Should i upgrade to Ryzen?

[deadrobotxd]

So a little of context, i currently own an old i3 4160 and already have a decent gpu but i'm planning to change everything for a ryzen 3200G because is the chepeast of the ryzen lineup or just find an older 4th gen i7 processor and keep the old  mobo and ram

[Mathieu9836]

What is you budget for a cpu and a motherboard

[deadrobotxd]

no more than 300 us and im planning to get at least 100 back selling the other stuff

[deadrobotxd]

the cheaper the better

 

[Mathieu9836]

For 300$ you can get a 2600 and a basic motherboard, you will be better served then a 3200G imo.

Edit: the 2600 is around 135$ and the MSI B450 Tomahawk is 115$.

[ddennis002]

4 minutes ago, deadrobotxd said:

no more than 300 us and im planning to get at least 100 back selling the other stuff

Are you close to a micocenter? if you are semi close a R5 2600 is $119 right now.

[spartaman64]

i feel like you should save a little more

[Oalei]

Yeah a 5 2600 is good enough if you have a gpu and a B450 board. 

[Fasauceome]

The CPU I'd recommend for your motherboard is an i7 4770, but at $150 or so it's not a stellar deal compared to AM4 

[Gohardgrandpa]

If you sell the other stuff for $100 you’d be able to get a b450 board, a ryzen 3600 and 16gb of ddr4. That would be a massive upgrade 

[spartaman64]

if you can get to a microcenter

[SupaKomputa]

R5 1600 is $100, it's going to be a great upgrade from 4th gen.

 

[spartaman64]

and i just thought of something you have to buy ddr4 ram so you should factor that into your cost

[deadrobotxd]

how expensive is ram right now, i havent check that

 

[SupaKomputa]

1 minute ago, spartaman64 said:

and i just thought of something you have to buy ddr4 ram so you should factor that into your cost

Sell the DDR3 get DDR4. This is the best time to invest in memories, they are rock bottom price.

[deadrobotxd]

18 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Sell the DDR3 get DDR4. This is the best time to invest in memories, they are rock bottom price.

nice 

[deadrobotxd]

Thanks everyone for the recommendations, The r5 deal sounds great

 

[Deadsies]

Check the QVL for 3200 DDR4, it’s dirt cheap for 16gb right now.

[Gohardgrandpa]

If you can swing it definitely go with the ryzen 5 3600,  it’s a big jump in performance compared to first gen ryzen. 

For motherboards go with a msi b450 like the tomahawk, it’s affordable and you can flash the bios with a flash drive to support the new 3000 series cpus. 

Ram is dirt cheap right now. I got 16gb 2x8gb sticks of Corsair vengeance rgb ram for $91 off amazon, if you don’t need rgb I’ve seen it as low as $60 for 16gb. 

 

I went from first gen ryzen to third gen ryzen and saw a huge performance increase when gaming. If your gonna upgrade do it the right way and spend as much as you can afford. Skip first gen ryzen, I don’t care how cheap the cpus are right now, if you go first gen your gonna wish you went third gen and have buyers remorse and that really sucks 

[Mathieu9836]

15 hours ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

If you can swing it definitely go with the ryzen 5 3600,  it’s a big jump in performance compared to first gen ryzen. 

For motherboards go with a msi b450 like the tomahawk, it’s affordable and you can flash the bios with a flash drive to support the new 3000 series cpus. 

Ram is dirt cheap right now. I got 16gb 2x8gb sticks of Corsair vengeance rgb ram for $91 off amazon, if you don’t need rgb I’ve seen it as low as $60 for 16gb. 

 

I went from first gen ryzen to third gen ryzen and saw a huge performance increase when gaming. If your gonna upgrade do it the right way and spend as much as you can afford. Skip first gen ryzen, I don’t care how cheap the cpus are right now, if you go first gen your gonna wish you went third gen and have buyers remorse and that really sucks 

Budget is 300 for CPU,MoBo and RAM and with Zen2 he is already at 200$, he got 100$ for a motherboard and RAM i know he should got for the 3rd gen with a B450 motherboard but some people just can't afford having a higher budget.