Mobo, CPU and ram advice

[Born2BSlow]

Hi currently running 2 x58 mobo systems with Xeon x5670 chips @4ghz for my kids. One system runs mostly ok, the other is more unstable using the same bios and oc settings.

With the amount of use due to homeschooling I’m thinking about upgrading mobo, cpu and ram on both machines. Don’t really want to spend much more that £400 per machine.

Both systems have solid power supplies, good gfx cards 1070ti and 980ti and SSD’s.

I’ve been intel for years but I’m looking for bang for buck. My daughter does digital art on her PC and has an Oculus cv1, my son plays LOL, GTAV and other online gaming.

Any advice gratefully received.

TIA

 

[bagel]

Could get a cheaper mobo but this would give guaranteed compatibility with 4000 series chips for any future upgrades.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95

Total: £374.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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[Born2BSlow]

Thanks @bagel as usual first thing i did was check out the price of the next cpu up lol 3700 is about £100 more....so tempting.

 

[EsaT]

If wanting most bang per buck would be better to wait few months when improved architecture Zen3 should be released.
Though MSI B450 boards will get Zen3 support later and you could upgrade CPU again in couple years when Zen3s go into discount.

 

[Tetras]

Not sure it's worthwhile for £800, given the usage. If you can pick up a 3700X for £130 like the 2700 was when Zen 2 came out, then that'd tempt me.