New home PC - basic gaming (maybe)

[Mr. Chicken Sandwich]

Hi,

 

My wife won't stop complaining about how slow our current PC is and I need to "fix" it (E8400, 4GB DDR2)

 

I only need a new CPU, motherboard and RAM.

 

The existing parts I will reuse are the following:

 

Corsair TX750

CM 690 II

Crucial MX200 250GB SSD

4TB WD Blue

Win 10 Pro 64bit

 

I'd like to use the onboard video on the Ryzen 2200g/2400G as there is no need for a dedicated video card and those perform quite well as is.

 

My budget is around $400 CAD

 

I don't think I need a full ATX motherboard, so I was thinking maybe mATX, just in case I get a smaller case in the future (the CM 690 II is overkill for what I need these days).

 

Any suggestions on what CPU, motherboard and RAM to get?

 

 

Thank-you!

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($134.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($100.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $350.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 11:23 EDT-0400

[DVA]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($134.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($100.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $350.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 11:23 EDT-0400

Was going to say whoa 100 for 8gb of ram, but then I remembered...CANADA

 

At OP: gentlemen above me provided a pretty good upgrade. Good luck! And GL with making the wife happy =p

[Mr. Chicken Sandwich]

I've never used MSI before, are they decent?

 

Which mATX is good?  Is Asrock ok?

 

Team Vulcan RAM, is that good stuff, like Corsair?

[theNexusLD]

38 minutes ago, Mr. Chicken Sandwich said:

I've never used MSI before, are they decent?

 

Which mATX is good?  Is Asrock ok?

 

Team Vulcan RAM, is that good stuff, like Corsair?

Had a  number of MSI inside my PC's over the years, all good. Vulcan Ram as well is totally fine.

[Herman Mcpootis]

47 minutes ago, Mr. Chicken Sandwich said:

I've never used MSI before, are they decent?

 

Which mATX is good?  Is Asrock ok?

 

Team Vulcan RAM, is that good stuff, like Corsair?

MSI got alot better with the 400-series AM4 motherboards, they're fine.

[Mr. Chicken Sandwich]

any MSI mATX that's decent?  any to avoid? 

[SHROUD]

2 hours ago, Mr. Chicken Sandwich said:

Hi,

 

My wife won't stop complaining about how slow our current PC is and I need to "fix" it (E8400, 4GB DDR2)

 

I only need a new CPU, motherboard and RAM.

 

The existing parts I will reuse are the following:

 

Corsair TX750

CM 690 II

Crucial MX200 250GB SSD

4TB WD Blue

Win 10 Pro 64bit

 

I'd like to use the onboard video on the Ryzen 2200g/2400G as there is no need for a dedicated video card and those perform quite well as is.

 

My budget is around $400 CAD

 

I don't think I need a full ATX motherboard, so I was thinking maybe mATX, just in case I get a smaller case in the future (the CM 690 II is overkill for what I need these days).

 

Any suggestions on what CPU, motherboard and RAM to get?

 

 

Thank-you!

Build something like this....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($130.50 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($84.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($100.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $315.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-12 14:05 EDT-0400

[Mr. Chicken Sandwich]

how is ASRock vs MSI?