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Y0ungin94

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Okay my current build:
- Asus Sabertooth 990fx r2.0 (Motherboard)
- Amd FX 6350 (CPU)
- hyper 212 evo
- Sapphire R9 270x Toxic (2gb)
- Hynix ddr3 ram... 16GB (SDRAM)
(My uncle had some laying around and gave it to me to see if it worked and it did so that's what I've been using I've never heard of the brand either.)
- 1tb seagate HDD
- Corsair CX750w (Psu)
- Corair Carbide 400q (Case)

I built this computer 3 years or so ago and this is the first pc I've built. My question is is it even worth upgrading my pc or building a new one? One with an intel CPU? Or upgrade my CPU to an FX-8350 or waiting for AMD RYZEN? Would I reap any performance gain by upgrading?
 
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Younin94,
Choices all depend if your budget is permissible now or later for the type of upgrades you may do or want, as for Ryzen just wished we have prices but I have not seen any Ryzen,. Boards and ram prices so hard to tell. hopefully in next 3 months this will be available, which leads me to ask will your upgrade budget be bigger in 3 months from now ? or not.

Here is your system in pcpartpicker, all prices put to 0.00 since you own everything,
I could not find Hynix for ram and its not all that important for this exercise. so I replaced it with something similar

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler:...
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Your build is not as bad as you think. It all depend on the budget you have and your standard satisfaction level. What is the purpose of your build? Heavy gaming?

Your build has lots of outdated for heavy gaming. Nut not so outdated for medium gaming assuming you are easily satisfied with 60 fps.

If you ask me, you should try buying an SSD. It will boost your computing experience into whole new level. And it can be reused when you decided to total upgrade your build. A standard SSD 480Gb (512Gb) would cost US$120

Next is GPU. If you are fine with the current performance, then you can stop here. If you have gpu budget around US$180 then you should try getting AMD R9-480 4Gb. This gpu should do fine doing ultra at 1080p with any current game. Your cpu might have bottleneck it, but not much. You should learn on how to overclock your cpu. You already have good heatsink for it.

I would not recommend to upgrade your cpu. If its not enough then its time to total upgrade.

Your psu and casing is fine.

Good luck
 
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Y0ungin94

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- Few more questions..
The ram that i have is it good? I mean would it benefit me by buying a different ram such like the corsair vengeance or G. Skill?
Also, would the RX 480 4GB be worth upgrading to? Will it bottleneck or throttle my CPU?

As opposed to the cost of building a new (updated/better) machine later down the road?
 
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Younin94,
Choices all depend if your budget is permissible now or later for the type of upgrades you may do or want, as for Ryzen just wished we have prices but I have not seen any Ryzen,. Boards and ram prices so hard to tell. hopefully in next 3 months this will be available, which leads me to ask will your upgrade budget be bigger in 3 months from now ? or not.

Here is your system in pcpartpicker, all prices put to 0.00 since you own everything,
I could not find Hynix for ram and its not all that important for this exercise. so I replaced it with something similar

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: ADATA XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400Q ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-17 08:55 EST-0500

so you understand where the money goes; and is it wise to invest it that way over another.

lets keep the most we can and do basic upgrades. like CPU, SSD and video cards and since your doing SSD and will have to reinstall I add Win 10 in case you need it but can be omitted.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: ADATA XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO D5 OC Video Card ($199.82 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400Q ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $492.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-17 09:00 EST-0500

so almost 500$.. wow and you keep your system and enjoy it. knowing in 2 years you will have to upgrade again.

Again I will mention Waiting for RYSEN IS an Option... but we have no prices to make a comparaison.. so lets looks what else could be done with the 500$. Intel has possibilities. Takeing in consideration you have 16GB of ram and there are 6th gen boards that address those... lets see what it looks like now for about a few dollars more than option A

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DVS/D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($54.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: ADATA XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO D5 OC Video Card ($199.82 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide 400Q ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $587.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-17 09:09 EST-0500

in this last build I am assuming you kept 1151 brackets on your 212 evo, if not we shall just use standard cooler.

 
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i assume your ram is either 4x4Gb or 2x8Gb which is both fine (except 2x4Gb + 1x8Gb). And you only benefit a little by getting better ram. Just stick with what you have, just make sure its either 4x4Gb or 2x8Gb. Upgrading ram will never make your pc perform as new pc.

As I have said, 480 will bottleneck your cpu, here is a link of how bad it will
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B58ciXUTlA8

But still for US$180 upgrade, the 480 is still worth to go. Just make sure you learn how to overclock your cpu to optimized it further.

Get SSD or gpu, its your choice. Both can be used on your new build if you decided to do so.

Good luck
 
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