R5 2600/B450 vs R3 3300x/B550

[EndofEra]

I am planning to upgrade my system. I am currently using an r3 1200/b350 and the onboard audio on my b350 is now broken so I am planning so change both my processor and my motherboard. My budget is around 240usd.  I just want to hear some more thoughts from you guys. I am mostly playing games only with a bit of rendering on the side. Should I opt to go buy the r3 3300x? Will 240usd be enough for me to buy a r3 3300x with a decent atx b550? or Should I just go and purchase r5 2600 with b450 (I have done my research and I can purchase a r5 2600 and asrock b450 steel legend that is within my budget). All suggestion and comments will be much appreciated. Thank you very much

[Action_Johnson]

Why not just get a 1600AF and a sound card? It'll be cheaper, sound better, and be just as fast as a 2600 for all practical purposes

[EndofEra]

2 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

Why not just get a 1600AF and a sound card? It'll be cheaper, sound better, and be just as fast as a 2600 for all practical purposes

1600AF is not available in my country, r5 2600 is what we only have

[MartinKweh]

2 minutes ago, EndofEra said:

1600AF is not available in my country, r5 2600 is what we only have

it depends on your workload. if it requires the additional cores, 2600. otherwise, in gaming, the 3300x will be far superior. plus the b550 means you are ryzen 4000 ready plus the added benefit of the PCIE gen 4

[TheSLSAMG]

A R3 3300X and a B450 Steel Legend wouldn't be a bad buy. If you don't need PCIe 4.0 there's no need for B550, and it will perform better than the R5 2600 in games. The R5 2600 would do better in rendering, but the 3300X shouldn't be far behind given it has 7700K-equivalent performance.

[EndofEra]

1 minute ago, MartinKweh said:

it depends on your workload. if it requires the additional cores, 2600. otherwise, in gaming, the 3300x will be far superior. plus the b550 means you are ryzen 4000 ready plus the added benefit of the PCIE gen 4

Do you think  240usd will be enough for me to get r3 3300x with a decent b550 mobo?

[EndofEra]

1 minute ago, TheSLSAMG said:

A R3 3300X and a B450 Steel Legend wouldn't be a bad buy. If you don't need PCIe 4.0 there's no need for B550, and it will perform better than the R5 2600 in games. The R5 2600 would do better in rendering, but the 3300X shouldn't be far behind given it has 7700K-equivalent performance.

As far as I know ryzen 3 3000 series wont be compatible with b450 motherboards (this was my original plan, since I dont really need Pcie gen 4)

[MartinKweh]

1 minute ago, EndofEra said:

As far as I know ryzen 3 3000 series wont be compatible with b450 motherboards (this was my original plan, since I dont really need Pcie gen 4)

if you dont need the PCIE gen 4, the max version of that motherboard will support ryzen 3000. 

 

2 minutes ago, EndofEra said:

Do you think  240usd will be enough for me to get r3 3300x with a decent b550 mobo?

yep. since the prices on the motherboard will play around $100 and the Ryzen 3 3300x will be something like $120 on release.

[TheSLSAMG]

2 minutes ago, EndofEra said:

As far as I know ryzen 3 3000 series wont be compatible with b450 motherboards (this was my original plan, since I dont really need Pcie gen 4)

The 3100X and 3300X were added to the B450 Steel Legend's support list in BIOS P3.20. You can buy the B450 Steel Legend and use your current Ryzen 3 1200 to update the BIOS if it's not already updated out of the box.

[EndofEra]

6 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

The 3100X and 3300X were added to the B450 Steel Legend's support list in BIOS P3.20. You can buy the B450 Steel Legend and use your current Ryzen 3 1200 to update the BIOS if it's not already updated out of the box.

WOW this is great news, the thought has been bothering me for days already, thank you very much. I just looked up at their site and it really does support ryzen 3 3300x. I will be ordering the motherboard today.

[EndofEra]

8 minutes ago, MartinKweh said:

if you dont need the PCIE gen 4, the max version of that motherboard will support ryzen 3000. 

 

yep. since the prices on the motherboard will play around $100 and the Ryzen 3 3300x will be something like $120 on release.

I will look into this too thank you so much for you info

 

[Didarul Hossain Rafi]

On 5/13/2020 at 9:39 AM, EndofEra said:

I will look into this too thank you so much for you info

 

I'm in the same confusion. 3300x vs 2600. 

So what did you choose ?