I'm looking for some help with upgrading my pc (motherboard, cpu & ram) i'd like to keep the rest as is for now and maybe upgrade them next year sometime.
Current spec is
CPU - intel G3420
MB - Asus B85-Plus
RAM - 8gb curcial tactical ddr3
GPU - gigabyte G1 1050 Ti
HDD - 1tb Western Digital black
PSU - cooler master GX 650w
I mainly use it for Photoshop & Gaming (Destiny 2, Overwatch and some older games) with the odd bit of video editing now and then in Hitfilm 4 and I have about £300 in the budget but can go over a little if its worth doing so.
I've been looking at the i5 9400f mainly as i'm more familier with intel, having not use AMD since the athlon days, but with the prices of the ryzen 5 2600 & 2600x coming right down they are hard to ignore. The problem is that i see a lot of posts on here and other forums, YT etc about some AMD motherboards having heat problems with all the added cores (VRMs?) and only certain types of RAM working with Ryzen along with low performance in older games?
Are these things really a massive problem? is Ryzen more of a hassle to get working or if i was to go the Ryzen route would it be as simple as feel the more familier intel route would be?
Anyway i have a few builds here, but any help & build suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/iain101/saved/#view=DHfWbv
Current spec is
CPU - intel G3420
MB - Asus B85-Plus
RAM - 8gb curcial tactical ddr3
GPU - gigabyte G1 1050 Ti
HDD - 1tb Western Digital black
PSU - cooler master GX 650w
I mainly use it for Photoshop & Gaming (Destiny 2, Overwatch and some older games) with the odd bit of video editing now and then in Hitfilm 4 and I have about £300 in the budget but can go over a little if its worth doing so.
I've been looking at the i5 9400f mainly as i'm more familier with intel, having not use AMD since the athlon days, but with the prices of the ryzen 5 2600 & 2600x coming right down they are hard to ignore. The problem is that i see a lot of posts on here and other forums, YT etc about some AMD motherboards having heat problems with all the added cores (VRMs?) and only certain types of RAM working with Ryzen along with low performance in older games?
Are these things really a massive problem? is Ryzen more of a hassle to get working or if i was to go the Ryzen route would it be as simple as feel the more familier intel route would be?
Anyway i have a few builds here, but any help & build suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/iain101/saved/#view=DHfWbv