Upgrading cpu and gpu

Hello experts I’m new to this forum so please be patient

My rig is a gigabyte fierce pc
Windows 10 home edition
Ram 8gb ddr4
Gpu Radeon r7
CPU amd a8 3800 3ghz
Gigabyte am320 socket a4 motherboard
Hdd is 1 tb

My question is I’m thinking of upgrading the cpu to one of the threadrippers so could anyone please tell me how much better performance I would get and what else would you upgrade and why

Thanks in advance
 

beers

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It's probably not the best for your specific workload.

What's your budget even?

You should be able to drop a better AM4 CPU like Ryzen in the existing socket.
 
My budget would be around £500 - £800

The ryzen 5 looks good from what I’ve read but then I came across the threadripper

Is my motherboard good for gaming or is it bad
 

_Kyle_

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My budget would be around £500 - £800

The ryzen 5 looks good from what I’ve read but then I came across the threadripper

Is my motherboard good for gaming or is it bad
Threadripper is definitely overkill unless you plan on doing some serious workbench stuff. R5 or R7 should be sufficient in most cases. TR4 boards are also super expensive so going with something like AM4 would be more budget friendly.
 

beers

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You aren't fitting threadripper in that budget.

Update bios and find a deal on a 1600 or 2600, last Gen are pretty cheap in Murcia and would kill that steamroller based one you have
 
You aren't fitting threadripper in that budget.

Update bios and find a deal on a 1600 or 2600, last Gen are pretty cheap in Murcia and would kill that steamroller based one you have

Use all the savings from Ryzen to get an SSD as a boot drive and that system looks good.
 

beers

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What's wrong with advising an SSD...?
Eh, he never really specified what he wanted to improve. Plus that CPU model is inaccurate and is a FM1 version, I assumed he meant A12 9800 instead :p

Slow CPU + Slow integrated graphics = poor gaming. SSD definitely a plus, but if you're upgrading for the intent of like, gaming, and you have a limited budget I'd bank more on the other resources.

@BulldogBuzz you'd have to add a video card for any other CPU replacement unless you got a APU specifically such as the 2400G
And then you'd probably need a power supply upgrade.
And then you'd probably be interested in some more RAM
And then you'd probably be interested in SSD
 
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