It's an X470 Master SLI/ac - looks like it's an m.2, but it's hidden under one of those stupid plastic IO shrouds. I'm not sure how hard it is to remove one of those shrouds. If I did get a new adaptor, and it wasn't an m.2 adaptor, I'd probably get a PCIe adaptor - I like them a lot better than USB adaptors.
Someone else might be able to better comment, but in general, CPU's haven't come a long way in power over the past several years - I expect that if you've got a decent overclock, you're probably fine just swapping video cards.
Thanks! This is pretty much the advice I got when I built my PC 4+ years ago. With new GPU models right around the corner and bitcoin coming down to earth, its a buyers market. I will wait and see what the new models specs are and how prices on the old cards react, but I am keeping my eye out for deals on a 1060 6GB (maybe 1070) or 580 8GB.
That makes me almost want to consider a video card - but nah, I'll hold off until I actually have more of a need. I'm busy playing Rimworld, and that definitely does not need GPU power.
I just took a quick look, and this is the cheapest I could find that really purports to have any gaming capabilities. I haven't looked into the games you listed - if they're low enough in their demands, you might do better with a laptop with an Intel CPU, and using its integrated video, depending on how much of a processor you can get. This one is roughly about as powerful as an i3-7100U - and I assume has better video. Once you get into modern i5 mobile processors, the AMD probably still does better video, but the CPU is less powerful.
600 is still fine, im looking to stay under 800 basically. Ill take a look at these ryzens one, thanks a lot guys.
Here's one for $700 with the 2500U that the good Commander recommended - and it craps all over the A12 and the i3-7100U and i5-7200U collectively.
Of note - it does not come with an SSD drive - BUT, that is something you can install later yourself if you feel like it.
