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This black friday I'm gonna be looking for a CPU, so I want to know if the extra 30 CAD is worth it for a better stock cooler or should I just stick to the stock on the 2600 or use those 30 to buy a 3rd party cooler. 

 

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Wait for black friday/cyber monday sales

 

You might be able to get a 2700 or 3600 for a good price. In regards to your main question though, the 2600x isnt worth the extra bucks

 

Cooler depends, do you plan on overclocking?

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1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Wait for black friday/cyber monday sales

 

You might be able to get a 2700 or 3600 for a good price. In regards to your main question though, the 2600x isnt worth the extra bucks

 

Cooler depends, do you plan on overclocking?

Yes I would grab a 2700x for 185 bucks hands down.

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1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Wait for black friday/cyber monday sales

 

You might be able to get a 2700 or 3600 for a good price.

 

Cooler depends, do you plan on overclocking?

I've seen people point out that overlocking on ryzen is a must. I'll be using a Gigabyte B450M DS3H but I'm still kind of scared to do it. Is it easy or "safe" I know theres and inherent risk to it though. 

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5 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Yes I would grab a 2700x for 185 bucks hands down.

CAD? yeah same no questions asked lol

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Just now, AeroMagnus said:

I've seen people point out that overlocking on ryzen is a must. I'll be using a Gigabyte B450M DS3H but I'm still kind of scared to do it. Is it easy or "safe" I know theres and inherent risk to it though. 

Not a requirement, but it's decent to do.

Have you bought this board already? There's a much better one just a few dollars more. It's worth it, especially if you plan on overclocking.

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5 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Yes I would grab a 2700x for 185 bucks hands down.

This conversation is in CAD, not USD.

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2 minutes ago, AeroMagnus said:

I'll be using a Gigabyte B450M DS3H

Um.....

 

Dont ger that board unless you allready own it. 

 

Get almost anything else. Like the Pro4/AC from ASrock, or B450 Pro A from MSI

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1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Not a requirement, but it's decent to do.

Have you bought this board already? There's a much better one just a few dollars more. It's worth it, especially if you plan on overclocking.

Nope, chosen because its the cheapest b450 but i think my budget isn't as rigid so I'm open

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1 minute ago, AeroMagnus said:

Nope, chosen because its the cheapest b450 but i think my budget isn't as rigid so I'm open

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/zym323/asrock-b450m-pro4-f-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro4-f

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/XXKcCJ/msi-b450m-bazooka-v2-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-bazooka-v2

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/kRTzK8/msi-b450m-pro-vdh-max-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro-vdh-max

 

Suggest looking at these boards instead. 

 

From what ive noticed from Forum traffic. The DS3H isnt the most reliable board. 

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I got my 3600X for a little less than a 3600 retails for because I had a coupon for an eBay store that didn't have a 3600 but stocked the 3600X.

Unless you have a similar deal, I wouldn't bother with the 3600X, it doesn't even come with the RGB cooler. If you want the AMD Wraith cooler (I don't blame you, the RGB ones are pretty cool), I'd buy it seperately on Aliexpress. You can get a Wraith Max for 37 CAD, or a Wraith Spire RGB for 30 CAD.

 

There's very little performance increase over the 3600, and it's a decent chunk more expensive.

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6 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/zym323/asrock-b450m-pro4-f-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro4-f

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/XXKcCJ/msi-b450m-bazooka-v2-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-bazooka-v2

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/kRTzK8/msi-b450m-pro-vdh-max-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-pro-vdh-max

 

Suggest looking at these boards instead. 

 

From what ive noticed from Forum traffic. The DS3H isnt the most reliable board. 

I'll be looking out for them on black friday. 

 

Realiable in what sense? day-to-day use or overclocking capabilities?

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5 minutes ago, AeroMagnus said:

I'll be looking out for them on black friday. 

 

Realiable in what sense? day-to-day use or overclocking capabilities?

I'd go for an MSi board if I were you. The Ryzen MSi boards apparently have the best memory compatability, which can be a massive boon. I probably would've gone for a MSi board if I didn't find my Taichi at the price I found it at.

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7 minutes ago, AeroMagnus said:

Realiable in what sense? day-to-day use or overclocking capabilities?

Reliability in the sense of GPU issues, other random issues related to the board. And general QC.

 

Its one if the few board thay could be decent that i recommend staying away from. As its the one board that crops up most often with issues. 

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4 minutes ago, ibabyslapper said:

I'd go for an MSi board if I were you. The Ryzen MSi boards apparently have the best memory compatability, which can be a massive boon.

oh I didn't think that through. Just checked and its compatible (since I already have ram) but thank you very much! I'll still be preferring those if the deal is there

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1 hour ago, AeroMagnus said:

This black friday I'm gonna be looking for a CPU, so I want to know if the extra 30 CAD is worth it for a better stock cooler or should I just stick to the stock on the 2600 or use those 30 to buy a 3rd party cooler. 

 

Nope, get the 2600 and overclock it to 4.0-4.1GHZ, or just get the 2700 and do the same, they are around 210CAD these days

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1 hour ago, Slottr said:

Wait for black friday/cyber monday sales

 

You might be able to get a 2700 or 3600 for a good price. In regards to your main question though, the 2600x isnt worth the extra bucks

 

Cooler depends, do you plan on overclocking?

To echo off this, last BF I got a 1600 w/x370 Mobo for $149.

 

They also had the same deal with a 1700, but I missed it.

 

I expect similar deals this year with 2000 series.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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18 hours ago, Plutosaurus said:

To echo off this, last BF I got a 1600 w/x370 Mobo for $149.

 

They also had the same deal with a 1700, but I missed it.

 

I expect similar deals this year with 2000 series.

was this in a microcenter?

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35 minutes ago, AeroMagnus said:

was this in a microcenter?

Newegg.com

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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On 11/7/2019 at 6:39 PM, Mathieu9836 said:

Nope, get the 2600 and overclock it to 4.0-4.1GHZ, or just get the 2700 and do the same, they are around 210CAD these days

So according to that I would struggle to pull more than 100W? any personal recomentdations that dont blow my budget? I'll probably buy whats available on deals but what mobo should i look for?

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