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fattybobbyjones

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Hey guys so I'm wanting to update my build, a lot of friends tell me it's outdated. I don't have much money due to being a student...

Current Build:
FX-6300 6 core
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX Motherboard
G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Kingston 120GB SSD
3TB HDD
sapphire dual-x 270x 3gb
Corsair 200R
Corsair CS650m

I've been wanting to upgrade for a while.

Upgrade:
Ryzen 2200G
Asus - Prime B450M-A Micro ATX
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666

And keep the current parts. Also would the 2200G APU play better than my 270x? I currently am only getting 70fps on League and 30fps on Fortnite which is alot worse than when I first built this PC. I feel as though the parts are much worse now. So is this upgrade worth it or not?
 
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Provided you use the same 270x GPU with both CPUs, 2200G will outperform 6300 significantly:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-2200G-vs-AMD-FX-6300/m441832vs1555

Most games would benefit from faster CPU threads. Although it is true that GPUs are the ones responsible for fps, that's only a part of the story and mostly depends on how the game is written to utilize hardware. Some games are extremely limited by GPU and mostly don't care about your CPU (or use only 1 core), but others use a lot of CPU, and prefer fast cores as well. In such cases, you should see a considerable improvement in FPS, since your GPU won't be bottlenecked as might be the case now.

Also consider 2400G which has 4 cores but supports hyperthreading...
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fattybobbyjones

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This is my current GPU: https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-01-20G/dp/B00B3WTWXU



Okay but wouldn't the 2200G be a better upgrade in general in comparison to the fx-6300? In terms of strictly CPU performance, the 2200G upgrade would be much better, right?


 
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false, the Ryzen 3 2200G will show improvement than the fx-6300, but not gaming wise.

but try to focus on your gpu for gaming and not a lot on your cpu, the gpu makes the fps. not the cpu.

and also, buying an used cpu is not a bad idea. but try to get it for a good deal (and avoid scammers ;) )
 
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That's literally what I said, yeah the 2200G compared the the FX6300 CPU wise is an improvement, but for gaming a better GPU will do far more then switching to the 2200G without a dedicated GPU. That's why I said 2200G vs the 270...
 
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fattybobbyjones

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Okay, but surely the 2200G would improve performance. i.e 2200G + 270X Combo would be better than 6300 + 270x combo right? I thought that while GPU is the sole reason for FPS in games, the CPU does have some sort of effect, right? Also the faster ram of ddr4 would be nice? I just thought it would be better in terms of future proof. Thank you very much for your answers though, I appreciate the help.
 
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fattybobbyjones

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Okay, but surely the 2200G would improve performance. i.e 2200G + 270X Combo would be better than 6300 + 270x combo right? I thought that while GPU is the sole reason for FPS in games, the CPU does have some sort of effect, right? Also the faster ram of ddr4 would be nice? I just thought it would be better in terms of future proof. Thank you very much for your answers though, I appreciate the help.
 
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Provided you use the same 270x GPU with both CPUs, 2200G will outperform 6300 significantly:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-3-2200G-vs-AMD-FX-6300/m441832vs1555

Most games would benefit from faster CPU threads. Although it is true that GPUs are the ones responsible for fps, that's only a part of the story and mostly depends on how the game is written to utilize hardware. Some games are extremely limited by GPU and mostly don't care about your CPU (or use only 1 core), but others use a lot of CPU, and prefer fast cores as well. In such cases, you should see a considerable improvement in FPS, since your GPU won't be bottlenecked as might be the case now.

Also consider 2400G which has 4 cores but supports hyperthreading, i.e. 8 threads in total.
 
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