Ryzen CPU Upgrade

[Gman0149]

I have been wanting to upgrade my CPU for my gaming pc. I am not that tech savy so any help would be good. Currently my GPU is a Radeon rx470. I was doing some research and found that the Ryzen 5 1400 causes the least amount of bottlenecking with my GPU. I was wondering the effects of a gpu bottleneck compared to a cpu bottleneck. In addition, what FPS differences will I been seeing if i want to get a Ryzen 2600x compared to the Ryzen 5 1400/1600.

[LienusLateTips]

What is your CPU, the socket may have some CPUs actually worth upgrading to

[Gman0149]

1 hour ago, JDE said:

What is your CPU, the socket may have some CPUs actually worth upgrading to

Currently I have an am2 board so, i definitely need a mobo upgrade too.

[i_build_nanosuits]

1 hour ago, Gman0149 said:

Currently I have an am2 board so, i definitely need a mobo upgrade too.

Ryzen R5 1600 with a B350 board and 16gb of DDR4 is what i would seek on a budget.

R5 1600 VS 2600 is negligeable at best...both will perform well in games for a couple years to come.

i5-8600K on a Z370 or i7-8700 on a cheap board is the next best thing from a budget zen kit.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.02 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $398.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:21 EDT-0400

 

If you can spend a bit more i would go with this instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $448.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:23 EDT-0400

 

 

This would be even better, and personally i would go with this kit:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($298.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B360 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $519.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:25 EDT-0400

 

[Gman0149]

1 hour ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

Ryzen R5 1600 with a B350 board and 16gb of DDR4 is what i would seek on a budget.

R5 1600 VS 2600 is negligeable at best...both will perform well in games for a couple years to come.

i5-8600K on a Z370 or i7-8700 on a cheap board is the next best thing from a budget zen kit.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.02 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $398.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:21 EDT-0400

 

If you can spend a bit more i would go with this instead:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($219.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $448.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:23 EDT-0400

 

 

This would be even better, and personally i would go with this kit:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($298.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B360 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $519.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-27 02:25 EDT-0400

 

I really like the i7 build. I am probably going to go with that. I currently have a Asetek 550LC High Performance Liquid Cooler and wondering what retention kit I need to get for the motherboard (If it is even compatible). Thanks for your help.

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 minutes ago, Gman0149 said:

I really like the i7 build. I am probably going to go with that. I currently have a Asetek 550LC High Performance Liquid Cooler and wondering what retention kit I need to get for the motherboard (If it is even compatible). Thanks for your help.

the cooler will mount to the intel socket perfectly fine out of the box...for AMD AM4 though it's another story...

[Gman0149]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

the cooler will mount to the intel socket perfectly fine out of the box...for AMD AM4 though it's another story...

Thank you so much!

[LienusLateTips]

12 hours ago, Gman0149 said:

I really like the i7 build. I am probably going to go with that. I currently have a Asetek 550LC High Performance Liquid Cooler and wondering what retention kit I need to get for the motherboard (If it is even compatible). Thanks for your help.

What is your PSU?

[Gman0149]

7 hours ago, JDE said:

What is your PSU?

EVGA 500 Watt 80 Plus

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, Gman0149 said:

EVGA 500 Watt 80 Plus

Yeah, swap that. 

If you live in the US: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1

 

You might see a 650W G3 on sale. Don't buy that. It seems it's failing OPP tests, the most important protection.