need help with cpu and gpu
Posted by Professional_Rush461@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 16 comments
hey so im new to pc's and pc parts and ive been trying to buy a pc and ive been using cpu benchmarks to look at how good the pc parts inside the pc's im buying are and i recently found a post with a 5700 xt gpu and a 4765T cpu and the website doesnt have the cpu in its data base and im just wondering if its a decent cpu im looking to be playing r6 and gta and a bit of fortnite and wondering if it will affect the performance that much
PinchCactus@reddit
That cpu is ancient. Do not buy.
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
i found a new website and it said it would run r6 at like 170 frames is that false or acting as if it was brand new
PinchCactus@reddit
That cpu was released in 2013.
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
what if i put in a ryzen 3 pro 4350g would that be better
PinchCactus@reddit
Let's start from the beginning. What is your budget for just the PC? Case/CPU/GPU/PSU/ram/motherboard?
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
i found a pc with a 4765T 5700 xt and 8 gb ram with a 500gb ssd for 450, i also found a cpu for 65 thats a 4350g so my thought it buy the cpu replace it and maybe buy some more ram
from what i have researched the 5700 xt is a very good gpu
PinchCactus@reddit
The 5700xt isn't bad but in order to replace that cpu you will need a new motherboard/ram as well, because that's a ddr3 system; and that's gonna be a extra couple hundred at least for CPU/Mobo. Unfortunately I'm not in Canada, so idk what the local market is like. Looking on Amazon in Canada you could put an am4 system together with a ryzen 5600, 16gb of ram, and case with a 1tb SSD for ~430 but you would need to find a GPU. The worry with a system as old as you're looking at is that it is slow, and if the PSU is as old as the CPU I wouldn't really trust it. Am4 is last generation but it's still decent. If you can't use Amazon for whatever reason I would advise you at least look for some more recent hardware if you can. Budget stuff is all about compromise but I would avoid parts made a decade ago. Hopefully with all this activity on this thread somebody in your local area can comment with some better advice.
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
How do you know I would need to replace the motherboard or do you just know because of the cpu only is compatible with ddr3
PinchCactus@reddit
On the motherboard there's a part called the socket that the CPU plugs into. That system you were looking at has a CPU that is very very old. The socket on the motherboard is only compatible with that generation of CPU. As an example, the current AMD generation of CPUs uses the am5 socket, the previous generation uses an am4 socket. These are not cross compatible. So if you wanted to buy a 7600x CPU, it would fit in an am5 motherboard, but not an am4 motherboard. And if you bought a 5600x, it would fit in an am4 motherboard, but not an am5 motherboard. Go on YouTube -Paul's Hardware has a great video called how to build a PC in 2023. I think that should explain most of the basics. Before you go out and buy anything spend a week or two really diving into this if you want to build a system from scratch. It'll save you a lot of time headaches and money down the line. Or you can always buy a pre-built system. Well there are differences in graphics cards generations basically all graphics cards are compatible with every motherboard. If you don't want to buy a pre-built and you want to build one yourself I would spend a couple weeks looking into this so you don't waste your time and money. Hey you never know you might enjoy it and spend too much of your time on Reddit answering questions like I do lol
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
Oh ok I see thank you so much for all the help, what would you say is the max age a cpu and gpu should be
PinchCactus@reddit
For Intel the oldest I would go is 12000 series. For amd I wouldn't go older than 3600x, for a GPU Nvidia 3000 series, or amd 5000 series. That being said, for a budget system I wouldn't take these as hard cutoffs. You can always get a lower end GPU and upgrade later. If you go too old for a cpu you'll find yourself basically building another new system instead of just upgrading to a newer gpu. If you need something now and plan on saving to upgrade you could get away with a Rx580 GPU for a little bit, but that's the oldest I would ever consider. Take this advice with a grain of salt, it's 4am here lol.
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
Ok thanks so much you’ve helped me alot
PinchCactus@reddit
You're welcome, we all started somewhere. Good luck on the rest of your pc journeys.
PinchCactus@reddit
It's the same for ram a motherboard that supports DDR3 RAM will not accept a ddr4 ram stick
Professional_Rush461@reddit (OP)
looking for something around 500 cad
mostly looking on facebook marketplace
PinchCactus@reddit
On the motherboard there's a part called the socket that the CPU plugs into. That system you were looking at has a CPU that is very very old. The socket on the motherboard is only compatible with that generation of CPU. As an example, the current AMD generation of CPUs uses the am5 socket, the previous generation uses an am4 socket. These are not cross compatible. So if you wanted to buy a 7600x CPU, it would fit in an am5 motherboard, but not an am4 motherboard. And if you bought a 5600x, it would fit in an am4 motherboard, but not an am5 motherboard. Go on YouTube -Paul's Hardware has a great video called how to build a PC in 2023. I think that should explain most of the basics. Before you go out and buy anything spend a week or two really diving into this if you want to build a system from scratch. It'll save you a lot of time headaches and money down the line. Or you can always buy a pre-built system. Well there are differences in graphics cards generations basically all graphics cards are compatible with every motherboard. If you don't want to buy a pre-built and you want to build one yourself I would spend a couple weeks looking into this so you don't waste your time and money. Hey you never know you might enjoy it and spend too much of your time on Reddit answering questions like I do lol