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I want to upgrade my PC but i do not know what to choose.

This is what i currently have:

Intel Pentium G4560

GIGABYTE GTX 1050Ti 4G

2x4GB DDR4-2133

H110M-S2H

 

I have a budget of around €500 (US$580) and i will mainly use this PC for 1080p gaming.

 

I was thinking about a Ryzen 5 1600, B350 Gaming + and 16GB DDR4-3200 for €429 (US$500).

Will this be a good upgrade or should i go for something else?

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4 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

I want to upgrade my PC but i do not know what to choose.

This is what i currently have:

Intel Pentium G4560

GIGABYTE GTX 1050Ti 4G

2x4GB DDR4-2133

H110M-S2H

 

I have a budget of around €500 (US$580) and i will mainly use this PC for 1080p gaming.

 

I was thinking about a Ryzen 5 1600, B350 Gaming + and 16GB DDR4-3200 for €429 (US$500).

Will this be a good upgrade or should i go for something else?

yea the ryzen 5 upgrade will be good enough and then sell the current parts that the upgrade is gonna replace

or keep your 8GB ram and use it with this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card  ($275.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $574.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-17 08:08 EDT-0400

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21 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

I want to upgrade my PC but i do not know what to choose.

This is what i currently have:

Intel Pentium G4560

GIGABYTE GTX 1050Ti 4G

2x4GB DDR4-2133

H110M-S2H

 

I have a budget of around €500 (US$580) and i will mainly use this PC for 1080p gaming.

 

I was thinking about a Ryzen 5 1600, B350 Gaming + and 16GB DDR4-3200 for €429 (US$500).

Will this be a good upgrade or should i go for something else?

Go for i7 7700 and go for 16gb ram dual channel and then later upgrade your gpu to a better one when it is cheaper

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47 minutes ago, campy said:

Move up to an i5 6500, or i7 7700 if you want to max out your board

then later replace the GPU with something like a 1070 or whatever the newer version of the 1070 is gonna be

then get a 1440p monitor

Just the i7 7700k will cost €305 (US$355)
An i5 6500 with 16GB of ram will be €370(US$430)

I also have no interest in a higher resolution monitor. I like 1080p the most.

There is also a Z370-P / i5-8600K / 16GB kit for €579(US$675) available
Would that be good?

46 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

yea the ryzen 5 upgrade will be good enough and then sell the current parts that the upgrade is gonna replace

or keep your 8GB ram and use it with this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($55.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card  ($275.00 @ Amazon) 
Total: $574.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-17 08:08 EDT-0400

I think i can sell all the parts for around €290 (US$340) which makes the total costs for the Ryzen kit €149 (US$175).

 

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What about futureproofing? Isn't AMD going to use AM4 longer then Intel will use 1151?

 

 

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5 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

I think i can sell all the parts for around €290 (US$340) which makes the total costs for the Ryzen kit €149 (US$175).

 

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What about futureproofing? Isn't AMD going to use AM4 longer then Intel will use 1151?

yes AMD already announced that AM4 is gonna be one socket for the mainstream user until 2020 so you are more secure on AMD than Intel if you are looking to use your AM4 board for many years while still able to put newer Ryzen CPU

 

8 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

Just the i7 7700k will cost €305 (US$355)
An i5 6500 with 16GB of ram will be €370(US$430)

I also have no interest in a higher resolution monitor. I like 1080p the most.

There is also a Z370-P / i5-8600K / 16GB kit for €579(US$675) available
Would that be good?

no, all of those options are not gonna push your framerates as much as a Graphics Card upgrade

stick with the Ryzen kit and don't sell the current 8GB ram because it will also work with the new 8GB kit that i listed

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

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My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WKMtFd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WKMtFd/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($111.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($225.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $512.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-17 12:17 EDT-0400

 

These parts were selected based on your initial considerations.

  • The 1600 is solid for gaming and streaming until you decide to upgrade 
  • The STRIX B350 is truly a remarkable masterpiece combining beauty and brawn, arguable the best b350 motherboard on the market
  • This particular ram model was taken directly from the Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING's QVL and should work fine (big frequency) image.png.457fac4e67ce4066f83d4d3c1527c690.png  

ROG STRIX B350 F: 

ROG STRIX B350 F Memory QVL: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/STRIX_B350-F_GAMING/ROG-STRIX-B350-F-GAMING_Memory_QVL_180125.pdf?_ga=2.103486208.1055529889.1529173446-289353234.1529173446

1600+ 1050ti :

 

Upgrade to 1060 6gb or 1070 when you can...

 

Bolivia.

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You could find a board that supports dual channel ram and save yourself some more money since RAM is still pricey at the moment. You can play most games with 8GB of RAM so far, and when you need more RAM you could just buy the same brand and slap those in for 16GB. Also you can buy a better board, motherboard, or CPU with the amount of money you saved from buying RAM.

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50 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

I am going for the Ryzen 5 1600, the B350 Gaming Plus and 16GB DDR4-3200.

This (including a new case) will cost me €512 (US$594). Later when i have put everything together i will go for a 1070 with the current prices.

 

Thank for the help

Why not a newer 2600?

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19 minutes ago, BananaOctopus said:

The performance is not that much more and costs €19,05 (US$22) more than the 1600

An extra 10% of performance + an improved IMC isn't necessarily nothing. Sure, it's not vastly better, but it IS better.

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And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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7 hours ago, BananaOctopus said:

I am going for the Ryzen 5 1600, the B350 Gaming Plus and 16GB DDR4-3200.

This (including a new case) will cost me €512 (US$594). Later when i have put everything together i will go for a 1070 with the current prices.

 

Thank for the help

go for the i7 7700 or 8700 if u have budget its seriously better!

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