To upgrade or not to ?

My current setup is now 6 years old. Ram is a few years newer.

Intel i3 3220
intel dz76ml-45k - MOBO
8gb kingstaon 1866mhx ram

I can't decide whether I should upgrade or not. On one hand its 6 years old, on the other hand it handles everything. Even 'red dead' and Control . But upgrading will improve framerates. But I don't really need it. But its now 6 years old. But it would be hard to find buyers. and on.
Thoughts? What would you do ?

What resolution, settings and framerates are you aiming for? If current setup is able to do that there is no need to upgrade. If not, you'd need a new config. i3 3220 is 2C/4T processor and ~8 year old on top of that. You'll be better off re-purposing that as an HTPC running linux on a ~120 GB ssd. If you still want to sell it off, I'd pay you max 4-5k for that config.

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how can you run red dead on old pc what resolution and graphic setting?

If you are happy about how it is handling tasks, forget about it being 6 years old. If you get now, in 2 years that too will be old. You might get the same configuration in some Diwali sale by the end of the year if you manage to hold on. By that time better hardware too will be available.

pkkumarcool said:
how can you run red dead on old pc what resolution and graphic setting?

With a decent GPU . avg 33fps at balanced settings according to benchmark.
Another thing one my mind - coronavirus . The whole export, logistics could take a hit and prices may go very high for some time.

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cute.bandar said:
With a decent GPU . avg 33fps at balanced settings according to benchmark.
Another thing one my mind - coronavirus . The whole export, logistics could take a hit and prices may go very high for some time.

Not sure about this but ssd prices are confirmed to increase(maybe by up to 40%) even before corona virus.

meetdilip said:
You might get the same configuration in some Diwali sale by the end of the year if you manage to hold on

maybe.. But price of i3 - 9100f has gone up in the last week or so.
The config I am thinking i3-9100f + MSI mobo + 8/16GB

cute.bandar said:
The config I am thinking i3-9100f + MSI mobo + 8/16GB

It'd be better to buy a R5 1600 AF since you already have a GPU instead of 9100F. 4Core CPUs are not recommended for "future-proofing" your gaming rig.

cute.bandar said:
maybe.. But price of i3 - 9100f has gone up in the last week or so.
The config I am thinking i3-9100f + MSI mobo + 8/16GB

I don't know. I was just trying to say that if it works, don't break it.

cute.bandar said:
With a decent GPU . avg 33fps at balanced settings according to benchmark.
Another thing one my mind - coronavirus . The whole export, logistics could take a hit and prices may go very high for some time.

Which graphics card and at what resolution.

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nvidia 1650 FullHD . Note that min fps do touch 22 . Which I can live with, since I am not a fps guy

Maybe save money & buy towards the end of the year when newer CPUs from Intel & AMD are out in the market. Say ~30k will get you an R5 4600 + B550 mobo + 2x8GB DDR4 RAM towards the end of the year, will be a great upgrade. With drop in prices of R5 3600, you can get a good upgrade for 20-25k maybe?

Which GPU do you have right now?

New GPUs are on the way as well.

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 1600 - 8.5k

Mobo - Asrock B450 Pro4 ATX - 7k*

RAM - 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz - 4.7k

GPU - Asus RX580 4GB - 10.5k

SSD - Kingston A400 480GB 2.5″ - 3.8k

HDD - WD/Seagate 1TB - 3k

PSU - Corsair CX550 - 4.5k

Cabinet - Cooler Master/Antec/corsair mid tower ATX - 3k

Monitor - LG 24MP59G 24" 1080p 75Hz Freesync - 9.5k

Total - 54.5k

@anupam_pb Thanks, but I am not looking to spend that much. Have all the rest, only mobo+cpu+ram upgrade

SaiyanGoku said:
It'd be better to buy a R5 1600 AF since you already have a GPU instead of 9100F. 4Core CPUs are not recommended for "future-proofing" your gaming rig.

Looks wayyy better than the intel offering. Old generation, but I don't really care. Price / performance is bang on! Thanks a lot.
Could pair it with a cheap MSI mobo for Rs. 3500 . The only mobo feature I care is reliability

Total 8200 + 3500 + 3000 for 8Gb - 15k . @SaiyanGoku Has also offered to buy old rig for 4-5k. I think I will upgrade

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cute.bandar said:
@anupam_pb Thanks, but I am not looking to spend that much. Have all the rest, only mobo+cpu+ram upgrade

Looks wayyy better than the intel offering. Old generation, but I don't really care. Price / performance is bang on! Thanks a lot.
Could pair it with a cheap MSI mobo for Rs. 3500 . The only mobo feature I care is reliability

Total 8200 + 3500 + 3000 for 8Gb - 15k . @SaiyanGoku Has also offered to buy old rig for 4-5k. I think I will upgrade .

Ryzen 1600AF is not available in India & whenever it does,rest assured its pricing will be much closer to ryzen 2600 & higher than ryzen 3500. Also don't buy cheap MSI mobo(or for that matter any mobo less than Buy Online ASRock B450M-HDV AM4 AMD Promontory Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - in India for 5.4k) if you care about reliability when running a 6 core processor to its full capabilities.

Its available on several sites :-/ Buy Amd Hexa Core Ryzen 5 1600 at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in
But you saved me, the one was I looking for didn't have M.2 ! :yikes:

cute.bandar said:
Its available on several sites :-/ Buy Amd Hexa Core Ryzen 5 1600 at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in

R5 1600 is a 14nm part. 1600AF is 12nm.

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cute.bandar said:
Its available on several sites :-/ Buy Amd Hexa Core Ryzen 5 1600 at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in
But you saved me, the one was I looking for didn't have M.2 ! :yikes:

Ryzen 1600 available everywhere is 1st gen,ryzen 1600AF is a newer version equivalent to gen 2 & currently not available in India.

ahh. Saved again! I'll then wait a while for this CPU to show up.

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cute.bandar said:
ahh. Saved again! I'll then wait a while for this CPU to show up.

Again,you will have to wait for an indefinite amount of time & highly likely that whenever it does launch here,it will be priced much higher compared to its original price in US.

Friend coming from usa. Getting from amazon.com 85$

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cute.bandar said:
Friend coming from usa. Getting from amazon.com 85$

That's great,you can get one more & sell it here(forum,techenclave,erodov,/r/indiangaming) easily for 8k.In fact if I had the money I would have asked you to get another one if possible.

cute.bandar said:
Friend coming from usa. Getting from amazon.com 85$

Congrats what about other parts get them cheap as well.

Thanks. Getting this RAM as well - *www.amazon.com/G-Skill-PC4-24000-3...01IW7Z66U/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=
Could have gone for better maybe. But its good.

Gonna get mobo locally for warranty, because that is most likely to have issues
Zeroed in on Msi B450M PRO-M2 MAX Rs. 5.5k on Buy Msi B450M PRO-M2 MAX at Best Price in India - mdcomputers.in

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cute.bandar said:
Thanks. Getting this RAM as well - *www.amazon.com/G-Skill-PC4-24000-3...01IW7Z66U/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=
Could have gone for better maybe. But its good.

Gonna get mobo locally for warranty, because that is most likely to have issues
Zeroed in on Msi B450M PRO-M2 MAX Rs. 5.5k on Buy Msi B450M PRO-M2 MAX at Best Price in India - mdcomputers.in

Get this instead Buy Online ASRock B450M-HDV AM4 AMD Promontory Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - in India MSI after sales support is currently the worst among all major pc component brands.

For no particular reason, asrock doesn't 'feel' reliable. I'll go with gigabyte

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cute.bandar said:
For no particular reason, asrock doesn't 'feel' reliable. I'll go with gigabyte

In that case go with Buy Gigabyte B450M DS3H at Lowest Price in India - mdcomputers.in

Upgrade done

Got the gigabyte mobo as suggested.
The results are as expected, no major change in everyday performance. However minimum FPS have gotten a LOT better. red dead 2 used to hit 15 minimum, now its 30+

. There were also rare stuttering.. In the game 'Control', loading times were very slow earlier, which was a deal breaker since I die a lot in that game. Now loading times are so much saner.

Overall its good, upgrading is fun. But its interesting to note the i3-3220 is still fantastic for everyday use.
Special thanks to @whitestar_999 and @SaiyanGoku for their suggestions

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Happy to help

cute.bandar said:
Upgrade done Got the gigabyte mobo as suggested.
The results are as expected, no major change in everyday performance. However minimum FPS have gotten a LOT better. red dead 2 used to hit 15 minimum, now its 30+ . There were also rare stuttering.. In the game 'Control', loading times were very slow earlier, which was a deal breaker since I die a lot in that game. Now loading times are so much saner.

Overall its good, upgrading is fun. But its interesting to note the i3-3220 is still fantastic for everyday use.
Special thanks to @whitestar_999 and @SaiyanGoku for their suggestions

Have you got the ram upgrade as well if not there will be hiccups in rdr2 as 16gb ram is recommended

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