CPU Dilemma

[p123]

Well,since I am on a budget for a PC I want the best possible performance,as everyone of course. However I am in a dilemma of which CPU should I get.

Here are my options:

AMD FX-8350 

Or

Ryzen 1200 

The price is pretty much the same but if I go with the FX-8350 I lose some performance but save around 80$. With

the Ryzen 1200 I get more performance and I am more future proof but I lose again 80$. What would you do in my place?

(The use of this PC would be for some gaming and work-budget around 500$)

[Princess Luna]

Ryzen 3 1200 all the way.

[Electronics Wizardy]

ryzen 1200 is a much better cpu, better io, and a better upgrade path.

 

Whats the rest of the build?

[p123]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

ryzen 1200 is a much better cpu, better io, and a better upgrade path.

 

Whats the rest of the build?

For the ryzen build:

Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

Patriot Viper 4 Series 8GB DDR4-3000MHz

Be Quiet System Power 9 500W

Aerocool SI-5100 Window

Intenso M.2 SSD SATA III High 240GB

Asrock Radeon RX 560 2GB Phantom Gaming 

For the FX:

Be Quiet System Power 9 500W

Aerocool SI-5100 Window

Asrock Radeon RX 560 2GB Phantom Gaming 

Sandisk SSD Plus (530MB/s) 240G

Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3-1600MHz 

Asrock 760GM-HDV

[mxk]

8 minutes ago, p123 said:

For the ryzen build:

Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

Patriot Viper 4 Series 8GB DDR4-3000MHz

Be Quiet System Power 9 500W

Aerocool SI-5100 Window

Intenso M.2 SSD SATA III High 240GB

Asrock Radeon RX 560 2GB Phantom Gaming 

For the FX:

Be Quiet System Power 9 500W

Aerocool SI-5100 Window

Asrock Radeon RX 560 2GB Phantom Gaming 

Sandisk SSD Plus (530MB/s) 240G

Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3-1600MHz 

Asrock 760GM-HDV

consider an rx 570 please

[SupaKomputa]

Ryzen all the way, you'll get much better upgrade path.

 

[ZcanKal]

Do not get an FX chip under any circumstances.

[TehPlayer14]

FX has terrible single core perfomance, Ryzen is way better

[trevb0t]

Hold up. What is your country and budget?

Do you own any of the listed gear, or are you buying new?

[Islam Ghunym]

FX is very bad compared to Ryzen, so get Ryzen 1200, it is only 65 bucks these days.

some tips for you as a budget:

don't go for the most speed RAM in the market, any DDR4 memory module will give you nearly the same performance.

I think you need to buy 1 x 8GB single channel DDR4 memory module, so you can buy another one later for your next upgrade.

you mentioned that you will get a 3000 MHz memory module, it does not worth the extra money for it because even if you put 2133 MHz module it will do the same, instead of that save money for a better CPU or GPU, for example you can get Ryzen 2200G for 85 bucks only which is 20 bucks more than Ryzen 1200 

you need an SSD drive no matter how fast it is, the best option for budget and performance is to buy 120-250 GB SSD with a 2 TB HDD.

make sure to choose a 3D NAND SSD for longer lifespan, brand does not play a big role here, but samsung and WD are reliable brands for SSDs.

you mentioned 2 GB RX 560, it is fine but don't cheap on GPU because 2 GB is not enough for almost everything new, you may tolerate week GPU speed but not a video memory bottleneck, so you need at least 3 GB of VRAM so I think you should go for RX 570 if you can buy it.

 

VRAM bottleneck will drop your frames to around 1-5 FPS only which is way bad making modern games unplayable, but weeker GPU will make your game frames go lower than 60 FPS so you may fix that by lowering settings.... but you won't like memory bottleneck, that is why you should go for RX 570 instead