Upgrade Questions (AMD)

[Pie Mine]

I would like to upgrade my PC. I use it for gaming and light video editing

I built it about 4 years ago, here's whats in it;

 

AMD FX 6300

8GB DDR3 at a speed of 800MHz

Some Mother Board

GTX 970 Asus STRIX

CX 430 PSU

 

So this what I wanted to upgrade to;

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVpmtJ

 

My budget can't do much more than $400, maybe $450.

Should I get the 1700? 2600?

Is the Mother Board I selected good?

Should I get different memory? Faster? Slower?\

 

   Thanks for your time!

           -Pie Mine

 

 

!!!POST NOTE!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped!

I will be going with this; https://pcpartpicker.com/user/PieMine/saved/wfDcYJ

The mother board is good for the price, thanks for dave_k,

I will go with the Ryzen 2600, thanks to MedievalMatt & dave_k,

and I will get two sticks of RAM at 2800MHz, thanks for Quadriplegic,

 

Thank you to everyone else who commented and helped with finding the right build!

[MedievalMatt]

14 minutes ago, Pie Mine said:

I would like to upgrade my PC. I use it for gaming and light video editing

I built it about 4 years ago, here's whats in it;

 

AMD FX 6300

8GB DDR3 at a speed of 800MHz

Some Mother Board

GTX 970 Asus STRIX

CX 430 PSU

 

So this what I wanted to upgrade to;

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nVpmtJ

 

My budget can't do much more than $400, maybe $450.

Should I get the 1700? 2600?

Is the Mother Board I selected good?

Should I get different memory? Faster? Slower?\

 

   Thanks for your time!

           -Pie Mine

What you linked is a solid starting point.  AMD has pledges support for the socket for at least another gen of ryzen.  so there is that..  I dont see any issues with the upgrade.

[just_dave]

I'd get the 2600 if you game more, 1700 if you edit etc.

for motherboard get MSI B450 Tomahawk

[Pie Mine]

3 hours ago, dave_k said:

I'd get the 2600 if you game more, 1700 if you edit etc.

for motherboard get MSI B450 Tomahawk

Whats different/better about MSI B450 Tomahawk Mother Board?

[just_dave]

7 hours ago, Pie Mine said:

Whats different/better about MSI B450 Tomahawk Mother Board?

It's pretty decent board for the money

[Quadriplegic]

You should be able to get a 16GB kit under that budget

[GDRRiley]

17 minutes ago, dave_k said:

It's pretty decent board for the money

no there is better for cheaper

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZFm7GG thats all your possible budget but should do well

[LienusLateTips]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

no there is better for cheaper

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZFm7GG thats all your possible budget but should do well

^^ Go for this

[just_dave]

54 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

no there is better for cheaper

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZFm7GG thats all your possible budget but should do well

nup

ASRock is worse, doesn't have BIOS flashback

[GDRRiley]

9 hours ago, dave_k said:

nup

ASRock is worse, doesn't have BIOS flashback

the board is way better overall. you don't need BIOS flashback and that isn't worth 20$

[just_dave]

1 hour ago, GDRRiley said:

the board is way better overall. you don't need BIOS flashback and that isn't worth 20$

it also has better VRM and actually has LLC

[Pie Mine]

13 hours ago, Quadriplegic said:

You should be able to get a 16GB kit under that budget

I will buy more RAM later. Because it is only one stick, I can buy a second one once I get more money.

[Quadriplegic]

2 minutes ago, Pie Mine said:

I will buy more RAM later. Because it is only one stick, I can buy a second one once I get more money.

Just buy a kit. Dual channel memory runs faster than single stick, and there's no guarantee that the second stick will work properly

[Pie Mine]

1 minute ago, Quadriplegic said:

Just buy a kit. Dual channel memory runs faster than single stick, and there's no guarantee that the second stick will work properly

As in it will not work in dual channel?