upgrade advice

tinner777

Hi,

my son and I built this;

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/29158753

with help from this board a few years ago.

He's looking to upgrade, pocket money is short. He reckons that a new motherboard, gpu and cpu will get him sorted.

Are the components below the best use of my/his money??

CPU: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07STGGQ18/ref=twister_B081TLS828?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
GPU:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1522210-REG/zotac_zt_t16510f_10l_gaming_geforce_gtx_1650.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjww_f2BRC-ARIsAP3zarGqr4eD_PimWuYecDahkqxb7edi7xx2_GGSdFCRf-INHzGB5fBZj4kaAg8NEALw_wcB
or
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GTX-1650-OC-4G/dp/B081VVP8GL/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=gtx+1650&qid=1591657965&s=computers&sr=1-5
Motherboard:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-PRIME-A320M-K-Generation-Motherboard/dp/B06Y6GDYD4/ref=asc_df_B06Y6GDYD4/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310802245808&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11478173664915755162&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20474&hvtargid=pla-348548770289&psc=1&th=1&psc=1



Is this the best use of his money??
Thanks for reading.

Homelander

All would be huge upgrades over what he has now which would be struggling badly in new games - if that's the total budget, you would be much better off getting the A320M with a Ryzen 1600AF or 2600.

Put the extra cash into getting a GTX1660 6GB. Much more balanced build that way.

Or else if you can stretch, get the 3600 + GTX1660 6GB. The GTX1650 Super is a good card but the 4GB vram is a bit limiting these days, most new games need a minimum of 4GB even for medium textures.

Ryzen also likes fast ram so while you can use your old 2133mhz for now, ideally Ryzen wants 3200mhz ram and performs much better with it.

tinner777

how about this?? Would this futureproof him for a while??


Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X Windforce Fans, 6GB 192-bit
£228.60

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (6C/12T, 35 MB Cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost)
£157.08

ASUS MB Prime A320M-K AMD A320 Socket AM4 Micro ATX Motherboard (DDR4-SDRAM, DIMM, 2133, 2400, 2666, 2933, 3200 MHz, Dual, 32 GB, AMD)
£49.95

K.O.Kiki

Personally I'd lean towards a slightly worse CPU, and better motherboard/GPU.

3300X vs 3600 review

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£67.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card (£259.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £447.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-17 20:26 BST+0100

tinner777

last one

LN100730MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX, AMD B450, S AM4, DDR4, SATA3, M.2, 2-Way CrossFire, Realtek GbE, USB 3.2 Gen2 A+C, ATX £119.99
LN103619Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 4GB GDDR6 VR Ready Graphics Card, 1280 Core, 1530MHz GPU, 1755MHz Boost £170.48Remove ItemLOW STOCK
LN99201AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600, AM4, Zen 2, 6 Core, 12 Thread, 3.6GHz, 4.2GHz Turbo, 32MB L3, PCIe 4.0, 65W, CPU, +Wraith Stealth
FREEAMD Horizon Zero Dawn Complete DL Code LN108379
£169.98

K.O.Kiki

I wouldn't put that much into motherboard at the detriment of the GPU.
i.e. get a £70 motherboard (as above) and use the extra £50 to move up to a GTX 1660 Super.