Question Need advice on new Motherboard/CPU Tight budget.

[Viper=tr=]

Need advice on new build. I have never built an am4 rig. Money is tight. Looking for a solid motherboard and getting a CPU with integrated graphics and upgrading to a decent gpu later on. My current rig is an Asrock 970m Pro.3 with HD 7900 series GPU.
Figuring CPU with Integrated graphics would be better than my current GPU. Is this correct or should I stay with my HD 7900?
I read Integrated graphics CPU's cause bottle necks if you add a GPU? Is this correct?
It gets overwhelming trying to figure what CPU works with what board.
Was thinking B550 with room to upgrade. Be nice to have a board with some nice bells and whistles that I could overclock down the road once I got comfortable with it.
Eventually get in to some gaming within the next year.
Any advice?

 

[CountMike]

Need advice on new build. I have never built an am4 rig. Money is tight. Looking for a solid motherboard and getting a CPU with integrated graphics and upgrading to a decent gpu later on. My current rig is an Asrock 970m Pro.3 with HD 7900 series GPU.
Figuring CPU with Integrated graphics would be better than my current GPU. Is this correct or should I stay with my HD 7900?
I read Integrated graphics CPU's cause bottle necks if you add a GPU? Is this correct?
It gets overwhelming trying to figure what CPU works with what board.
Was thinking B550 with room to upgrade. Be nice to have a board with some nice bells and whistles that I could overclock down the road once I got comfortable with it.
Eventually get in to some gaming within the next year.
Any advice?

Most of new APU processors are now better than those ancient GPUs. Not all Ryzen up to 5000 series have any IGPU, only those with "G" as suffix. For instance r7 5700G which would be a good fit to b550 MBs.
Which exact HD 7900 do you have ? they range from 7950 to 7990 and difference is large.
To find which CPU "fits" in any MB, you look at it's QVL list for CPUs, it will tell you which BIOS version is needed for any Ryzen CPU. You may need to get BIOS updated to use 5000 series Ryzen. With G processors you need fast RAM because it doesn't have own. 2x8GB of 3200MHz RAM is best shoe in.

 

[Viper=tr=]

I have used CPUz and Sandra soft trying to ID the GPU. It just says Radeon 7900 series.
The Asrock 970m Pro 3 is a nice stable little board. No bells and whistles. If you are willing to read, write settings down and have a solid PSU that puts out clean stable current it can overclock. Winter time is best up here in Erie Pa. I open the windows when its 0 zero degrees out and have pushed it with stock cooling.
This has yet to be retired.

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Still dims the lights on my block. Unfortunately I may have to be finally retired on my upcoming build.

 

[Viper=tr=]

CPU like this one?
https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-...et-am5/p/N82E16819113814?Item=N82E16819113814

Looking for something cheap right now and save for a higher end CPU and GPU maybe by summer.

Who is the hot motherboard manufacture these days for enthusiast's? I have heard MSI is now? I have never quite found a home since Abit was sold.

 

[Math Geek]

if you can handle your old gpu for now, this is a hell of a deal. obviously no gpu so you'll need one now or use your old one until you can get a new one.

https://www.tomshardware.com/deskto...s-motherboard-and-32gb-of-ram-for-only-usd299

throw in a new psu and your ready for a new gpu down the line.

the cpu you linked above (8600g) though is AM5 so you'll need an AM5 mobo and ddr5 ram

i recently built a budget APU system with this combo of parts. free ram, $20 savings for adding the psu and 16GB free ram. use your old case or pick a new one and your all set for now with the psu ready for a new gpu. ATX 3.0 standard so has the new 300w 12VHPWR connector already there.

https://newegg.io/bbba46f

 

[Viper=tr=]

Was going to do some reading on this board.
https://www.newegg.com/msi-mag-b550m-mortar-max-wifi-micro-atx-amd-b550-am4/p/N82E16813144636?Item=N82E16813144636

 

[Viper=tr=]

That is a sweet deal. Thank you.

 

[Math Geek]

b550 is AM4 so the 5000 series "g" cpu's are what you'll need. like the 5600gt or 5800g

8000 series is AM5 so would need a b650 or better chipset.

due note that no matter what you go with, you will need new ram so factor that into the price. only your case and hdd/ssd's will be reusable. the rest should be new.