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Yo guys Im upgrading my PC Soon and I want to know would it be worth Upgrading to Ryzen?My CPU has been letting me down on alot of CPU Intensive Games.I was thinking of Getting the 1600x as the CPU upgrade but would have to get New RAM,PSU and a new Motherboard.Ive got 500-600 euro to spend and im from Ireland.

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The PSU Ive got is a 400W XFX 80+ Certified and my Case is a Biftfenix Nova(I dont really like this case would upgrade if possible).the Current Ram ive got is 1x8GB Crucial Ballistix @ 1600 Mhz I believe.
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Not worth it. Just grab a Skylake or Kaby Lake i5, maybe even an i7. Add another 8GB RAM. Your RAM is 2133MHz btw, not 1600MHz. Then you should have enough money leftover for a new case, easily. Phanteks Eclipse P300, P400S TG, Enthoo Pro M TG, Fractal Design Define C TG, or Meshify C are all good options.

You don't need a PSU upgrade, whether you went with Ryzen or not.

Oh, and if you're running the stock Intel cooler, you could maybe invest 20 euros or so in to a nice aftermarket cooler to go with your nice new case? Cryorig M9i, Raijintek Aidos, or Be Quiet! Pure Rock(Slim) would be my go to's. Do not get a Hyper 212 EVO.
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13 wrote Not worth it. Just grab a Skylake or Kaby Lake i5, maybe even an i7. Add another 8GB RAM. Your RAM is 2133MHz btw, not 1600MHz. Then you should have enough money leftover for a new case, easily. Phanteks Eclipse P300, P400S TG, Enthoo Pro M TG, Fractal Design Define C TG, or Meshify C are all good options.

You don't need a PSU upgrade, whether you went with Ryzen or not.

Oh, and if you're running the stock Intel cooler, you could maybe invest 20 euros or so in to a nice aftermarket cooler to go with your nice new case? Cryorig M9i, Raijintek Aidos, or Be Quiet! Pure Rock(Slim) would be my go to's. Do not get a Hyper 212 EVO.
Yeah im running Stock Cooler I was thinking Maybe the S340 Elite Bit Pricey but would fit my colour Scheme nicely.Oh It was 2133 Mhz I forgot XD I knew it was something around that Mark couldnt put my finger on it.I could upgrade to an I7 add more RAM,2TB HDD for Shit,new cooler and more fans ill probably go with that..I thought I would of needed to upgrade the PSU just to be on the safe side if I got Ryzen.
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Ryzen is just as efficient as Skylake/Kaby Lake. More efficient in some cases.

I would probably grab an i5-6500 or i5-7500 but if you can find an i7-6700 or 7700(non K) for a good price, then it wouldn't be a terrible option. I'd even check for used CPUs on /r/hardwareswapUK.

For case, I wouldn't recommend the S340 Elite. The cases I listed are all in the same price range, slightly bettwr quality, and have better fan/rad support. The S340 isn't bad, but it's worse than the cases I listed.

Do you need the 2TB HDD? Might be smarter to grab another SSD, unless you need a lot of extra storage capacity.

Case fans, I don't know if I'd add more but I don't know what case fans you currently have, or how many. 2 or 3 good case fans is plenty though.
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13 wrote Ryzen is just as efficient as Skylake/Kaby Lake. More efficient in some cases.

I would probably grab an i5-6500 or i5-7500 but if you can find an i7-6700 or 7700(non K) for a good price, then it wouldn't be a terrible option. I'd even check for used CPUs on /r/hardwareswapUK.

For case, I wouldn't recommend the S340 Elite. The cases I listed are all in the same price range, slightly bettwr quality, and have better fan/rad support. The S340 isn't bad, but it's worse than the cases I listed.

Do you need the 2TB HDD? Might be smarter to grab another SSD, unless you need a lot of extra storage capacity.

Case fans, I don't know if I'd add more but I don't know what case fans you currently have, or how many. 2 or 3 good case fans is plenty though.
My friend got the I5-7500 and he said its a solid Upgrade.Im looking to get alot of time and Longevity out of the CPU.I torrent alot of anime lol so My Storage builds up fast.I think the red and Black S340 looks dope I know theres better cases for the price but I think it would look really good with my setup.
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You can get a Black/Red Eclipse P400S TG which is a better quality case, and looks somewhat similar. A little nicer IMO.

i5-7500 would be good, yeah. Just make sure you update your motherboards BIOS first.

Yeah, 2TB HDD makes sense then if you're using a lot of storage.
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Decided to go with Ryzen I already had a stick of DDR4 so only got a little bit shafted on RAM so it wasnt that bad.
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