Upgrade or wait?

2013 · 21 Jun 2017 at 11:34

Im wanting a Ryzen but should i Upgrade from FX 8320 now or wait?

Budget Im going to aim for £1000

My current specs;

CPU - FX 8320 [email protected]
GPU - MSI 280x
RAM - 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3
Mobo - Asus Sabertooth 990fx
Custom Water Loop on CPU only,
Samsung 850 evo 250gb, 1Tb Seagate
XFX Black 850w PSU
Phanteks Primo ( A little big)
30 inc Samsung SyncMaster 305T

I use the PC for General PC use, Gaming, Streaming, some one off editing, image editing video editing and creating.

I would like to save Money if possible,

I don't think I will need
Screen
OS
Cooling
SSD
Case
PSU

EsaT · 21 Jun 2017 at 12:08

With its very weak cores Bulldozer is good only at converting electricity to heat.
Ryzen is definitely far better than it.
(52% higher IPC compared to last variant of "Faildozer" architecture)

From Intel side only parts for long time upgrade I would be looking at is six core Coffee Lakes.

In GPUs I would anyway wait for AMD to release Vega to see how it does and what effect it has to pricing.
And graphics card is always easy to change separately.

2013 · 21 Jun 2017 at 19:44

So you agree to use a Ryzen CPU ?

Im a bit disappointed, no one else has replied, was I asking too much ?

mickyflinn · 21 Jun 2017 at 20:11

Would agree with the above Ryzen is the way to go probablly the 1600 is the best bet with 3200mhz ram, something like this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D32= £139.99

Total: £471.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)

bioshockeruk · 21 Jun 2017 at 23:00

mickyflinn said:
Would agree with the above Ryzen is the way to go probablly the 1600 is the best bet with 3200mhz ram, something like this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99

1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D32= £139.99

Total: £471.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)

This and wait until Vega releases to see the impact on pricing, then look into GPU's, should start arriving around end of July I believe.

2013 · 22 Jun 2017 at 07:21

What is the real difference between the B350 and the X370 ?

Some people have said go for X370 and other have said save the money and get a B350

mickyflinn · 22 Jun 2017 at 20:06

2013 said:
What is the real difference between the B350 and the X370 ?

Some people have said go for X370 and other have said save the money and get a B350

The main diffrence is the X370 supports multi gpu configaration and amore usb ports.

https://rog.asus.com/articles/techn...platform-and-its-x370-b350-and-a320-chipsets/

2013 · 22 Jun 2017 at 21:23

So does it not matter which I get ?

mickyflinn · 22 Jun 2017 at 22:07

2013 said:
So does it not matter which I get ?

No, its your choice.

Deus Ex · 23 Jun 2017 at 07:18

A ryzen would blow that out of the water.

malachi · 23 Jun 2017 at 08:46

I went for 1700 instead of 1600. When I upgraded from my 8320 two weeks ago. Glad I did for the extra cores over the 1600.

laddy · 24 Jun 2017 at 08:59

ryzen over fx should be like night and day and 1600 is good, but 1700 is better, more so if your in for the long haul! No need to upgrade for a long time if your that way inclined