Originally Posted by
Gryffes
$70-250 mobo $100-300 ram, $200-450 cpu.
The imo good reason to go AMD right now is simple - intel fucks it's customers.
People on Kaby Lake and Skylake cannot use their existing motherboards on the kaby lake/skylake refreshes, just 1 half gen later.
AM3 supported AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+.
AM4 is due for support until 2020, which means Ryzen+ ( the refresh ) will be compatible, it means Raven Ridge ( The upcoming Ryzen APU [ CPU with integrated GPU ) will be compatible, etc etc.
You don't have to throw your motherboard away and re setup your whole fucking system, just buy a new cpu.
It also means you can do a budget route like mobo+R1400/1500/1600 +ram and upgrade in a year or two, or even 2 years down the line and you'll be saving money.