Upgrade kit, help needed plz...

[Jack Grobbelaar]

Hey people im from South Africa and I really need your help for best decisions. So I have a budget of R11,000.00 that's about $650/$700 USD. 

My old system had a ryzen 5 1400 , 16GB (2x8GB) 3200 MHz HyperX predator dims, paired with a GTX 1070 (windforce) and a 700W 80+ Silver PSU all in a Micro ATX A320-sh Mobo. I used to play titles like battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront 2, But now I am hectically struggling with Total war titles, I know that total war games are heavily CPU based.

 

So please help.

I was thinking of keeping the PSU, RAM, GPU. 

There is a website where I can buy upgrade kits for way cheaper in a bundle than to buy them separately. It is not like life and death where I need the new system now but was thinking to buy the new system in this month or next month. 

 

Thank you kind people!

 

 

[Dedayog]

All those kits would have you rebuy RAM and motherboard.

 

I'd seriously look at the new Ryzen 3300X to drop in that motherboard, or a 3600 if you want.  Coupled with your GPU and RAM, it would be a nice machine.  1080p gaming very well.

 

Unless you really want an X570 motherboard to upgrade to the next gen chips, but I can't see needing that.

[Aereldor]

4 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

All those kits would have you rebuy RAM and motherboard.

 

I'd seriously look at the new Ryzen 3300X to drop in that motherboard, or a 3600 if you want.  Coupled with your GPU and RAM, it would be a nice machine.  1080p gaming very well.

 

Unless you really want an X570 motherboard to upgrade to the next gen chips, but I can't see needing that.

Some new B550 motherboards can compete with x470 and sometimes x570... So waiting and upgrading to one of those could be a good idea.
 

 

[Jack Grobbelaar]

Okay yeah thanks, im just really scared to go for ryzen for total war games and I know its stupid to buy a cpu aiming just at one series of games. But online everyone just keeps telling to go for Intel CPU since the older total war games only uses 2 cores, but thanks mahn. Appriciate it.

 

Sorry if my english is bad

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Jack Grobbelaar said:

Okay yeah thanks, im just really scared to go for ryzen for total war games and I know its stupid to buy a cpu aiming just at one series of games. But online everyone just keeps telling to go for Intel CPU since the older total war games only uses 2 cores, but thanks mahn. Appriciate it.

 

Sorry if my english is bad

Do research on the 3300X then, it's a 4 core speedy litle chip that competes with Intel's 4 core offerings very well.

 

I wouldn't spend a ton of money on an Intel system for that reason.  If Intel in your research is best for the majority of games, then look at it.  For one?  bah.

[Jack Grobbelaar]

Okay and just a last question. I was also focusing on a futureproof system for 2/3 years.

And the CPU's I had in mind was either the R7 3700X or the Intel i7 7600.

For future proofing which one of the 2 should I go for, I just game on the system, I have a laptop for work related stuff. 

 

 

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, Jack Grobbelaar said:

Okay and just a last question. I was also focusing on a futureproof system for 2/3 years.

And the CPU's I had in mind was either the R7 3700X or the Intel i7 7600.

For future proofing which one of the 2 should I go for, I just game on the system, I have a laptop for work related stuff. 

 

 

Drop the 3700X in your motherboard and you'll be good for 3 years easy.  btw, please don't use the word futureproof, it has no bearing here or anywhere in the world of tech.

 

Are you not understanding me when I say your machine is really very good already?

 

I expect a CPU to be good for a MINIMUM of 3 years regardless, so the 3300X will still be great in 3.  a 3600 will be too.  3700X, overkill for gaming.  i7 7600, hell no.  Why buy a 3 generations-old CPU that requires a new dead-on-arrival motherboard?

[Jack Grobbelaar]

Okay thanks mahn.

You helped alot. 

And I just feel like something the the system is wrong but its probably just my paranoia. Thanks.

[Dedayog]

3 minutes ago, Jack Grobbelaar said:

Okay thanks mahn.

You helped alot. 

And I just feel like something the the system is wrong but its probably just my paranoia. Thanks.

Yeah, the CPU is weak.  That's the part we are trying to upgrade, and we can do it without buying a new motherboard or RAM

 

For example, the 3300X vs the Ryzen 1500 (couldn't find a 1400 to compare) ... at the 1;05 mark they do Total War.  Find similar videos showing your 1400 vs the 3600,and then 3700X.  Then buy one

 

 

 

 

[Jack Grobbelaar]

So I just checked, the 3300X is not yet available here but I can wait.

Since you said the 3700X is overkill... I think it would be best to just get a new CPU intead with something like a B450 board, just so I can overclock the cpu BUT just if I ever wanted to since I have a AIO Cooler.

 

[Jack Grobbelaar]

Lol I know this took a turn but I just checked checked to see what would fit my budget and I can buy a:

Ryzen 5 3600 

MSI B450 Gaming Plus

HIKVISION E2000 256GB NVMe SSD

for R7976.85 (457.33 USD) but will wait for the 3300X to see the price. Once again thank you appreciate.