Madsaul

It seems I have some research to do. Thanks for giving a starting point everybody.

How future-proof are ryzen motherboards?

I overclocked my CPU to 4.4 GHz. Is the newer architecture worth the speed loss?

I didn't think I could upgrade with so little.

Thank you. I guess I will only need this until I upgrade my cpu.

I hear you, but I can't afford a new cpu at the moment.

yes.

I would like new. I hope to pass this pc down when I can afford to upgrade.

Sorry for not being clear. My motherboard was a z170. My monitor is fine.

Two 8g sticks of ddr4 at 2133 and overclocking would be preferable.

My z170 broke and I only have 200 dollars to replace it. I have an i5 600k on an atx case. Is there any board I can upgrade to or do I have to hunt down a z170?

Alright, thanks guys. These builds are great reference.

I'm in the U.S. and please that would help a lot.

I want to do that, but the 970 is a ways to go. I'm having trouble finding parts that will allow me to buy it.

A friend commissioned me to build him a computer for 850 dollars. I know he won't overclock, and he will probably max out at a 1080 display. I don't think he will do any content creation, and won't benchmark, but I still want to build something worthwhile. Is this a good starting off point? PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rvgXgs CPU: *Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: *ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: *Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($38.99 @ Amazon) Storage: *Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.49 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon) Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($72.99 @ Amazon) Total: $860.31