[SOLVED] PC is badly underperforming and I want to switch out a few things on a budget. Any tips?

[Kawaii Penguin]

Hi there.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/32945442
As you can see, my PC is getting a bit old. It's probably around 5 years old now, I built it when I was still a teenager. It's been significantly underperforming lately and I believe it's time for me to do a major upgrade - on a budget.

The specs are as follows:
Graphics card: GTX-960 2GB (mini)
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (AM3 socket type)
Motherboard: MSI 970 gaming (MS-7693)
Memory: Literally just some offbrand chinese RAM, 16GB. (come to think of it, this might be why it underperforms)
Storage: 1x1TB Samsung SSD, 1x120GB KingFast SSD (for the OS) & 1x1TB external Seagate hard drive (for random files)

The upgrades I'm thinking about:
Mobo:
MSI 970 -> MSI B450
Memory:
Chinese offbrand -> G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (DDR4/3600mHz/CAS16)
CPU:
AMD FX-8350 -> AMD Ryzen 2400G or similar (a friend gave me a 2400G when I upgraded his computer awhile back)
Graphics card:
NVidia GTX-960 (2GB/mini) -> ZOTAC GTX-1660 (6GB@GDDR5/compact)

Currently I'm on a budget. The current upgrades cost around $400 (minus the CPU since I already have that), I'd like to see if I can get it down to $300.
The only thing I'd like to see if I can change about the above upgrades would be if there was a cheaper graphics card that was able to handle most games from around 2016-2018. I don't need something as top of the line as a 1660 but I can see my GTX-960 starting to lose its grip. I'd also like to see if I could snag a mini edition of whatever graphics card I end up getting.

That said, I fear that the CPU I currently have will be bottlenecking the rest of the system. But, since I'm on a budget, I'd like to see if I can stick with that processor. It's only slightly better than my current one, but combined with the speed of AM4 & the RAM being upgraded as well, I don't think it'd bear much of a problem.

Any input is highly appreciated. Thanks all \o7

 

[mdd1963]

As you already have a 2400G, you current plan would be a massive upgrade over the older FX8350 on DDR3

(Naturally, a GTX960 will require moderate/medium quality/detail settings at 1080P on most games these days, but the newer CPU will give a massive jump in min/average FPS...)

 

[mdd1963]

or, sell off the 2400G, and get a 3300X when you can! (It's a beast!)

 

[Kawaii Penguin]

As you already have a 2400G, you current plan would be a massive upgrade over the older FX8350 on DDR3

(Naturally, a GTX960 will require moderate/medium quality/detail settings at 1080P on most games these days, but the newer CPU will give a massive jump in min/average FPS...)

or, sell off the 2400G, and get a 3300X when you can! (It's a beast!)

I see!
Most of the games I play are somewhat old, none are new AAA titles you'd see on headlines. Should I invest in a CPU instead of a new graphics card?
Also, do you know any way I could sell this 2400G? I was thinking ebay, but I've never sold something online before.
I took a glance at 3300X's online, but all of them are sold out or hilariously overpriced (thanks, Amazon).
Do you think a 3100X would suffice? Or perhaps, something a bit more expensive from the r5 series?

 

[Rae Nelvin]

I see!
Most of the games I play are somewhat old, none are new AAA titles you'd see on headlines. Should I invest in a CPU instead of a new graphics card?
Also, do you know any way I could sell this 2400G? I was thinking ebay, but I've never sold something online before.
I took a glance at 3300X's online, but all of them are sold out or hilariously overpriced (thanks, Amazon).
Do you think a 3100X would suffice? Or perhaps, something a bit more expensive from the r5 series?

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 3 3300X doesn't give much of a different. Same cores and same threads but the Ryzen 3 3300X gives slightly better performance. If you want similar performance with those CPU's on Ryzen 5 series with cheap price, I'd recommend AMD Ryzen 5 2600. 6 Cores and 12 Threads with base clock of 3.4 Ghz up to 3.9 Ghz has close performance to Ryzen 3 3100.

 

[Kawaii Penguin]

Ryzen 3 3100 vs Ryzen 3 3300X doesn't give much of a different. Same cores and same threads but the Ryzen 3 3300X gives slightly better performance. If you want similar performance with those CPU's on Ryzen 5 series with cheap price, I'd recommend AMD Ryzen 5 2600. 6 Cores and 12 Threads with base clock of 3.4 Ghz up to 3.9 Ghz has close performance to Ryzen 3 3100.

I'll stick around with the 3100. Just ordered it. Thanks