ET3D Posted January 9, 2018 Posted January 9, 2018 The Christmas contest asked about my upgrade plans, and I finally know what they are, more or less. (And posting in this subforum because it felt like the best fit.) My current desktop has a Phenom II X6 1090T CPU, 16GB of RAM and a Radeon 5750. That's perfectly fine by me, especially since it's hardly being used. I mostly use the family laptop for web browsing and if I play games it's mostly to help my 7 year old in some game, and that's on the HTPC (Pentium G4560 + Radeon RX 460). Purpose of the upgrade: - Scratch the upgrade itch. - Get some new tech which ticks some boxes my old hardware didn't. - Throw a little bit of money at AMD. - Get something which uses less power. - Get something that's better in most ways, and not a significant downgrade on any particular aspect. - Don't waste too much money on something I don't need. So here's the plan: Get the Ryzen 3 2200G when it's released. Wait to see what kind of updates the new AMD chipsets bring, and whether motherboards with HDMI 2 come out (not that it really matters right now; HDMI 1.4 is enough for 1080P that the PC will use; but I want something 'future proof'). Decide what to buy then. Wait and hope that RAM prices start going down. That's a rather vague plan, but hopefully it will boil down to buying: - Ryzen 3 2200G - A B450 motherboard (probably microATX), or whatever low cost reasonable chipset appears. - 16GB DDR4 3000 or faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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