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Help with PC upgrade

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Parrothead

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
PC will be used for light gaming, streaming, photoshop, lightroom, web browsing.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$400 total.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Portland, OR
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
MB, CPU, 16GB RAM
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I will be reusing a R7 370, Ultra LSP 750 watt power supply, Crucial 125GB SSDx2
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
1920/1080 lcd tv connected via hdmi. Will be upgraded in the next 6 months.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Between now-2 weeks.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
RAID, USB 3 preferred
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes Windows 7 64bit and can upgrade to Windows 10.


I am looking to upgrade our office/hobby pc. (Currently that pc has a Q6600, Gigabyte EP45 MB, 8GB RAM)
New MB, CPU and 16GB of RAM.
Budget of $400.
Open to AMD or Intel.

Here is what I was thinking:
https://pchound.com/00O1po/

AMD FX-8320E
Gigabyte GA-990FX-Gaming
HyperX Savage 16GB RAM
Total - $356.92

Thoughts?
 
rhansen5_99 said:
I would keep an eye on this page : https://slickdeals.net/deals/desktop/ to see if any deals pop up... but really from a c2duo to now you will see a huge improvement even the current atom chips are on par with that beast. But from the looks of past deals you can get a full system with an i5 or better for around your budget. If you have a frys around you might look at: https://slickdeals.net/f/9624648-in...49-32gb-patriot-ddr4-2666-150ar?src=rcm_brand
Click to expand...

Thank you for the suggestion! I went to my local Fry's and they were of course out of stock on their current deal for this week.
Oh well... gotta keep looking!
 
To second Bandages initial point, the am3 and fm2 sockets are pretty much eol wit the new am4 amd platform on the way. So there could potentially be some killer deals both to clear out the older inventory and hopefully it will directly compete with intels stuff.

Sorry about the frys trip, hopefully a new deal will pop up for you.
 
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