i5 OR Ryzen for gaming

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eitanfrancod

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I build a gaming computer a couple months back and now I got 200 USD to upgrade it and I wish to upgrade my CPU.

My build is a pentium g4600 on a MSI m250b pro vd, 2 kits of samsung 4gb DDR4 2400mhz (8gb total), gtx 1050ti, 1tb HDD and a 128gb SSD.

Now one thing that holds my pc back is my motherboard and processor. So I was thinking either to buy a new better motherboard with bluetooth and wifi intergrated (mine dosent have any of that, not even HDMI) and buy a ryzen 3 2200g. With this I will be able to overclock and have the nice looking ryzen stock cooler and a better motherboard without those annoying bluetooth and wifi dongles

My other option is the simple and stable upgrade. To buy a i5 7500 and simply swap it with my current pentium. Both options are exactly the same price. 189 dollars for the i5 and 99 dollars for the ryzen 3 and around 85 bucks for a good motherboard.

If you guys have ANY other suggestion please say so. Maybe try another type of ryzen more expensive and then a slightly cheaper motherboard.
 
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Get the best 7th gen i5 or i7 that you can afford and swap out the Pentium. Do a BIOS update before just to be safe. Much easier, faster, and cheaper. 7th gen i5 processors are still great for gaming and will be a huge upgrade from Pentium if you went for 7600 or 7700. A 7500 would be about level with a Ryzen 5 1600. The Ryzen 5 1600 in games is only slightly better than the 7500 in games despite having 2 more cores and 8 more threads. Single core performance is still what really matters in gaming right now generally and single core/gaming performance is in Intel's favor especially with 8th gen Coffee Lake. Core i5 8400 outperforms the best Ryzen processor 1700X slightly in games and costs $100 less.
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Doesn't your 1050 Ti have HDMI on it though? You do have your monitor plugged into the 1050 Ti, and not the motherboard, right? Otherwise, your 1050 Ti won't likely be getting utilized.

As for bluetooth and wifi, buy a cheap USB dongle or PCIe card to add wireless capabilities to your system, if needed. I believe you should have a couple PCIe x4 slots. It looks to me like that motherboard is reasonably capable, and there are some relatively decent processor upgrades available for that platform, so switching to Ryzen now wouldn't make much sense unless you want a CPU with 6 or more cores.
 
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Whenever I install a graphics card I always block off the display ports on the motherboard with electrical tape so i'm not tempted to use them.

Is there any way you can save up the extra money for an i7 7700 non k? The hyperthreading really makes a difference.
 
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Get the best 7th gen i5 or i7 that you can afford and swap out the Pentium. Do a BIOS update before just to be safe. Much easier, faster, and cheaper. 7th gen i5 processors are still great for gaming and will be a huge upgrade from Pentium if you went for 7600 or 7700. A 7500 would be about level with a Ryzen 5 1600. The Ryzen 5 1600 in games is only slightly better than the 7500 in games despite having 2 more cores and 8 more threads. Single core performance is still what really matters in gaming right now generally and single core/gaming performance is in Intel's favor especially with 8th gen Coffee Lake. Core i5 8400 outperforms the best Ryzen processor 1700X slightly in games and costs $100 less.
 
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Many recommend a 7700 as though it is essentially the same as a 7700K, but, as the latter is indeed clocked 500 MHz faster, it's a decent choice and is on sale for $297 at Amazon Prime. (Go sell plasma for twice next week to fund the difference!) DOWNSIDE- You will need a cooler!

7700 is also a good choice at $260-ish.....
 
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