Help me select components

[JuniperRising_YT]

Hey guys! I have $500 to buy a new CPU, motherboard, and GPU to upgrade my rig. PSU and SSD are still fairly new, and I love my PC case. I run a Youtube gaming channel, so gaming and video editing are what this will be primarily for. I was thinking of going with Ryzen because of its productivity power, but which processor, I don't know, and I'm looking at a used GTX 980 for solid 1080p performance on a budget. 

[W-L]

-Moved to New Builds and Planning- 

[brob]

List your current config so we know the starting point.

[JuniperRising_YT]

I currently have a phenom ii x945 with 8 Gb of ddr2 RAM and two HD 5750 video cards in crossfire. I just threw in a 120gb boot SSD along with my 1tb HDD. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

5 minutes ago, JuniperRising_YT said:

I currently have a phenom ii x945 with 8 Gb of ddr2 RAM and two HD 5750 video cards in crossfire. I just threw in a 120gb boot SSD along with my 1tb HDD. 

i5 8400 or i7 8700+16gb of ram if you're using adobe for editing/rendering.

[brob]

Case model or at least size (ATX, mATX, mini-ITX)?

[JuniperRising_YT]

It's an NZXT Hush. I love it for recording YT videos. The sound dampening foam on the inside keeps it relatively quiet. It can fit full ATX boards. 

[brob]

New cpu is going to require new memory along with a new motherboard. Doesn't really leave any room for a gpu. How much of the US$500 is needed for the used GTX 980?

[JuniperRising_YT]

I'm finding 980's for just over $200. I've been configuring builds in PC part picker and currently have a Ryzen 5 1600, with 8gb of dual channel memory and B350 motherboard. If I buy those along with the 980, I'll come under budget.

[Sernefarian]

So this is just slightly over budget, but the RX580 performs pretty similarly to a 980, but does support freesync if you snag a freesync monitor. All new components. Motherboard is a 3+3 phase that looks like a 6+3 phase(if it had a different controller it could and possibly would be a 6 phase, but the controller it has tops it at 4 phase so they run it as a 3+3 phase), and it should be cool enough even if you overclock the 1600. the DDR4 is 3000 Mhz which your Ryzen will love. it's exactly $20.75 over budget at the current moment.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($80.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $520.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-04 01:42 EDT-0400