Worthy upgrade for fx 8350

[ImmortalAshes]

Hi guys!

So.. I'm about to upgrade my old fx cpu but I can't decide between an i5 8400 or a Ryzen 1600 (or 2600 if available) with 16 gigs of 2666 ddr4 and paired with a rx 580. Heres the thing, I'm interested in gaming performance only, I don't use the PC for any other thing than pure gaming an 1080p.

So whats your recommendation dear friends? My budget its $ 550 dollars for CPU, Mobo and RAM.

Tanks for your advise. (And sorry for my english)

 

[jojesa]

Hi guys!

So.. I'm about to upgrade my old fx cpu but I can't decide between an i5 8400 or a Ryzen 1600 (or 2600 if available) with 16 gigs of 2666 ddr4 and paired with a rx 580. Heres the thing, I'm interested in gaming performance only, I don't use the PC for any other thing than pure gaming an 1080p.

So whats your recommendation dear friends? My budget its $ 550 dollars for CPU, Mobo and RAM.

Tanks for your advise. (And sorry for my english)

If you are interested in gaming performance then pair the Intel Core i5-8400 with GTX 1060 (6GB).
The GTX 1060 3GB version, while using a lot less power, beats the RX 580 8GB version.
If you already have the RX 580 then Intel still has a bit of a edge in gaming...just a little bit.

 

[Barty1884]

For strict gaming performance, the i5-8400 should still take the edge more often than not.

BUT, not too many outright gaming benchmark tests have been done for Ryzen2 vs Intel. Most speak to Ryzen's main benefit - multi-tasking.
TechSpot have some numbers for a 1600 vs 8400.... with the titles tested actually looking pretty close:
https://www.techspot.com/review/1608-core-i5-8400-vs-ryzen-5-1600-best-value/page3.html

With the 2600/x improving IPC a bit.... I'd actually be more inclined to look to a 2600 from a strict "value" standpoint.

You'll want >2666MHz for Ryzen though. Ideally 3000-3200MHz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($198.97 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($140.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($156.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $495.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-20 11:17 EDT-0400

Should still be ~$500 in the US - regional pricing will differ, of course.

 

[dudeman509]

2nd gen Ryzen is currently the bang-for-the-buck option that's very hard to beat.

Pure gaming performance, Coffee Lake still wins out, but only now JUST barely.

 

[geofelt]

Today, the higher single thread performance of intel is worth more to the gamer than the many threads of ryzen.
With a $550 budget, you should be able to buy a 2 x 8gb DDR4 ram kit for $175.
A Z370 based motherboard can be around $120. M-ATX is often cheaper.
That leaves $255 available for the cpu.
I think the I5-8600K is the best gaming value around, about $225.
If your cooler or case are not good, you may want to budget some for a good cooler to get max overclocks.
Most will oc to around 4.8, and few games are going to use more than 4 of the 6 8600K cores.
You can test how many of the 8 threads you are now using.
You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of threads to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.
If you see little difference, your game does not need all the threads you have.

 

[WildCard999]

If your not too fond of overclocking I'd suggest this for your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.66 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($150.40 @ Newegg)
Total: $517.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-20 11:26 EDT-0400

(Awesome deal on RAM with Promo code).

 

[ImmortalAshes]

Hi guys!

So.. I'm about to upgrade my old fx cpu but I can't decide between an i5 8400 or a Ryzen 1600 (or 2600 if available) with 16 gigs of 2666 ddr4 and paired with a rx 580. Heres the thing, I'm interested in gaming performance only, I don't use the PC for any other thing than pure gaming an 1080p.

So whats your recommendation dear friends? My budget its $ 550 dollars for CPU, Mobo and RAM.

Tanks for your advise. (And sorry for my english)

If you are interested in gaming performance then pair the Intel Core i5-8400 with GTX 1060 (6GB).
The GTX 1060 3GB version, while using a lot less power, beats the RX 580 8GB version.

Ty for the response. I'm not buying the GPU, I already have the RX 580 and I am happy with the performance (for the price of course) when games are GPU-bound. But with games that are heavy on the cpu thats when I had either low fps (as low as 20 in AC: origins) or stutters in games like witcher 3 and FF XV. I know I won't be able to reach higher than 60 FPS with my current GPU, all I want its smoother gameplay and I hope that upgrading the CPU will do the trick.