8350 still good for rendering and gaming(1080p and sony vegas 14) in 2017?

[Austin Porter]

Hello!! I am a gaming youtuber on well youtube and i need all of your help!
I right now have a gtx 680 and a i5 2500 not the k just the 2500 and i am looking to upgrade
I want to render videos faster and i also want the cpu to still be able to game at 1080p in the future
I am gonna upgrade my graphics card to rx580s in corssfire in the future and i love amd.. But i only have about 250-$300 dollars to spend on a mobo and cpu combo.. Now at microcenter they give you a free motherboard with the purchase of a cpu so i have that covered.. But is the 8350 still worth it ? The only other cpus i was looking at is a 2600k but i would have to buy it used.. Please let me know what i can do!! ALL INFORMATION HELPS!

 

[cbxbiker61]

If you're really tight on cash and cant get into Ryzen... buy a used 8320/8350/8370 on ebay. There are going to be a ton of them now that users are moving to Ryzen and they may come with RAM/motherboard.

 

[Ecky]

Frankly, a 2600K would embarrass an FX-83xx in gaming and still come out ahead (though less so) in rendering, while costing less in total. You could also get an i7 3770, which would be slightly better still. There's almost no reason to consider an FX build in 2017.

If you can spend $300 though, the Ryzen 5 1600 is probably close to twice as fast as stock 2600K in rendering tasks. $220 for the CPU, $50-70 for a motherboard, and if you sell what you have, you can afford DDR4 to go with it. I believe 16GB runs about $100?

 

[Benjiwenji]

The DDR-4 will push the 1600 out of budget.

Try this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($157.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $310.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-03 01:42 EDT-0400

 

[madmatt30]

Ryzen 1400+b350 board combo is $209 at microcenter

http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx

At that price it's doable with 8gb ram in budget

 

[Benjiwenji]

I almost got my Ryzen parts at MC until I find that they have shortage/small selection of AM4 Mobos at my local stores. With the given options plus tax, it was actually more advantageous to purchase online.

The store also told me that bundle discounts are voided if I price match online prices.

 

[mdd1963]

Frankly, a 2600K would embarrass an FX-83xx in gaming and still come out ahead (though less so) in rendering, while costing less in total. You could also get an i7 3770, which would be slightly better still. There's almost no reason to consider an FX build in 2017.

If you can spend $300 though, the Ryzen 5 1600 is probably close to twice as fast as stock 2600K in rendering tasks. $220 for the CPU, $50-70 for a motherboard, and if you sell what you have, you can afford DDR4 to go with it. I believe 16GB runs about $100?

Bingo!

 

[goldstone77]

If you are gaming and want to stream at the same time then the 1600 will do this the best with the exception of the 1700.
There are many youtube video's showing this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jludqTnPpnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8bRqdFGCf0
AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
ASRock - Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard
G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tPVkZ8 $418

 

[Benjiwenji]

Folks, the OP's budget is $250-300. Thus, the 1600 is complete out of reach.