Looking to possibly upgrade

noobcpujunky · Aug 10, 2018

So.... I almost feel like the time has come for a upgrade to my gaming/entertainment rig. Specs to follow.
I'm having a dilemma though. I have a roughly $800 budget.
I've been an AMD guy for around ten years now. Ryzen looks appealing but I also feel maybe Intel is an option right now. Then again, so does an FX 9590. I need opinions from living, breathing users. Not just articles.
Current build:
FX 8320 - no oc
Gigabyte GA 990 ud5
Corsair H60 aio cooler
24 gb G. Skill ram @1633 (I think)
EVGA 550w bronze psu
XFX RX 480 8gb

I think I can be happy with the 480 for a while. I basically want more stable performance in gaming. I'm falling back into WoW and I'm looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077 on release. I play a lot of different titles though. I see allot of dropped frames in WoW in high population areas and sometimes during raids . I've tinkered with the settings and Max out @ 30ish fps. I'd much rather see it maxed! I'm running most games on a crucial SSD.
So what do you guys think? Jump into ryzen w/ new CPU, ram, Mobo and probably a psu? Switch to Intel and save the ram and psui have? Or just drop a 9590 in there and call it good? I'm thinking that there's bottle necking happening. Just a guess though. Any other options ?

WildCard999 · Aug 10, 2018

Definitely Ryzen or Intel Coffeelake, you don't want to dump money into a outdated platform (FX). Your current PSU would probably be fine but it comes down to budget, what can you spend on upgrades?

noobcpujunky · Aug 10, 2018

Roughly $800
Maybe $900

WildCard999 · Aug 10, 2018

Your GPU is still pretty good , I would rock this for the time being.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($225.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($101.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg Business)
Total: $482.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-10 23:25 EDT-0400

The stock cooler should give your 4.1-4.2ghz.

WoW works with really good CPU's, Ryzen overclocked does this. WoW also supports 21:9, so I'd suggest this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Monitor: LG - 34UM69G-B 34.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor ($304.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $304.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-10 23:27 EDT-0400

Karadjgne · Aug 10, 2018

The fx9 series isn't an upgrade. It's the exact same cpu with a factory OC, and some voltagr/current changes internally that take a 125w 8350 and to a 220w 9590 and forces you to drop an additional $100+ on the largest aio that will fit on your case, and even that may not be enough. You can OC an 8350 to 9590 levels and get similar performance. And that's not including the issue that you must have one of 10 or so specific FX990 motherboards (1 or 2 970's) that are rated and have bios support for the 220w Fx9 series cpus. Basically a huge money-pit for no good reason.

Ryzen 2000 series and Intel 8th Gen are so close in ability, might as well be the same thing, on respective areas. It's only in specific areas that one is better than the other until you get to the top. Intel is better at single thread heavy stuff, amd is better at multitasking. Considering the spread of games, it's a win some, loose some, with no clear winner overall. Until you get to the i7-8700k. King by a hair.

So personal flavor, looks, brand loyalty, pretty much for mid-grade rigs it's all up to you. Only way you could go wrong, is not choosing either CoffeeLake or Ryzen and sticking with FX.

Either way means new mobo, cpu, ram. Both use DDR4, the FX DDR3 will not be salvageable.

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