Ganjaxe

Oh cool, I'll do some research on that. Plus there will be always something new around the corner.

seems so, but not impossible. It's hard to find compatible MOBO for AMD hack, I'm relying on successful builds post from other forums.

Do Coffee Lake have Desktop CPUs?, I thought their last press release only mentioned low power Ultrabook CPU Good to know, I'm assuming core counts will be better for the future over Clock speed Ill keep that in mind. Plus, I rely on AMD OSX for Hackintosh support, I'm here for first-hand expert opinion and suggestions like yours for the best value.

1. Budget & Location Budget:2700 Australian Dollars Location : Australia Sydney (PCcaseGear/Mwave/MSY/CenterCom) Need CPU,MOBO,RAM and GPU 2. Aim Main reasons for upgrade Run Virtual machines for Development and programming.(Linux and Windows) Hackintosh Compatible(to try IOS dev and MacOS before upgrading my laptop to a MacBook Pro) 1440p 144hz gaming (Division, WildLands, BF1) Casual Gamer. 3. Monitors I'll be adding a new 1440p 144hz monitor(27 inches) 4. Peripherals I got all the peripherals, Including SSD and PSU (Seasonic 750W Gold) 5. Why are you upgrading? Primarily to try MacOSX and IOS development. so the parts need to be Hackintosh compatible. Need your input on 7700k(Would like to overclock for future games) or Ryzen series. My previous build was i7 875k running at 3Ghz, 12 Gb ram and a G1 970 on a 27 Inch 1080p monitor Cinebench R15 Open GL score was 61.79FPS. Will be using the existing Corsair 300r case too. Intel Build PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/hqXG8K Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/hqXG8K/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($454.00 @ Shopping Express) CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270-Gaming K3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.00 @ Umart) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($198.00 @ Shopping Express) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($219.00 @ Shopping Express) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($822.00 @ Skycomp Technology) Monitor: AOC - AG271QX 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($663.00 @ Shopping Express) Total: $2644.00 Ryzen Build PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/cj7qvV Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/cj7qvV/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($409.00 @ Shopping Express) Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($163.60 @ Skycomp Technology) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($194.00 @ Shopping Express) Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($204.00 @ Shopping Express) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($822.00 @ Skycomp Technology) Monitor: AOC - AG271QX 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($663.00 @ Shopping Express) Total: $2455.60 My concerns are The difference in performance between 1080 and 1070 for gaming. How much can I Overclock the Ryzen and i7 CPUs and which one is better for my needs?