FX 8350 RX480 rig vs i5 7400 GTX1060 rig

[thall320578]

So I'm LONG overdue for a new system... I've been rocking my FX 8350 since release date...

 

Current specs are:
ASUS M5A97 R2.0 motherboard

FX 8350 at stock clock (cannot get a stable OC with the Asus board to save my life, so I've just lived with stock clock speeds)

CPU cooled by a Cooler Mast V8 (the original model)

32gb HyperX Fury RAM (4x8gb) DDR3

A matching par if XFX RX 480 8GB reference cooler style graphics cars (got a good deal on the pair, even though I knew the FX is a MASSIVE bottle neck for them...)

1tb Crucial SATA SSD

Corsair CX750M power supply

All wrapped in an Antec 902 case

 

I feel it's fair to say that the system is maxed out as it is... About the only thing I could do is give it more than 1tb of storage...

 

 

Last year I built my wife a new entry level rig comprised of a Ryzen 3 and a GTX 1060. When it comes to gaming, her system wipes the floor with mine...

 

 

I've never been a prebuilt fan (granted if you're on LTT forum, I doubt you are either...), so I've been looking into building a new system based on a Ryzen 7 and an RTX 2060 at least. But I just came upon a deal that I'm entertaining, and I wanted to see how you guys think the experience would compare to my current setup.

 

HP Omen, unmutilated

Whatever HP motherboard inside

i5 7400

8gb RAM (single stick) DDR4

HP specific (it looks like at least) GTX 1060 3gb

1TB SATA WD Blue HDD

Comes with the 23" monitor, not sure about the specs with it.

 

All in the original boxes.

 

$300

 

 

 

If I pull the trigger, I could transfer over and reuse my SATA 1TB SSD as my main boot drive, keeping the WD Blue for extra storage. But as far as the rest of the old system is, I could part it out and invest in other upgrades to the Omen such as memory, MAYBE a GPU upgrade. Not sure what the CPU compatibility is with the system, but maybe even a CPU upgrade to an i7? But I guess all that depends on what I get from parting out the old system...

 

 

 

Thoughts?

[Nocte]

You wouldn't notice a difference in performance. The 1060 3GB is actually worse than one 480 (let alone 2).

The i5 7400 is slightly better than a 8350, but you aren't going to notice a big difference.

 

I would just upgrade CPU/mobo/RAM if I were you, something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.79 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$79.88 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Flare X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$359.66
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$339.66
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-23 20:32 EDT-0400

 

Down the road you can think about a new GPU.

[dizmo]

Wait for Black Friday and see what kind of deals come out of that.

[Bacon soup]

10 minutes ago, thall320578 said:

Ryzen 7 and an RTX 2060 at least.

decrease CPU to R5, increase GPU if you can.

 

 

 

[thall320578]

That's sort of the logic that I had too after a little bit of research, it would be a lateral upgrade... no noticeable change in performance for the most part.

 

The only hope I had was the fact that FX 8350 is bottlenecking the pair of RX480s, but it's not like much today (in terms of games) can make use of dual GPU's, so moving to the i5 platform would let me make more use of the GPU's, BUT the Omen motherboard only has a single PCIE slot so I wouldn't even be able to use both RX480's anyhow...

 

I think a platform change would just get me where I need to be and leave upgrade room in the future, as Nocte said. Change the MOBO, CPU, and RAM for now, maybe even sell off what I can along with the two RX480's and use the funds for a single higher end RTX card.

 

And yeah I'm in no rush for the upgrade, I could happily wait for some Black Friday sales :)

 

 

Thanks for the input guys!