade my CPU and motherboard

[bcwebster123]

Hey guys,

 

I've been upgrading my pre-built Dell desktop piece by piece ever since I got it back in 2012. At this point the only thing remaining is the original i7-3770 and 16gb of 1600 MHz ram. I changed out the motherboard for some crappy Gigabyte mb, but I'm looking to upgrade my CPU, motherboard, and probably ram. Beyond that, I'm running a GTX 980ti.

What would you all suggest? I don't stream or edit video, mostly just gaming.

 

Thanks!

[Findiculous]

Whats the budget? Can go AMD for this upgrade at an affordable price. 

[bcwebster123]

I'd like to keep it on the cheap side, so I was thinking about going Ryzen. Somewhere around $200-$300 for CPU and motherboard.

[Firewrath9]

how about ram? If you sell the mobo + board + ram (current ones) for ~200$, you can get a R7 2700 (220$) + mid-range X470 board (150$) + 16GB 3000mhz ram (100$), which is 470$.

 

Looking at current eBay pricing, i7-3770 Is ~80-90$, or 75$ after fees and shipping etc.

16GB DDR3-1600 is ~ 60-70$, or 55 after fees

B75 Mobo is ~70-80$, or 60$ after fees, so 60+55+75+300 = 485.

 

[Brooksie359]

Just make sure your case is ATX compatible. Some OEM pcs have proprietary mounting for their motherboards 

[bcwebster123]

2 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Just make sure your case is ATX compatible. Some OEM pcs have proprietary mounting for their motherboards 

Yes! The case was one of the first things I changed because my first GPU upgrade didn't fit in the original case haha.

12 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

how about ram? If you sell the mobo + board + ram (current ones) for ~200$, you can get a R7 2700 (220$) + mid-range X470 board (150$) + 16GB 3000mhz ram (100$), which is 470$.

 

Looking at current eBay pricing, i7-3770 Is ~80-90$, or 75$ after fees and shipping etc.

16GB DDR3-1600 is ~ 60-70$, or 55 after fees

B75 Mobo is ~70-80$, or 60$ after fees, so 60+55+75+300 = 485.

 

Thank you for your help, firewrath! I'll look into all that. Think I'd have much luck selling the components? I feel like this isn't really stuff people would want. Would I have better luck selling all three together?

[Brooksie359]

Yeah you probably want to sell the mobo CPU and ram together. 

[bcwebster123]

I've been looking around at different CPU/mobo combos, and wanted to ask if an R7 2700 is really worth the additional cost compared something like an R5 2600? 

[Oalei]

3 hours ago, bcwebster123 said:

I've been looking around at different CPU/mobo combos, and wanted to ask if an R7 2700 is really worth the additional cost compared something like an R5 2600? 

Well you can wait zen 2 if you wanted to. It's still very good CPU the 7 2700 but for gaming?  I will prefer 5 2600 and save up for gpu or some other stuffs