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AMD FX 8350 Upgrade Options in current build

So here's what I'm considering at this point. This is all available on Amazon right now. (Zach_01, had to trade out your RAM, it was unavailable). Am I skimping on the motherboard to much? I've just owned ASUS in the past, so feel comfortable with them.

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 1.35V, Optimized for AMD DDR4 Systems
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
Asus Prime X570-P Ryzen 3 AM4 with PCIe Gen4, Dual M.2 HDMI, SATA 6GB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 ATX Motherboard
That is winning combo! Two Thumbs up!
 
Well Guys, I ended up pulling the trigger and ordering the new parts tonight. Following your guys recommendation, I changed up the RAM some. I haven't changed out a CPU since back in pentium days, but I suspect it's a little easier now, since you don't have to deal with the pins.

Here's the what I got -

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

I appreciate everyone's advice. You guys have been great. Hopefully now, I'll be able to play some DayZ on extreme settings with good FPS. :)
 
So here's what I'm considering at this point. This is all available on Amazon right now. (Zach_01, had to trade out your RAM, it was unavailable). Am I skimping on the motherboard to much? I've just owned ASUS in the past, so feel comfortable with them.

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 1.35V, Optimized for AMD DDR4 Systems
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
Asus Prime X570-P Ryzen 3 AM4 with PCIe Gen4, Dual M.2 HDMI, SATA 6GB/s USB 3.2 Gen 2 ATX Motherboard

The tuf Wifi is cheaper and from a vrm perspective identical, the really good Asus boards are $300 plus.

Well Guys, I ended up pulling the trigger and ordering the new parts tonight. Following your guys recommendation, I changed up the RAM some. I haven't changed out a CPU since back in pentium days, but I suspect it's a little easier now, since you don't have to deal with the pins.

Here's the what I got -

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

I appreciate everyone's advice. You guys have been great. Hopefully now, I'll be able to play some DayZ on extreme settings with good FPS. :)

That motherboard is pretty terrible from a vrm perspective.

its nearly identical to the gaming edge if not slightly worse.
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I appreciate everyone’s advice – seems I posted on the right site – Thank you

From what I gather, the current CPU is the best I can do with my current motherboard and RAM, so I need to look at something like this –

Ryzen R5 3600
CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
ASRock MicroATX Motherboard (B450M PRO4) (I have a smaller case and only need one GPU)

Thanks again guys,
For current board that is best cpu, for current ram you can upgrade to an intel cpu and board that supports DDR3 which isn't much of one though would be faster but really isn't worth it atm. You are at point of needing new ram, cpu and board. You can reuse everything else like, psu, gpu etc to save on that til later on if you want to get a better gpu for example.
 
Well Guys, I ended up pulling the trigger and ordering the new parts tonight. Following your guys recommendation, I changed up the RAM some. I haven't changed out a CPU since back in pentium days, but I suspect it's a little easier now, since you don't have to deal with the pins.

Here's the what I got -

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

I appreciate everyone's advice. You guys have been great. Hopefully now, I'll be able to play some DayZ on extreme settings with good FPS. :)
Good ram choice, good cpu, not sure about the board.
giant review here but I haven't watched fully, seems long and rambly. I looked at the anandtech and it implied it would be adequate but not the biggest overclocker.
Edit: video is so technical its kind of worthless for the casual buyer but he says 18:50 "I'm a pretty big fan of this VRM given its on a low end motherboard"
29:30 he concludes that it is a decent motherboard and could handle 12 core or even 16 core.

I'd say the motherboard you chose would be fine.

Edit2: this ram has better timings same price F4-3600C16D-16GTZNC
https://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-Trid...ZD1AFKEM9CR&psc=1&refRID=SKZHCDT87ZD1AFKEM9CR
 
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i think 9400f/ryzen 2600 alr enough for your system, i pick a ryzen anyway since is cheapway to upgrade, a/b350+ram with 3ghz speed cl16 is good, in my country it would cost below $250 to get em items, so you can safe your cash for another use, a new card maybe:p
 
I recommend G.Skill for ram, I recently built a system with Ripjaws

take what i am about to say with 2 grains of sault:

GSkill will sometimes use Hynix memory chip for there high-ends ram like the ones that i have on Ripjaws, where Corsair always works with Samsung.
There are low-end and high-end Samsung memory chips. Cuz some are made under Samsung branding when actually an outsourcing company makes them.

Hynix makes always their stuff in house, and they are considered high-end. You will see Hynix memory chips used on many expensive ram kits out there.

Why do you want Hynix? Because of AMD infinity fabric, that always plays nice with Hynix. The compatibility has been fixed since 2017. Now AMD cpu's will work with any memory, but back 2 years ago 100% compatibility was only with Hynix ram, if that ram was usually above 3200Mhz.

It's confusing for me, it will be for whoever reads this....just stick with Hynix.
 
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
Very nice! We'll be here if you need any help setting it all up. Cheers!
 
Well Guys, I ended up pulling the trigger and ordering the new parts tonight. Following your guys recommendation, I changed up the RAM some. I haven't changed out a CPU since back in pentium days, but I suspect it's a little easier now, since you don't have to deal with the pins.

Here's the what I got -

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus Motherboard (AMD AM4, PCIe 4.0, DDR4, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, ATX)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

I appreciate everyone's advice. You guys have been great. Hopefully now, I'll be able to play some DayZ on extreme settings with good FPS. :)
I would avoid MSI X570 boards unless we are talking about 300+$ boards.
MSI has the worst of the X570 under the X570 Unify(~300$). If you want a budget <180$ X570 you go with ASUS. Around 180~200$ ASUS(TUF) or Gigabyte(AorusElite)
 
I would avoid MSI X570 boards unless we are talking about 300+$ boards.
MSI has the worst of the X570 under the X570 Unify(~300$). If you want a budget <180$ X570 you go with ASUS. Around 180~200$ ASUS(TUF) or Gigabyte(AorusElite)
No, the board he's ordering is just fine.
 
No, the board he's ordering is just fine.
The board he is ordering is one of the worst X570 ever.
With 5$ more he can get ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PLUS (nonWIFI) which is far better.

And the RAM he listed...
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (for AMD Ryzen) Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin RGB DDR4 SDRAM 3600mhZ Desktop F4-3600C18D-16GTZN
...you pay a lot for those RGBs that are worthless... and those timings (18-22-22-42) are cr@p.

For the same amount (130$) you get this 3600 16-16-16-36
 
X570 Extreme4, any 3600/14 or 3600/16 kit that is QVL qualifed, 3700/3600
 
The board he is ordering is one of the worst X570 ever.
With 5$ more he can get ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PLUS (nonWIFI) which is far better.
That is an opinion. It is not supported by any objective evidence.
Awesome, thanks! I'll be getting everything tomorrow. Pretty excited.
You should be excited! This is going to be a very serious upgrade. And it should last you a good long while!
 
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Shame you got the 3600/C18 kit. The 3600/C16 is samsung B, the 3600/C14 is top tier but the 3600/C18 is the worst 3600 tridentZ you can buy.
 
Shame you got the 3600/C18 kit. The 3600/C16 is samsung B, the 3600/C14 is top tier but the 3600/C18 is the worst 3600 tridentZ you can buy.
Its a real shame but the thing is he already ordered the parts and the parts have probably shipped, so these posts about bad part choices are really too little, too late. Furthermore, he probably wouldn't even notice the end difference, and so as a result they don't really serve a purpose other than to make the process ultimately more stressful for the purchaser.
 
Any CPU upgrade on your current platform would be negated by overclocking (aside from higher binned chips).
Realistically, if you want a decent bit of performance gain, nearly any platform made in the last decade will be a sidegrade or any made in the last 5 years, a upgrade.
 
He already bought parts.
 
There's a lot of pointless nitpicking here, when at the end of the day the OP will find an enormous boost moving from an FX 8350, just as I did.
 
hey op post some pictures of your build :) and some benchmarks as well when you have it all setup :)
 
There's a lot of pointless nitpicking here, when at the end of the day the OP will find an enormous boost moving from an FX 8350, just as I did.

It'll be perfectly fine as a plug-and-play gaming system. Not sure why everyone blew the f up about VRMs when the guy obviously isn't a hardcore overclocker. Horses for courses.
 
Glad to see everyone has helped you along with this build, TPU really has some amazing members :)

We look forward to seeing the build and what you think :D :D Again, welcome to the forums :D
 
Hello,

I’m looking to upgrade my CPU. My build stats are below and wanted your advice before I upgrade. I recently upgraded the GPU and PSU and believe that my current CPU is bottle-necking my system. I’m a gamer and was expecting to see better fps from my GPU upgrade. Before I make this next upgrade, I just wanted to get some advice from people that probably know this stuff better than me. So my question is which CPU would be the best in my current build?

MBO = ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3
CPU = AMD FX 8350 4.00GHz
GPU = NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB
RAM = CORSAIR 8GB DDR3-2133 PC3-17066 Vengance Pro (16GB total)
PSU = CORSAIR - CX Series Modular CX750M 750W
OS = Win10
HDD = SSD
Display = 21:9 2560x1080p 200hz

I appreciate your time!

Thanks,
My god, a 200Hz monitor with an FX cpu! You can't go more wrong than that... :rolleyes:
 
What's supposted to be wrong with it?

Looks perfectly fine to me if that's what they want but that's a mute point now. :rolleyes:
 
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