What Should I Upgrade Next?

[RealRedd]

I received 500 dollars for graduating high school, so I built a budget gaming PC. I now have a job and plan to upgrade, but I don't know where to start. Here's my hardware:

AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad-Core Processor
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
MSI 970 GAMING Motherboard
8GB RAM
Windows 10

I'd like to keep my budget for my next piece of hardware around 500 dollars.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Save for a new Ryzen or Intel platform FX is a dead end.

Time for a new setup.

 

[vapour]

All the components are stale atm. I recommend reuse your HDD and case with win10 and get below build assuming your psu is still fine, what model and how old is it?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $486.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-07 15:38 EST-0500

 

[freercurse]

it dpends what you want it for, and how patient you are, i would say, if you want to get immediate results in gaming go for a new gen graphics card, however if you want to build a good baseline of r your upgrade in the future, go for a motherboard, cpu and ram. it doesn't really matter which one you go for because you can just go for the other next, but one does your general system performance and the other is for your gaming, i can't imagine there being any bottlenecks in either build

 

[RealRedd]

All the components are stale atm. I recommend reuse your HDD and case with win10 and get below build assuming your psu is still fine, what model and how old is it?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $486.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-07 15:38 EST-0500

Would the set-up you have provided also enable to start streaming comfortably?

 

[RealRedd]

The PSU is a EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W, I've had it for a year.

 

[freercurse]

All the components are stale atm. I recommend reuse your HDD and case with win10 and get below build assuming your psu is still fine, what model and how old is it?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini ITX OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $486.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-07 15:38 EST-0500

Would the set-up you have provided also enable to start streaming comfortably?

to a degree, i don't think you'll manage anything bonkers, but medium intensive gaming and streaming should be manageable.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I would save little more and step up to the next level.

 

[RealRedd]

Alright, I'll look into that list, thanks guys!

 

[RealRedd]

I would save little more and step up to the next level.

I apologize, I completely looked over your post, looked like an advertisement at first glance with your animated graphic . What would be the "next level" of processor?

 

[vapour]

He means coffee lake I5 build if you have the budget

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Like an Intel 8400 or something higher up the ladder with Ryzen.

 

[RealRedd]

Just to throw it out there, like the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X from amazon?

 

[vapour]

My edits for your streaming tasks:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($142.29 @ Amazon)
Total: $487.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-07 15:58 EST-0500



PUBG streaming performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xy2yhjWFpc

Your PSU is not very reliable, consider upgrading to Corsair CX550M in the future when you have the budget

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not that high a 8400 or Ryzen 1600 , would make more sense for a new setup.

 

[RealRedd]

And the list you have put together here would more benefit me in my ability to stream?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your PSU is fine for now there are a lot worse , but the newest above list is decent , but I'd want at least a 1060.

 

[RealRedd]

My idea was to upgrade a single piece of hardware for around 500, yet you are sending me builds for 500, I can easily bend my budget here to just nab an entire new set of hardware here. I'll pick up the list you have provided and the PSU you suggested. Thanks guys for the help!