100-200$ CPU update

[Dreaper]

So my friend is on AM3+ and he is looking to upgrade his CPU and maybe mobo. Budget is up to 200$ but he would love it at 100$. Here is the list of games he plays eu4 league dota 2 cs go endless space 2 mass effect witcher 3 star wars battlefront 2 dauntless ck2  diablo 3 heroes of the storm total war dark souls wargame: airlandbattle. Current CPU and Mobo is Motherboard: Asus m5a97 r2.0 CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core Processor. RAM is 12GB of Corsair vengeance at 1600mhz

[Crunchy Dragon]

I would advise him to save up a bit of money and then jump to AM4 or Intel. Although, if he can find a good Z97 CPU and motherboard combo for about that much, most Haswell/Haswell Refresh Core i5s will destroy any FX CPU and he'll still be able to use his DDR3 memory with it.

[Jurrunio]

This platform isnt worth going any further tbh. Be ready for a new platform.

[Daniel Z.]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would advise him to save up a bit of money and then jump to AM4 or Intel. Although, if he can find a good Z97 CPU and motherboard combo for about that much, most Haswell/Haswell Refresh Core i5s will destroy any FX CPU and he'll still be able to use his DDR3 memory with it.

or x79.

[Dreaper]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would advise him to save up a bit of money and then jump to AM4 or Intel. Although, if he can find a good Z97 CPU and motherboard combo for about that much, most Haswell/Haswell Refresh Core i5s will destroy any FX CPU and he'll still be able to use his DDR3 memory with it.

Any specific Z97 CPU/board?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, Dreaper said:

Any specific Z97 CPU/board?

Just about any quad core i5 such as the 4590, 4460, 4690K, or even an i7-4790K would be good. Boards don't really matter, most of the Z97 boards were all good quality. Or as @Daniel Z. said, the X79 platform would work(don't know off the top of my head any CPUs on that platform though)

[GOTSpectrum]

2 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

or x79.

I find, atleast in Britain, x79 is still strangly fairly expensive. Especially for the montherboards.

[dizmo]

15 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

or x79.

Good luck finding a decent, affordable motherboard

[Khasanti]

19 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

So my friend is on AM3+ and he is looking to upgrade his CPU and maybe mobo. Budget is up to 200$ but he would love it at 100$. Here is the list of games he plays eu4 league dota 2 cs go endless space 2 mass effect witcher 3 star wars battlefront 2 dauntless ck2  diablo 3 heroes of the storm total war dark souls wargame: airlandbattle. Current CPU and Mobo is Motherboard: Asus m5a97 r2.0 CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core Processor. RAM is 12GB of Corsair vengeance at 1600mhz

I have been looking to upgrade my friends computer as well and was able to snag a 4670k for 80 bucks. Check Offerup and Craigslist. I am still searching for a motherboard. I had one lined up and the guy never showed but did find another compatible motherboard for 45 bucks. depends on your location and how patient you can be. just keep looking. there are some good people out there not over pricing the crap out of used hardware

[epsilon84]

At a $200 budget you're looking at either a Z97 + i5 or Z68/Z77 with an i7. For gaming the older i7s will actually run better than the newer i5s because they have more threads, 8 vs 4 on the i5.

 

For this reason alone, I would go for a Z68/Z77 plus an i7 2600K, or maybe a 3770K if you can find a good price for one.

 

 

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

i would also look for a sandy bridge or ivy bridge core i7 combo with a motherboard...i7-2600, 2600K, 2700K, 3770 , 3770K something like that...with a board.

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 hours ago, Dreaper said:

So my friend is on AM3+ and he is looking to upgrade his CPU and maybe mobo. Budget is up to 200$ but he would love it at 100$. Here is the list of games he plays eu4 league dota 2 cs go endless space 2 mass effect witcher 3 star wars battlefront 2 dauntless ck2  diablo 3 heroes of the storm total war dark souls wargame: airlandbattle. Current CPU and Mobo is Motherboard: Asus m5a97 r2.0 CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six Core Processor. RAM is 12GB of Corsair vengeance at 1600mhz

https://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-1x-Intel-ES-CPU-E5-2660-CPU-Eight-Cores-2-2Ghz-LGA2011-QBEF-C1/162765184829?epid=116012788&hash=item25e58f9f3d:g:0cgAAOSwR2RaEpHQ#viTabs_0 $75

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-X79-SIX-motherboard-supports-2011cpu-ECC-memory-with-E5-2670-band-USB3-0/222752317387?hash=item33dd129fcb:g:nzgAAOSwh1paLzvs $98.88

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KBXKP8W/?tag=pcpapi-20&pldnSite=1 $15

big upgrade from your old 6300, and you get to reuse the ram.

[Dreaper]

11 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-1x-Intel-CPU-E5-4640-8-Cores-2-4Ghz-20MB-Cache-LGA2011-SR0QT/132405469987?epid=127352257&hash=item1ed3fb2323:g:POgAAOSwU1FaEojO $73

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-X79-SIX-motherboard-supports-2011cpu-ECC-memory-with-E5-2670-band-USB3-0/222752317387?hash=item33dd129fcb:g:nzgAAOSwh1paLzvs $98.88

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KBXKP8W/?tag=pcpapi-20&pldnSite=1 $15

big upgrade from your old 6300, and you get to reuse the ram.

So he can get some DDR4 RAM for free so what CPU and mobo? Zen 3?

[Herman Mcpootis]

15 minutes ago, Dreaper said:

So he can get some DDR4 RAM for free so what CPU and mobo? Zen 3?

zen+ and H310 coffeelake boards are still a couple months away, if he can stretch the budget, wait till febuary then get an i5 8400 and H310 board or see what zen+ has to offer. if he can't wait then get a 1600 and B350 board. if he can't stretch the budget then imo i'd just get an older x79 xeon.

[Dreaper]

25 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

zen+ and H310 coffeelake boards are still a couple months away, if he can stretch the budget, wait till febuary then get an i5 8400 and H310 board or see what zen+ has to offer. if he can't wait then get a 1600 and B350 board. if he can't stretch the budget then imo i'd just get an older x79 xeon.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231803&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Memory+(Desktop+Memory)-_-N82E16820231803&gclid=CjwKCAiAjuPRBRBxEiwAeQ2QPlwCkXmftLeCDy_91yVQtKDi_OVnu9PxQVFPJYxTdW8KzqZwYu3rWRoC1J4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

how is this for his ram?

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Dreaper said:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231803&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Memory+(Desktop+Memory)-_-N82E16820231803&gclid=CjwKCAiAjuPRBRBxEiwAeQ2QPlwCkXmftLeCDy_91yVQtKDi_OVnu9PxQVFPJYxTdW8KzqZwYu3rWRoC1J4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

how is this for his ram?

4x4gb will make future upgrades more troublesome, i'd get a 2x8gb kit instead.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820158637&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= if he's getting it now, this is $175 and has RGB.