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Ok so I want to switch from h110M and g4560 to some am4 Mobo and a fx 8350. Will the bios be ok? Anything else I need to worry about? thanks
 
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A 17 dollar windows licence is illeagal and not garenteed to work. Don't get that. I understand you want eight cores (I'm assuming threads are okay too) but to get that or more, you need an i 7/9, Xeon, or Ryzen 5/7. The R5 1600 is best value in this respect for your games and cores per dollar, but it needs a different motherboard and therefore a new legit copy of windows as well.
I forgot to mention this beofr, but it is wise to wait for the new intel CPUs to come out. The i3-8300 is rumored to be quad core w/ HT, making eight logical cores. You will need a new mobo for that too, and i'm not sure it will beat the ryzen 5 1600 (who could be?) but it is bound to shake up prices when it does come out.
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You will need a new windows licence but everything else whould be fine.
EDIT: Read too fast.
FX 8350 wiol NOT work in an AM4 board. Tell us your budget and let us help you choose new parts that will actually work. The old AMD chips are not advisable now anyways
 
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Read the edit. Your games wil be deleted, you will need to reinstall them sadly.
 
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Its AM3+, but gettng one of those leaves you with absolutly no upgrade path and wont even really help you. Although Ryzen processers are better value when building a new system, it may be better for you to just get a new CPU that will work with that motherboard, since windows costs $100 and a CPU change will not require a new licence or reinstall.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7350K 4.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($141.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $141.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-03 00:25 EDT-0400
This is the best you can do for 150 bucks considering your current setup. You will need to perform a BIOS update before switching the CPUs if you decide to go this route. Although this is a k series CPU, you will not be able to overclock it because your motherboard will not support it.
If you don't think this upgrade is worth it ($140 for about 20% performence upgrade in games as long as your GPU can keep up), consider saving up for better components.
 
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Ok I need 4 cores for sure bc I want to be able to render videos.
 
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Hmm... For rendering, you wont see to great of a performence increase with the higher clockspeeds of the i3 vs your current processor. You really want to try for more cores, like you said. The best value gaming and core/ price wise is the 1600, but it is more than 150 dollars...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($215.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $368.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-03 00:52 EDT-0400
Now were looking almost $370... and thats if you get a skimpy, unoverclockable mothebroard, which will come to bite you in the butt down the road and lowers the overall value for money.

IMO, you should save up to get something more like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($215.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $398.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-03 00:54 EDT-0400
Which will allow you to overclock for better value (given your PSU is solid) and will be a supported socket untill 2020.
 
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I can get windows for c17$ and I really want 8 cores. Should I do that?
 
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A 17 dollar windows licence is illeagal and not garenteed to work. Don't get that. I understand you want eight cores (I'm assuming threads are okay too) but to get that or more, you need an i 7/9, Xeon, or Ryzen 5/7. The R5 1600 is best value in this respect for your games and cores per dollar, but it needs a different motherboard and therefore a new legit copy of windows as well.
I forgot to mention this beofr, but it is wise to wait for the new intel CPUs to come out. The i3-8300 is rumored to be quad core w/ HT, making eight logical cores. You will need a new mobo for that too, and i'm not sure it will beat the ryzen 5 1600 (who could be?) but it is bound to shake up prices when it does come out.
 
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