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Welp, that looks like a humble brag now 🤣 anyways
 

Back on Folding for the first time in years, predicted 2 million points a day, is that good?

As the HD120s may have given away, I'm a bit of a sucker for that RGB. You make a good point though. They look cool enough that even if it does literally nothing for my clocks I probably won't be sad for too long
Its all about the Epeen. 

But X370 boards look cooler too, so they're a necessity, not an unwise purchase. 

Yeah, I think the joy of an awesome looking rig will make up for the damage to your wallet...

I'm pretty convinced. Thanks guys
 

Will do! 

It actually goes like this.... Avoid MSi boards at all cost, get an Asus or AsRock and you're pretty much done, BIOS and VRM wise are a nightmare for MSi, but you already got like the best b350 motherboard out there, I'd even throw the R7 1800x on it for the matter, so trust me performance wise you already done you homework, change stuff now won't lead you any where but where you already stand.
 
My brother bought the 1800x thanks to a promotional pre-sale, he did get a x370 variant of the Prime-PRO  and is terrifically satisfied... He had been waiting forever to upgrade his workstation (he's a professional video editor) from an old locked i7 3770 but the prices for the i7 6900k were ludicrous.
 
The Ryzen system fit like a glove, I do think since you had the means and interest, even if you don't use the CPU to 100%, the r7 1700 was justifiable.
 
Now my true tip is, don't mess around much with this rig, maybe do get Samsung B-Die RAM (3000~3200mhz) because that it sure pays off but aside from that just save your $$$ and remake an entire system by the time we have Ice Lake 10nm Intel processors on the horizon, it'll be much worthier "upgrade path".

Actually very good advice, thanks very much. 

If you have someone to help out get them to hold the backplate on the back of the motherboard while you try screw it in. Also loosen all the screws and then try screw them all in a bit at a time in a diagonal pattern. This ought to make it easier to get them all in and also ensure you have even pressure across the cpu. Hope this helps