fx8350 dead upgrade path

[callumcosta]

hi i am running an fx8350 with 16gb ddr3 ram and a 970 gaming board and its dying. im looking to upgrade and was going to go for ryzen 7 1700x but the cheapest build i could find was £550 my budget doesn't look like its going to stretch that far now. any suggestions for a cheaper upgrade path would like comparable performance or better if i can for between £300-£400 everything else in my system is fine for the build i have a corsair 650w gold plus psu a define c case and samsung ssds etc so its just core bundle. thanks

 

[n0ns3ns3]

1. you can wait for ryzen 2000 that will be released today. probably the prices for the 1000 will fall.
2. ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 are not that far in terms of gaming performance. though i do think the later is a bit better option


CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£74.36 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£160.05 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £404.39

 

[Aeacus]

You can always go with Intel too with same performance (except multi-core usage for production work) with a reduced cost. Best part about Intel chip is that when your GPU dies, you can use the on-board graphics (Intel UHD 630) to continue using your PC. No such convenience with AMD chip since it lacks on-board graphics.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (£143.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£147.59 @ Aria PC)
Total: £362.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-19 12:23 BST+0100

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i5-8400,
comparison: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-2600-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8400/3955vs3939

 

[Karadjgne]

The Raven Ridge APU's like the 2200g and 2400g have Vega igpu that's also really good. Only issue currently with AM4 is that only Ryzen is fully supported on b360/x370, it's totally pot-luck whether you get a bios that needs updating a Raven Ridge cpu and most definitely for the Ryzen+. Only the x470 currently are pretty much guaranteed to have support for all 3. It's only because amd has released those cpus in a short time period and vendors still have stock from prior to cpu release.

For plug-n-play without messing with the bios lottery at all, Intel is the better option.