Upgrading CPU and motherboard for $300-$400

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philomel

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I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU to be able to run FFXV. I'm hoping I don't need to upgrade the rest of the hardware:

Case: Rosewill - Micro ATX Mini Tower Computer Case with Dual Fans - FBM-01
RAM: 1x8gb Pacific Sun 240-pin DDR3-1600
PSU: Rosewill PHOTON Series 750W Full Modular Gaming Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified, Single +12V Rail, Intel 4th Gen CPU Ready, SLI & Crossfire Ready - Photon-750
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 950 STRIX-GTX950-DC2OC-2GD5-GAMING 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

My current motherboard and CPU are:
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 125W HDZ965FBGMBOX Processor

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: $300-400 After Rebates; Before Shipping

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: CPU and motherboard

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference

Parts Preferences: No preference

Overclocking: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1360x768
 
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Lehan123456789
To answer your first question:
Grab a ryzen 5 1600, some ram and a OC'ing motherboard:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($188.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $351.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-28 22:49 EST-0500

But the thing is, that would be a horribly unbalanced system. I would suggest upgrading you monitor, cpu, motherboard and ram, along with getting an ssd, which can be done...
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zoltan.boese

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Do you want to keep you DDR3 ram? If so you have to stick to intel 6th gen processors or keep the motherboard and buy a AMD FX9590 processor.
Otherwise I would recommend selling your DDR3 memory and invest into something like
i5 8400 + intel z370 mobo + 8GB DDR4 RAM
or
Ryzen 5 1600 + AM4 budget mobo + 8GB DDR4 RAM
 
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To answer your first question:
Grab a ryzen 5 1600, some ram and a OC'ing motherboard:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($188.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $351.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-28 22:49 EST-0500

But the thing is, that would be a horribly unbalanced system. I would suggest upgrading you monitor, cpu, motherboard and ram, along with getting an ssd, which can be done for that price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($64.79 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: BenQ - GW2270 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $401.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-28 22:54 EST-0500

After this I would suggest upgrading your GPU to a GTX 1050 ti, perhaps, or getting a used r9 290 or GTX 970.
Hope this helps!
 
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Thanks!
 
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