[SOLVED] Updating CPU and Motherboard

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Just want to make something that will last awhile, previous CPU is from 2012, so I'd say that one lasted well long enough. I finally ran into a game I wanted to play that I couldn't, (Jedi Fallen Order), and had told myself that when that happened it would be time to upgrade.

Here is the list, note that some things are not being bought, I just put them in there to make sure they were compatible: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7nHTRk

So the new things I am buying are the Ryzen 5 CPU, the motherboard, the ram, and the case.

For comparison, the old parts vs the new ones:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD FX-4100
MSI x570 Gaming Edge vs ASRock Extreme3 930

Some other options I'm looking at is getting the 3600x, ($30 more), not sure if that's worth it.
And/or getting the b450 Tomahawk motherboard, (if i can ever find it in stock).
 
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Just want to make something that will last awhile, previous CPU is from 2012, so I'd say that one lasted well long enough. I finally ran into a game I wanted to play that I couldn't, (Jedi Fallen Order), and had told myself that when that happened it would be time to upgrade.

Here is the list, note that some things are not being bought, I just put them in there to make sure they were compatible: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7nHTRk

So the new things I am buying are the Ryzen 5 CPU, the motherboard, the ram, and the case.

For comparison, the old parts vs the new ones:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD FX-4100
MSI x570 Gaming Edge vs ASRock Extreme3 930

Some other options I'm looking at is getting the 3600x, ($30 more), not sure if...

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Just want to make something that will last awhile, previous CPU is from 2012, so I'd say that one lasted well long enough. I finally ran into a game I wanted to play that I couldn't, (Jedi Fallen Order), and had told myself that when that happened it would be time to upgrade.

Here is the list, note that some things are not being bought, I just put them in there to make sure they were compatible: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7nHTRk

So the new things I am buying are the Ryzen 5 CPU, the motherboard, the ram, and the case.

For comparison, the old parts vs the new ones:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs AMD FX-4100
MSI x570 Gaming Edge vs ASRock Extreme3 930

Some other options I'm looking at is getting the 3600x, ($30 more), not sure if that's worth it.
And/or getting the b450 Tomahawk motherboard, (if i can ever find it in stock).
For a 3xxx series CPU you want a B450 MAX motherboard. They are guaranteed to be 3xxx series compatible.
A 240GB SSD is small these days. I would also recommend an 500GB MX500 rather than the Kingston you have.
32GB RAM is more RAM than you will use for gaming. You could drop that to 16GB and use that cash for more and better SSD.
 
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