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Tarun17

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Hello Everyone,

I am planning to buy either a gtx 1050 (non-ti) with new ram OR an AMD A8 7600 APU, ASUS A68HMK motherboard and new ram. Can you help me choose?

My current system specs are :

Intel i3 540
Intel DH55TC motherboard
4GB RAM
450w Zebronics Power supply

Should I buy the GTX 1050 (I know it will be bottlenecked)
or the AMD A8 7600 APU. I really want to play games and I am looking for an upgrade.
If I buy the A8 7600, I'll have to spend around 220$ and If i buy the gtx 1050,
I'll have to spend around 140$. I will not be able to upgrade till at least 1 year as I am on a tight budget.

Thanks in advance,
Tarun
 
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Ali Tauseef


I would say wait for Ryzen. I have a 1060 with the same processor and mobo as yours (cheers) and I have had some bad experiences because of bottlenecks.

I would say wait for Ryzen, but you're going to have a lot of trouble without a GPU. Those processors you mentioned are horrible for gaming imo. And you'll have to wait a bit more since AMD has their lower-end Ryzen processors will be released later in 2017. I say just go for a 1050 for now. 1060 and 1050 have significant difference in performance so you won't have much trouble with a bottleneck.
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I would say wait for Ryzen. I have a 1060 with the same processor and mobo as yours (cheers) and I have had some bad experiences because of bottlenecks.

I would say wait for Ryzen, but you're going to have a lot of trouble without a GPU. Those processors you mentioned are horrible for gaming imo. And you'll have to wait a bit more since AMD has their lower-end Ryzen processors will be released later in 2017. I say just go for a 1050 for now. 1060 and 1050 have significant difference in performance so you won't have much trouble with a bottleneck.
 
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maxalge

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you dont need to waste the money on a new platform if all you want is a 1050


get a i7 860 or a i5 760 for your current motherboard

plus another 4 gb of ram if you have 64-bit OS
 
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Tarun17

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How do you type in blue?
 
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I was looking for the upgrade but then I came to know that they are not the best bang for buck.
 
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they can be had for super cheap on ebay


much better path than the a8 apu route that is for sure
 
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I don't think there was any info released on that. (Someone correct if I am wrong)
The cheapest will be Ryzen 3 Pro 1100 with a price of 119$. Will have 4 cores and 4 threads, CPU speed not announced.
 
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