Upgrade or buy new?

Robert Francis · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:24

My PCs specs are,

GA-MA74GMT-S2 Motherboard, (maybe upgrade to a AMD Phenom II X6)
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 435 Processor, 2900 Mhz, 3 Core(s),
6.00 GB RAM,
ATI Radeon HD 5570

Someone said i could add an SSD and 6 core processor to speed my pc up?

Either that or buy a AMD Ryzen 2200G system, im not into modern gaming so i do not need something expensive.

Thanks

Shaolin Chicken · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:27

You're computer is quite old now, does it still run all right for you?
Definitely worth getting an ssd drive, as you can always take it to a new build.

Robert Francis · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:33

Crashes quite a bit, not the fastest, internet is ok but too many open tabs slows things down, maybe i need a new network card? Mine is 150 Mbps, maybe 300 Mbps would speed things up?

Chaos666 · 23 Oct 2020 at 21:01

buy new mate..
or try getting something used..
its really old..

Robert Francis · 23 Oct 2020 at 21:31

Is there much of a difference between Vega 8 graphics on the 2220g, or Vega 11 graphics on the 3400g?

Ive been offered an AMD 2200G, 16gb 3200hmz ram, 120gb SSD, 500 GB HD and Windows 10 for £280. New parts apart from the processor and SSD which are used.

Chaos666 · 23 Oct 2020 at 21:43

there is a little.. but not ground breaking... 3400g is on zen plus.. so better then 2220g that is based on original zen

george1976 · 24 Oct 2020 at 11:02

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.98
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Quad Core 4.3GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £128.99
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £59.99

Total: £299.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)

and a cheap graphics card

Quartz · 24 Oct 2020 at 11:43

Take a look at this thread if you're not gaming. if you are gaming, look at this:

my basket at overclockers uk:

1 x Intel Core i3-10100 3.6GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £109.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21600C18 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £55.99
1 x Gigabyte H410M-S2H (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £67.99
1 x Corsair CV Series CV450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020209-UK)= £39.95
1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)= £56.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER TUF OC 4096MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £158.99
1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black= £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99

Total: £576.58 (includes shipping: £11.70)

I picked pretty much the cheapest motherboard; you can likely do better by spending more money.

Don't bother chasing after a Ryzen 3300X - I've never seen them in stock and the Intel is cheaper anyway.

Chaos666 · 24 Oct 2020 at 19:44

Quartz said:
Don't bother chasing after a Ryzen 3300X - I've never seen them in stock and the Intel is cheaper anyway.

yeah.. even reviewers said its a ghost cpu.. amd just wanted the marketing i guess
but it was nice to see the difference beetwin 3300 and 3100