Hello TH forum,
I am looking for advice in purchasing a new mobo and cpu. My current mobo is AM3+ with a phenom II x4 cpu has died. It was picked up at a thrift store in an attempt to get me through school; it almost made it. My budget is ideally <$150, moving up to $200 if necessary/optimal.
Long term I would like to either upgrade my build to a moderate gaming rig or convert it to a HTPC (or give it to one of my kids) when I graduate pharmacy school in a year.
My primary question is whether I should be using a DDR4 or DDR3 mobo. I have 16 gb (two 8 gb sticks) gskill ripjaw ddr3 1600 and would like to use those, but I am not sure if that would hold me back too much. One example option I found was to use a Pentium G3258 with MSI H81M P33.
- graphics card is probably 8 years old so I am not worried about keeping it, but I wont be able to upgrade it either. (so maybe integrated graphics or a super cheap card option would be a good idea?)
- PSU is an 8 year old 600W, but works great
- Case - mid tower
- 7200 rpm 1 tb HDD and 500 gb SSD
- running windows 10 x64
I mostly use it for email/research/office. Dual monitors would be a perk, but not necessary. Playing minecraft and some mobas like League of Legends or Heroes of the Storm would also be a nice perk.
In summary, should I be considering an older DDR3 mobo/cpu with use of my current ram? Or should I upgrade to a newer DDR4 mobo/cpu combo and buy the cheapest ram I can find? No preference for intel vs amd. Hopefully I don't offend any fans, I just don't know any better.
I am really out of touch with current tech, so any recommendations or advice that I may have missed in my considerations is appreciated.
I am looking for advice in purchasing a new mobo and cpu. My current mobo is AM3+ with a phenom II x4 cpu has died. It was picked up at a thrift store in an attempt to get me through school; it almost made it. My budget is ideally <$150, moving up to $200 if necessary/optimal.
Long term I would like to either upgrade my build to a moderate gaming rig or convert it to a HTPC (or give it to one of my kids) when I graduate pharmacy school in a year.
My primary question is whether I should be using a DDR4 or DDR3 mobo. I have 16 gb (two 8 gb sticks) gskill ripjaw ddr3 1600 and would like to use those, but I am not sure if that would hold me back too much. One example option I found was to use a Pentium G3258 with MSI H81M P33.
- graphics card is probably 8 years old so I am not worried about keeping it, but I wont be able to upgrade it either. (so maybe integrated graphics or a super cheap card option would be a good idea?)
- PSU is an 8 year old 600W, but works great
- Case - mid tower
- 7200 rpm 1 tb HDD and 500 gb SSD
- running windows 10 x64
I mostly use it for email/research/office. Dual monitors would be a perk, but not necessary. Playing minecraft and some mobas like League of Legends or Heroes of the Storm would also be a nice perk.
In summary, should I be considering an older DDR3 mobo/cpu with use of my current ram? Or should I upgrade to a newer DDR4 mobo/cpu combo and buy the cheapest ram I can find? No preference for intel vs amd. Hopefully I don't offend any fans, I just don't know any better.
I am really out of touch with current tech, so any recommendations or advice that I may have missed in my considerations is appreciated.
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