Upgrade Path for a old system

[Zeph242]

Budget (including currency): 250 usd

Country: Trinidad (The one above venezuela)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, valorant, Visual Basic

Current system

Intel Pentium G4560 (Stock Cooler)

MSI B20M Pro-VD

Generic 8gb Ram stick

Nvidia GTX 1050ti.

EVGA Bronze 500 watt power supply

Crucial mx500 250gb m.2 ssd

 

Looking to upgrade my current system but im not sure if i should buy a 1151 processor and spend all 200 of my budget on a used i7-7700k  or i should switch to a ryzen 5 3400g for 150 and grab a dirt cheap motherboard.

Avoiding overclocking because i need the pc for school and i cant afford to replace it if something goes wrong.

Don't care about the gpu i only have a 1080p monitor and i don't play anything graphically intensive so ill run it till it dies

 

Issues im facing

1) Ram i have is dirt cheap and slow speed, i think its 2400 mhz so im not sure if it will go well with a ryzen chip

2) Not sure if i will be able to get a gen 3 motherboard for the 50 usd or if i would have to go back to gen 2

3) Shipping is a bitch, and it will cost about  25 usd per item.

4) Im worried about buying used because i will be sending the item to a freight forwarder who will then ship it to me which will take a week to me and a week to go back so if something is wrong my return window may close before i can send it back.

5) if i buy an intel chip i can throw some of the shipping money to the processor but im not sure that small amount of money will actually get me to a better processor.

6) Due to the fact that im not from the us im not sure if some of the smaller sites will accept a non us credit card, as ive had that issue before.

7) Should i take a ryzen 3 and get new ram as well and stay inside the budget

8 ) Should i take a gen 1 ryzen 5 / 7 with a dirt cheap motherboard (cause no overclocking intended) and higher speed ram.

9) Should i wait a 3ish months for new releases and prices of older stuff to drop.

10) Should i wait 6 months for a budget expansion of a 200 usd because at the moment the pc runs well .

11) Local stores arent the best value for money thanks to high  import taxes on motherboards and cpus but for some reason no tax on any other components.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Skipple]

Honestly, the bones are still there. I would get a used 7700 (non-k) and a decent cooler. 

 

Ryzen 5 3400g would be a lateral move from the 7700 and end up costing you more money. 

[Skipple]

8 minutes ago, Zeph242 said:

Should i wait 6 months for a budget expansion of a 200 usd because at the moment the pc runs well

I just saw this. Any upgrade that you don't need is superfluous. 

[Boomy Beatle]

8 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Honestly, the bones are still there. I would get a used 7700 (non-k) and a decent cooler.

Agreed. With your board and lack of interest in overclocking, the 7700 would be the best option. For coolers, go with a standard air cooler like the Hyper 212.

 

If you want to upgrade further, I recommend either getting a matching DIMM to get dual channel, or--if it's more practical--just get a whole new 2x8 kit entirely, possibly at a much higher speed, should you decide even later to make the switch to Ryzen.

[Zeph242]

8 hours ago, Boomy Beatle said:

Agreed. With your board and lack of interest in overclocking, the 7700 would be the best option. For coolers, go with a standard air cooler like the Hyper 212.

 

If you want to upgrade further, I recommend either getting a matching DIMM to get dual channel, or--if it's more practical--just get a whole new 2x8 kit entirely, possibly at a much higher speed, should you decide even later to make the switch to Ryzen.

where would be safe to get  a used 7700 im worried about doa because i dont live in the US.

[Zeph242]

8 hours ago, Skipple said:

I just saw this. Any upgrade that you don't need is superfluous. 

Upgrading is not completely superfluous because discord tanks my frames in Valorant and i would like  the ability to keep a solid 144 but i get what you are saying.