Upgrading pc for Java programming

[Carz728]

I am currently working at home and the only pc I have at home is a i5 2400 with 16 gb of ddr3 ram. The pc works but compiling and deploying code takes longer then I would like and the cpu usage spikes to 100%. Wondering what would be the best upgrade for the money in order to make it faster. 

1. Buy i7 2600 for 60$

2. Upgrade ram, cpu, and mobo/ r3 3100

3. R5 2600 

[GDRRiley]

a 2600 or a 3770 would be a decent upgrade but I wouldn't put more than 120$ into it

[Carz728]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

a 2600 or a 3770 would be a decent upgrade but I wouldn't put more than 120$ into it

Yeah I'm leaning towards the i7 2600 the 3770 isn't supported on my mobo though. Say if I were to upgrade to say a r3 3100 and ddr4 ram would I see a huge upgrade or is it worth the money?

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Carz728 said:

Yeah I'm leaning towards the i7 2600 the 3770 isn't supported on my mobo though. Say if I were to upgrade to say a r3 3100 and ddr4 ram would I see a huge upgrade or is it worth the money?

a 3100 is going to be faster than a 7700k

[AndreiArgeanu]

I would personally recommend going ryzen since in the future you can always upgrade to something like the r9 3950x (16 cores 32 threads) if the motherboard supports it. Also
 if you wait a little and get a b550 motherboard you will also be able to get the future Ryzen 4000 series cpu's, while with a 2nd or 3rd gen intel you're kind of stuck with a 4 core hyperthreaded cpu. As of now though a 2600/1600AF would be the best choice but if your strapped for cash or you're not willing to make that big of an upgrade yet then an i7 2600 or a 3770 would be great as mentioned above.

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

a 3100 is going to be faster than a 7700k

That is if you overclock it, even without the overclocking though it would still be a whole lot better than a 3770.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

That is if you overclock it, even without the overclocking though it would still be a whole lot better than a 3770.

yeah but a full new platform means 250-300$

[AndreiArgeanu]

4 minutes ago, Carz728 said:

Yeah I'm leaning towards the i7 2600 the 3770 isn't supported on my mobo though. Say if I were to upgrade to say a r3 3100 and ddr4 ram would I see a huge upgrade or is it worth the money?

3rd gen intel should be supported on 2nd gen boards, usually with bios updates. For example my good old optiplex 7010 work with both 2nd and 3rd gen intel cpus no problem.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

yeah but a full new platform means 250-300$

But it is a very good investment in the long term in my opinion since there's so many options to upgrade to, like I'm seriously impressed that AMD was able to bring down to the consumer market a 16 core cpu.

[GDRRiley]

Just now, AndreiArgeanu said:

But it is a very good investment in the long term in my opinion since there's so many options to upgrade to, like I'm seriously impressed that AMD was able to bring down to the consumer market a 16 core cpu.

then buy it or a 3600x