Advice? Opinions? Thoughts?

[rulemd2000]

So before I get into the nuts and bolts of my quandry I just want to say what I am hoping to get is general advice on upgrading my rig, not a step by step or whatever.

 

Currently I have:

3930K @ 4.4GHz

Asus Rampage 4 Formula

GTX 1080Ti

480GB SSD

3TB HD

32 GB DDR3 @ 1600 

 

So The problem I am having *I think* is that my motherboard is starting to get flaky, as they do when they get old and stuff, and my computer has started to not want to boot on the first couple tries and recently it has decided that my storage drive is an occasional drive not something that should be at hand at all times. So the question, how, with a $500 budget should I proceed? the way I see it Ill need a new mobo, cpu and ram but which to get? I primarily game on this PC so no need for "productivity" considerations.

 

Thanks for your help!

 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

2 minutes ago, rulemd2000 said:

The problem I am having *I think* is that my motherboard is starting to get flaky,

so just buy a new mobo will solve the problem

[lmeneses]

Two options I would recommend is either purchasing an i5-8600k with an MSI Performance Gaming Plus (just a suggestion), or since intel's pricing is stupid rn, going with an r7 2700x paired with an MSI x470 gaming plus (still just a suggestion) 

 

edit: I did not notice you said ram before. In that case a 2600 paired with an msi b450-a pro or the 8600k pair if you wanna spend a bit over budget 

[rulemd2000]

3 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

so just buy a new mobo will solve the problem

Dont fancy my chances on a "New" X79 board

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, rulemd2000 said:

 

There's nothing much to upgrade hardware wise.

You could get an R5 2600 + MSI Tomahawk + 16GBs of DDR4 for around $500

Try and wait for Ryzen 3000 early next year if you can

 

but what's your monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

[rulemd2000]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

There's nothing much to upgrade hardware wise.

You could get an R5 2600 + MSI Tomahawk + 16GBs of DDR4 for around $500

Try and wait for Ryzen 3000 early next year if you can

 

but what's your monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

4k 60Hz

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, rulemd2000 said:

4k 60Hz

For 60hz you could get by just fine on a cheap R3 2200G to get on AM4 and upgrade it to a 6/8 core 3000 series chip next year.

Only worth it if you're really starting to have issues though.

 

or an R5 2600 will be fine, just not much of a performance increase. It's mostly about it's price.

[MandoPanda]

Upgrade to this. It'll put you on the AM4 socket that will be supported through 2020.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor	$249.43 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	be quiet! - Pure Rock Slim 35.1 CFM CPU Cooler	$27.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	$69.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$139.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$497.30
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$487.30
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-22 03:08 EDT-0400