MOBO and CPU upgrade

[iTzAnonymous]

Hi guys, i need some help in finding a new motherboard, and with it a new cpu,
that doesnt bottleneck my gtx.
my specs are:
MOBO: UNIKA UH55GT (some chinese mobo)
CPU: Intel i3-530
GPU: gtx 1050
RAM: 2x DDR3 4gb
Channel - dual
DC mode - Symmetric
NB Freq - 2399.7MHz
Storage: 2x SSD 120gb (one of them is boot drive)
HDD
Power supply - 450W

And if possible a mobo + cpu combo with the budget of 200$ or less ,
Thanks in Advance!

 

[Hellfire13]

Something like this should be good...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $215.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 09:36 EDT-0400


Edit: DDR3 will not work with current gen. chipsets. So you will need the RAM listed above.

 

[iTzAnonymous]

Something like this should be good...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $215.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 09:36 EDT-0400


Edit: DDR3 will not work with current gen. chipsets. So you will need the RAM listed above.

Wow, first of all thanks for such a quick and useful response, i will definitely consider this, but what if i preferred the intel side? Are there any good ones?

 

[Hellfire13]

At that budget, the Intel side has mostly dual cores which will not be beneficial for a lot of games. If you can increase the budget a bit, then this should be good...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.90 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.02 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $234.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 13:36 EDT-0400

 

[iTzAnonymous]

At that budget, the Intel side has mostly dual cores which will not be beneficial for a lot of games. If you can increase the budget a bit, then this should be good...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($118.90 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($50.02 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $234.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-27 13:36 EDT-0400

Ok, just a double check, these both amd and intel setup will work with my current other specs? (Less bottleneck, sufficient power supply, etc)

 

[Hellfire13]

The i3-8100 is a quad core equal to the previous gen. i5-7500, capable of supporting even stronger cards like the gtx1080.
The power supply is enough but the efficiency depends on the variant... https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/