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Hey guys!
I'm new in this forum, so this will be my first post.

Budget & Location

I have like 450USD to spend in the upgrade. I am from Argentina, and tech here is kinda expensive nowadays. To give you an example: An Intel Core i7 8700K is almost 500USD (480USD).

Aim

I would like to upgrade my CPU primarily. My plan is to upgrade to AM4, that's why I need to change my CPU, RAM and MOTHERBOARD first.

My actual build is:

CPU: AMD FX 6300
GPU: MSI GTX 1050 2GB OC

RAM: 8GB 1600MHz DDR3

MOTHERBOARD: MSI 970 Gaming

POWER SUPPLY: Thermaltake TR2 500W

My plan is to buy a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU, 8GB 2400MHz DDR4 of RAM, and a cheap MOTHERBOARD (ASUS A320M-K PRIME) this 3 things will cost around 450USD.

I will use my PC for web browsing, video/photo editing, and I would like to run some games, like League of Legends, not so demanding games.

Monitors

I am currently running one monitor, an Acer 24' monitor. In a future I would like to buy another one to have dual screen, cuz' yeah.

Why are you upgrading?

With my actual build, video editing, using Photoshop, or even Excel feels a little bit slow. My PC freezes sometimes while I'm using it. I like to play MMORPGs, when I'm playing I usually do another thing too, for example, now I am playing Black Desert, I leave my character AFK and I usually open YouTube to watch Gaming content or even Linus's videos too. When I'm doing both things at the same time my pc runs very slow, that's why I want to upgrade. I don't mind having the best graphics at the moment so bottlenecking shouldn't be a problem or I'm wrong?

 

Is this upgrade an overkill? Should I buy a cheaper CPU?

In a future I may also upgrade my GPU to an GTX 1060 or even GTX 1070. But for now, I'll only upgrade my CPU, RAM and MOTHERBOARD.

 

Thanks for helping me! I'm sorry if my English isn't that great, I did my best to make it understandable.

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I'd advise against the A320 board. I'd rather step down the CPU than the board, since A320 doesn't support overclocking, and if you're not going to overclock, non-X models make little sense.

 

Something like this, perhaps?

 

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-680688312-combo-amd-ryzen-5-1400-gigabyte-ab350-gaming-3-8gb-fury-_JM

 

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-736454008-combo-actualizacion-amd-ryzen-5-2400g-ab350m-am4-8gb-ddr4-_JM

PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro

 

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6 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

I'd advise against the A320 board. I'd rather step down the CPU than the board, since A320 doesn't support overclocking, and if you're not going to overclock, non-X models make little sense.

 

Something like this, perhaps?

 

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-680688312-combo-amd-ryzen-5-1400-gigabyte-ab350-gaming-3-8gb-fury-_JM

 

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-736454008-combo-actualizacion-amd-ryzen-5-2400g-ab350m-am4-8gb-ddr4-_JM

I don't plan to overclock, and i'm planing to buy the non-X Ryzen 5 2600
From this website: http://www.logg.com.ar/hardware/
The items mentioned above and 1  8GB 2400MHz of RAM stick (CRUCIAL BallistiX Sport LT White). When I got more money I will buy another 8GB stick

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30 minutes ago, Cherath said:

My plan is to buy a Ryzen 5 2600 CPU, 8GB 2400MHz DDR4 of RAM, and a cheap MOTHERBOARD (ASUS A320M-K PRIME) this 3 things will cost around 450USD.

With Ryzen you're better off with higher frequency RAM. 3000MHz is normally a good fit.
The Asus A320M-K Prime is not a very good motherboard. It has very bad VRMs and only 2DIMMs, which makes it hard to upgrade RAM.

 

32 minutes ago, Cherath said:

POWER SUPPLY: Thermaltake TR2 500W

This is not a very good PSU. I'd also recommend looking at fitting a new power supply such as a Corsair CX450M or Cooler Master Masterwatt 550W in to the cost of the build.

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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Rubbish PSU should go first above all things, unless you like living in danger. There's a PSU tier list in the PSU subforums, I suggest you pick something available in your country that's 450w to 550w and ranked in tier 1-3.

 

Then an SSD, if you dont have one.

 

For the stuttering you're getting, check the CPU temps. I'm guessing dried thermal paste causing overheating and thermal throttling.

 

This budget is a bit too low tbh, save up a bit more.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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