[SOLVED] Need suggestion regarding CPU + Motherboard Upgrade

[Avik_b123]

Hello.

Currently, I'm running an AMD FX-8350 on a Gigabyte 990-XA motherboard. Yes I know it's old.

Want to upgrade this so need your suggestions. The requirement is to play games at 1080P, with moderate FPS, nothing groundbreaking.

Thing is, I'm going to do a full build when the RTX 3080 comes back on stock (I know it will be a while 🙁). Hence do not want so spent much on the current upgrade that I need suggestion with.

So is there any CPU + Motherboard out there to full-fill this? The motherboard has to be DDR3 to support the RAM I have. Please suggest.

Thanks in advance. Peace.

P.S. My GPU is a 1650 super.

 

[Nemesia]

Any CPU worth upgrading to will need to be on a DDR4 board.

Might as well buy the board you want for the full build you want to do later and use it now but it will have to be a DDR4 motherboard.

 

[USAFRet]

From the FX-8350, there is no real way "up".

Any parts worthy of spending a single dollar on will require new motherboard/CPU/RAM.
Probably a new PSU as well.

 

[Lutfij]

I think you're also going to need a new PSU as well. You should follow the stylizing of this thread to cater to the information we need to help provide suggestions in upgrades to (upgrading) your system. You won't be able to reuse DDR3 ram on concurrent hardware...not unless you want to remain with AMD's or Intel's platforms from more than 5 years ago.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Sticking with DDR3 is going to cause you to have to use platforms that are half a decade old.

 

[Avik_b123]

I just need something better than the 8350. Because this will be a secondary PC when I build the new.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What are you looking to spend all in?

 

[USAFRet]

I just need something better than the 8350. Because this will be a secondary PC when I build the new.

Which will need a whole new platform, incl RAM.

 

[Zerk2012]

Hello.

Currently, I'm running an AMD FX-8350 on a Gigabyte 990-XA motherboard. Yes I know it's old.

Want to upgrade this so need your suggestions. The requirement is to play games at 1080P, with moderate FPS, nothing groundbreaking.

Thing is, I'm going to do a full build when the RTX 3080 comes back on stock (I know it will be a while 🙁). Hence do not want so spent much on the current upgrade that I need suggestion with.

So is there any CPU + Motherboard out there to full-fill this? The motherboard has to be DDR3 to support the RAM I have. Please suggest.

Thanks in advance. Peace.

P.S. My GPU is a 1650 super.

If you can find a used 4790K and motherboard at a good price it would be a good upgrade.

 

[geofelt]

For <$250, you can buy a 8 thread i3-10100 processor that is about 2x the capability of your FX8350, along with a lga1200 motherboard and 16gb of ddr4 ram.

If you want to have a secondary pc alongside a future monster, that is reasonable.

If you really only need a single monster, you need to spend more up front.
Planning on a 3080, look to a current gen processor like ryzen 5000 or intel 11th gen(march).
They will have some 20% better ipc which is what you want for (presumably) gaming.

That is going to require a modern motherboard.
If buying new, go for the latest gen.
Today, that would be Z590 for Intel or X570 for ryzen.

That gets you into the pcie 4.0 support for the 3080.
And, also for ssd.

On ram. you will be looking at a 3600 speed kit.

 

[Avik_b123]

If you can find a used 4790K and motherboard at a good price it would be a good upgrade.

Thanks

 

[Nemesia]

4790k used + board = 225 dollars. 225 dollars that could have been used on the full build instead.

If you're on a budget this does not make any sense.