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Incognito_1

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Hello, I wanted to know if I should upgrade my processor and motherboard to an am4 and ryzen or if I should upgrade something else, I have a gtx 950, 8 gb ram, 1 tb storage, fx 6300, 500w power supply, I only have 300 to spend
 
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^ good idea. with 3 cores on each CCX, less lag while using multi core operations. its always better to go with a powerful cpu since thats the part which is gonna be used longer in ur rig.
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You would need a new motherboard and RAM as well as the CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $325.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-30 21:24 EDT-0400

Just a quick build for reference.
 
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You will have to get ram as well, new board would be ddr4 and you *should* have ddr3 somthing like this could swith to the 1400 to cut down the price a bit

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $330.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-30 21:25 EDT-0400
 
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Yea I seen that, which is why I was debating on upgrading or not, and If I upgrade my mobo and processor to ryzen I'm getting a 1600 so that price is like 360ish
 
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