CPU Suggestions

[Wazy]

So right now I have been looking into buying a new cpu because the one I have at the moment just doesn't have the power at all to play at a consistent 60fps at 1080p at the lowest settings and I was wondering if anyone could provide any CPU suggestions that would be best in my price budget of $200  and compatible with the components I have Rn. (going over the budget a little bit is fine) Also any advice is fine. One thing I should note is that I usually play games like Overwatch and Fortnite but I do really want to play Fallout 76 when it comes out and I have heard that Triple A titles do take a lot of power to run. Another thing I would like to note (as this might take an impact on your suggestion) is that I do want to stream in the future but obviously don't have the money for an expensive processor and a motherboard that supports it at the moment. Unless you know a cheap and good streaming CPU and motherboard. And for anyone that is wondering how I got this PC? I bought it off amazon because it was in my price range and really wanted a pc and this looked good for gaming but as I found out the CPU just wasn't really made for playing games.

 

Here are the components in my PC

-Intel Pentium G4400

- Acer Aspire TC-780A (On the invoice paper of the purchase of this PC all it says is Acer Brand Motherboard, what I wrote down is what I found when looking more into my PC.)

-8GB DDR4 RAM

-ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 2GB

-12 in Sata to Molex LP4 Power Cable Adapter

1-8 in Angled SATA Cables

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($137.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Total: $217.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-06 00:47 EDT-0400

 

$220

 

See if your PSU is standard though, same with front panel headers.

 

Otherwise just get a used i5 6400/6500.

[Wazy]

13 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($137.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Total: $217.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-06 00:47 EDT-0400

 

$220

 

See if your PSU is standard though, same with front panel headers.

 

Otherwise just get a used i5 6400/6500.

May I ask what you mean by see if you PSU is "standard though, same with the front panel headers"

[LienusLateTips]

5 minutes ago, Wazy said:

May I ask what you mean by "See if your PSU is standard though, same with the front panel headers."

Many pre-built use their own connectors, and not standard ones. You'll want to check your PSU to make sure it has the standard ATX connectors. And check your front panel connectors (usually in the bottom right of the mobo) to see if they are standard.

 

Also it might be better to upgrade your GPU instead.

[Wazy]

1 minute ago, LienusLateTips said:

Many pre-built use their own connectors, and not standard ones. You'll want to check your PSU to make sure it has the standard ATX connectors. And check your front panel connectors (usually in the bottom right of the mobo) to see if they are standard.

 

Also it might be better to upgrade your GPU instead.

Alright, also do you recommend any places or sites that sell used tech?

[LienusLateTips]

35 minutes ago, Wazy said:

Alright, also do you recommend any places or sites that sell used tech?

craigslist? ebay? ltt classified?

[Wazy]

4 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

craigslist? ebay? ltt classified?

ok cool, thank you very much for the help

[GDRRiley]

look at used i5s or i7s from 6th gen. 7th gen may work with a bios update but I don't know if acer has pushed one.  Just found out 7th gen should work with a bios update

Edited July 6, 2018 by GDRRiley
added more info

[Wazy]

12 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

look at used i5s or i7s from 6th gen. 7th gen may work with a bios update but I don't know if acer has pushed one.  Just found out 7th gen should work with a bios update

This may be a dumb question but do you know how I can update my bios?

[GDRRiley]

9 hours ago, Wazy said:

This may be a dumb question but do you know how I can update my bios?

yep from you bios it should be a tab, if not you may need to to downloaded it off of your devices support page and then move it to a flash drive