Old gaming PC upgrade for cheap

Dec 30, 2018
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i have a cyberpowerpc gamer ultra gua3400a, i know i picked a bad pc for game XD, question is i want to upgrade it a little and use it for a media center for the living room, i figured an ssd, ram and gpu want to keep it cheap oh and should i do a full up grade?

parts list for a cheap upgrade
cpu FX-8350
MB GA-990FXA-UD3 R5
SSD WD 250gig
Ram gskill 16gig 8x2
Gpu MSI Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR MK2 OC


cost= 500 usd

so any input would be nice

i plan to do a good gaming pc later in 2019, hoping for alot of price drops
 

adam19255

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Dec 13, 2018
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For a media center there is no need for the parts you have chosen, what I recommend is this:
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G - https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Radeon-Graphics/dp/B079D3DBNM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1546253087&sr=8-1&keywords=2200g&th=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=xm3a06-20&linkId=717404990e274f8ad9b18b7aa1aeed12
GIGABYTE B450M DS3H - https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-B450M-DS3H-Ryzen-Motherboard/dp/B07FWVJSHC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1546253131&sr=8-1&keywords=Gigabyte+-+B450M+DS3H+Micro+ATX+AM4+Motherboard&linkCode=ll1&tag=xm3a06-20&linkId=ef9336623b9ff9c7b6157b884cd107aa
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231890&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Crucial MX500 500GB - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784SLQM6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=xm3a06-20&linkId=611c43da52c2eb1b53117b91d7041d93

This will cost you: 283$

You get a new CPU don't buy an FX CPU never! you get a better motherboard I have only picked 8gb of RAM for this system because there is no need for more of that for a media center, I have upgraded you to a better SSD with 500gb for not much more money, and I didn't pick you a GPU because the CPU has a good GPU inside it.