Micro Center Bundles

[Mqisty]

Hello, 

I have a Micro Center near me and was looking to update my CPU (Ryzen 7 1700x). My entire PC is 8 years old minus some parts so I thought it would be best to just buy a bundle to get the mobo, CPU, and RAM out of the way and then slowly upgrade the rest. Not sure how much this matters but I have a GTX 1080 which from what I understand is still quite good even now. The only thing is I'm not quite sure which bundle would be the best value and if it would be worth spending the additional money to get a better mobo in the bundle.

AMD Bundles: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/bundle-and-save.aspx
Intel Bundles: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/intel-bundle-and-save.aspx

 

[Dedayog]

11 minutes ago, Mqisty said:

Hello, 

I have a Micro Center near me and was looking to update my CPU (Ryzen 7 1700x). My entire PC is 8 years old minus some parts so I thought it would be best to just buy a bundle to get the mobo, CPU, and RAM out of the way and then slowly upgrade the rest. Not sure how much this matters but I have a GTX 1080 which from what I understand is still quite good even now. The only thing is I'm not quite sure which bundle would be the best value and if it would be worth spending the additional money to get a better mobo in the bundle.

AMD Bundles: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/bundle-and-save.aspx
Intel Bundles: https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/intel-bundle-and-save.aspx

 

Steering away from the Intel bundles, as AMD is performing better and more efficient...

 

I'd look at (depending on budget):

 

7700X bundle for $349.00 

 

9800X3D bundle for $649.00 - the one with the X870E board.

 

The bottom end are only 16GB RAM. The 9700X isn't worth $50 over the 7700X, but the 9800X3D is worth $50 over the 7800X3D (primarily due to the 3D cache being moved, so you can OC and cool better).

 

While I would prefer a B850 board for PCIe Gen 5... you don't lose any performance using Gen 4 with a new card, which you may do later.

 

That said, what I would prefer you do is state your motherboard so I recommend a Ryzen 5600/5600X drop in CPU and spend the rest on a better GPU.

 

I think that is a better combo than a higher end CPU and keeping a 1080.  Again, depends on your wallet.

 

Note: It's the 1080Ti that is still decent currently, not the 1080.  

[GuiltySpark_]

14 minutes ago, Mqisty said:

just buy a bundle to get the mobo, CPU, and RAM out of the way and then slowly upgrade the rest

Solid plan.

14 minutes ago, Mqisty said:

but I have a GTX 1080 which from what I understand is still quite good even now.

Eh, depends on your expectations. The games you play, what your display resolution is and how you expect them to perform. I would disagree but I also expect to be able to play modern AAA games at 4K at 100+ fps. A GTX 1080 will not do that.

 

[YoungBlade]

If your motherboard supports it, and isn't one of the few ones that never got a compatible BIOS, you could upgrade to a Ryzen 5 5600 for $132, and then then use the remaining money to get a graphics card upgrade. The R5 5600 offers a ton more gaming performance than your R7 1700X. An RX 9060 XT 16GB would offer you double the VRAM and performance of your current card, with access to modern upscaling and support for RT (not amazing RT, but enough to handle it in the games that require it), for $370. So you'd be looking at a CPU and GPU upgrade, both of which can offer you about 2x the performance depending on the game, for $500.

[Mqisty]

20 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Steering away from the Intel bundles, as AMD is performing better and more efficient...

 

I'd look at (depending on budget):

 

7700X bundle for $349.00 

 

9800X3D bundle for $649.00 - the one with the X870E board.

 

The bottom end are only 16GB RAM. The 9700X isn't worth $50 over the 7700X, but the 9800X3D is worth $50 over the 7800X3D (primarily due to the 3D cache being moved, so you can OC and cool better).

 

While I would prefer a B850 board for PCIe Gen 5... you don't lose any performance using Gen 4 with a new card, which you may do later.

 

That said, what I would prefer you do is state your motherboard so I recommend a Ryzen 5600/5600X drop in CPU and spend the rest on a better GPU.

 

I think that is a better combo than a higher end CPU and keeping a 1080.  Again, depends on your wallet.

 

Note: It's the 1080Ti that is still decent currently, not the 1080.  

Sorry I should have mentioned my build, here is my current build (the storage has changed but it is the exact same other than that): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cjVmRK

Now that I think about it it might be better to just sell my PC and build a completely new one? My budget would be around $1000.

(Pinging @GuiltySpark_ because I've seen them on the Discord and value their opinion lol)