Tight Budget.

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1 minute ago, NewHopeTech said:

They are old and have horrible single threaded performance (I owned an 8350, it was bad)

So, AM4 could be a option?

[NewHopeTech]

Just now, MrAndyGets said:

So, AM4 could be a option?

It could, but if you want what is cheapest, you'd be better off getting a used i5. If you buy haswell or older, you won't have to buy new RAM. With RAM prices these days, that will save you a lot of money. 

[dizmo]

Just now, MrAndyGets said:

So, AM4 could be a option?

Not if you want to use DDR3 memory.

 

Just try and find a 3rd or 4th gen i3. Saying "tight budget" means absolutely nothing when you're not giving us a dollar amount to work with. Tight budget for some is entirely different than a tight budget for others.

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Just now, NewHopeTech said:

It could, but if you want what is cheapest, you'd be better off getting a used i5. If you buy haswell or older, you won't have to buy new RAM. With RAM prices these days, that will save you a lot of money. 

I see RAM prices are OUTRAGEOUS.... Price GOUGING at its best

 

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Just now, dizmo said:

Not if you want to use DDR3 memory.

 

Just try and find a 3rd or 4th gen i3. Saying "tight budget" means absolutely nothing when you're not giving us a dollar amount to work with. Tight budget for some is entirely different than a tight budget for others.

Sorry to be so unspecific..... But really, the cheaper the better.

 

[dizmo]

Just now, MrAndyGets said:

Sorry to be so unspecific..... But really, the cheaper the better.

 

That still doesn't give a max budget.

"Sorry to be so unhelpful"....*continues to be unhelpful*

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1 minute ago, dizmo said:

That still doesn't give a max budget.

"Sorry to be so unhelpful"....*continues to be unhelpful*

I guess at MOST $200 US...

[NewHopeTech]

 

2 minutes ago, MrAndyGets said:

Sorry to be so unspecific..... But really, the cheaper the better.

 

If cheaper is better then find an ivy bridge pentium

[NewHopeTech]

If your budget is max $200 then a haswell i3 and a cheap 1150 mobo is your best bet.

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4 minutes ago, NewHopeTech said:

If your budget is max $200 then a haswell i3 and a cheap 1150 mobo is your best bet.

I am not very informed with Intel CPU's..... I have been a AMD guy forever.... Is that a quad core I3?

 

[NewHopeTech]

1 minute ago, MrAndyGets said:

I am not very informed with Intel CPU's..... I have been a AMD guy forever.... Is that a quad core I3?

 

Dual core with four threads.

[NewHopeTech]

1 minute ago, MrAndyGets said:

I am not very informed with Intel CPU's..... I have been a AMD guy forever.... Is that a quad core I3?

 

For $200 you might be able to get a haswell i5 (4XXX) and mobo but that depends on how the used market near you is.

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2 minutes ago, NewHopeTech said:

Dual core with four threads.

So is that better then what I have? A8 3850

[dizmo]

With a budget like that I'd look at getting a 4th gen i5, and some kind of LGA1150 motherboard. I recently gone one with RAM and a cooler for $140 CAD. They should only be cheaper now. If you're looking to spend as little as possible, you could try tracking down a G4560. They can play most titles pretty well. Don't get the i3, it performs the same.

[NewHopeTech]

Do you have GPU?

[bowrilla]

If you have to buy mainboard and CPU you're better off selling your DDR3 memory in order to switch. There's hardly any LGA1151 board out there that supports DDR3. Afaik 6th, 7th and 8th gen Intel Core cpus do not support DDR3 unless it's a very very very weird board. Going for LGA1150 means spending about as much for a used board compared to a new Intel board, good 4th gen chips (talking i5 or i7) do not come cheap as well. Going for a 4th gen i3 is imho not a sensible upgrade.

Depending on you RAM you gould get between like $60 to $100 for those and sell your current combo for a few bucks as well. A decent Ryzen board comes at about $70-80, pair it with a Ryzen 3 for like $120 and get yourself some DDR4 memory. For now you're fine with 8 gigs so just go for 1x8GB. You don't need to go for 3200MHz memory, just get some with known compatibility. You'll end up with like $300 of expenses and maybe $100 of revenues. 

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Just now, NewHopeTech said:

Do you have GPU?

Yes I do.... A GT1030.

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I wanted to thank ALL that responded to my post.... I have learned a good bit from your posts.... Thanks again. 

[Jon Jon]

I would aim for getting a Haswell i5 part and motherboard....i think you can achieve that for $200.

 

Let us know what you find, but an i5 haswell (i5-4XXX series) and motherboard should be do-able in that price range I think?

At the very least, an i3, but I don't really like suggesting the 2C/4T i3s unless you only play eSports titles.

 

What do you plan to play?

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54 minutes ago, Jon Jon said:

I would aim for getting a Haswell i5 part and motherboard....i think you can achieve that for $200.

 

Let us know what you find, but an i5 haswell (i5-4XXX series) and motherboard should be do-able in that price range I think?

At the very least, an i3, but I don't really like suggesting the 2C/4T i3s unless you only play eSports titles.

 

What do you plan to play?

I mainly play CS:GO

 

[Jon Jon]

2 hours ago, MrAndyGets said:

I mainly play CS:GO

 

I am surprised that you are looking to upgrade at all then.

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I am OLD.... And I just had an AH-HA moment..... Now I understand.... Save more to get CURRENT hardware... Right now $200 wont be much of an upgrade at all.... Thank you everyone.... Sorry I am SLOWWWW