Upgrading

[Grard488]

I want to up grade my cpu what should I get here is my specs:

 

• Includes Omen 880-010 desktop with USB wired keyboard, wired optical mouse, and AC adapter; Premium Services suite digital download; monitor not included
• Windows 10 operating system
• 3.2GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1400 quad-core processor
• 8GB DDR4 2400MHz SDRAM, expandable to 32GB
• 1TB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
• DVD+/-RW
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 4.2 wireless technology
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics with 3GB GDDR5 memory
• SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot
• Two USB-C ports
• Six USB 3.0 ports
• Two USB 2.0 ports
• Three DisplayPorts
• HDMI, DVI, ethernet ports
• Headphone/microphone jack
• Measures approximately 17-1/2""L x 7-5/8""W x 16-1/2""H; weighs 38.8 lbs
• UL listed; 1-year Limited Manufacturer's Warranty
• Imported

[WoodenMarker]

What's the system being used for and why do you want to upgrade the cpu?

Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

I know it's not your CPU, but an SSD would make everything so much easier to use.

 

Try going for 1600 or 1600x, whichever's cheaper.

[Grard488]

It’s being used for gaming, I’m shopping anywhere for the best deal.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Grard488 said:

It’s being used for gaming, I’m shopping anywhere for the best deal.

But where are you located? Country is enough.

 

Just don't want to send you Chinese links when you are in Germany, etc

[Grard488]

United states

[Odio]

budget?

[Grard488]

200 to 300

[Canada EH]

Ryzen 1600 for $188usd

then a ssd hard drive

[Odio]

what Canada said. 

[-rascal-]

7 minutes ago, Grard488 said:

200 to 300

 

Is the R5-1400 not performing to your expectations?

 

IMO, depending on the games you play, you may be more limited by the GTX 1060 3GB.

And adding an SSD will speed up the system overall (e.g. Windows start-up time, game load times, etc).

 

That said, if you want to upgrade your R5-1400, you could step up to the next CPU.

R5-1600X.

I am suggesting the 1600X over the 1600 stricktly because of the higher frequency (3.6 GHz Base, 4.0 GHz Turbo .... vs 3.2 GHz Base, 3.6 GHz Turbo).

I don't think HP will allow overclocking, on their motherboards, so you won't be able to change any settings for the CPU.

Otherwise, I'd recommend the 1600 instead.

 

The motherboard HP uses is pretty barebones...not sure if it can handle a R7 1700 / 1700X.

[Grard488]

Thanks everyone I will look into all these suggestions

[markhensens]

Swap the gtx 1060 for a 4 gig 1050 ti? Add another 8 gigs of ram and definetely add an ssd.

[trevrez]

The R5 1400 is already 4core/8threads.  Depending on what you are doing you might not even notice you've upgraded to the 1600.  Unless you are doing something that will truly benefit from the extra cores/threads it might not really be much of an upgrade.  I'm not so sure I'd put a 1700 in that HP board either.  

 

If this was my system the priorities would be to get an SSD first.  If this is strictly a gaming system I wouldn't be upgrading the CPU at this time as I think you'll be disappointed.  If you are video editing or using apps that can benefit the extra cores maybe it would be worthwhile.