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UPGRADE HELP CPU/MOTHERBOARD

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CPU first, at least you can run the CPU at stock speeds on the B360 board, with hyperthreading.

 

do not buy cheap boards

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Idk what to do! Get a better motherboard first and should it be a cheap Z390 or should I buy a CPU First (i7 8700K).

I know about the 8700K not being overclock-able on my motherboard.

 

Current specs:

GTX 1070 

16 Gigs ram Teamgroup Vulcan

i5 8400

B360M Bazooka 

250 Gig SSD

1TB HDD

1TB external HDD

650W PSU

Shit case

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CPU first, at least you can run the CPU at stock speeds on the B360 board, with hyperthreading.

 

do not buy cheap boards

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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It's never a good idea to buy a cheap motherboard. But if there's a deal on a reputable brand, take it.

It's a sad time to buy a 8700K now. The 9th gen is already out but the 8700K is still selling higher than MSRP and usually short on stock.

 

8400 is still a capable processor. If are patient enough, you can just wait and get something like a 9700 or even 9900 (non-K) in roughly Q2'19.

"Mankind’s greatest mistake will be its inability to control the technology it has created."

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3 minutes ago, SkyHound0202 said:

It's never a good idea to buy a cheap motherboard. But if there's a deal on a reputable brand, take it.

It's a sad time to buy a 8700K now. The 9th gen is already out but the 8700K is still selling higher than MSRP and usually short on stock.

 

8400 is still a capable processor. If are patient enough, you can just wait and get something like a 9700 or even 9900 (non-K) in roughly Q2'19.

 

 the motherboard I was thinking about was the asrock z390 phantom or asus prime z390. Just wanna start streaming and my CPU has trouble doing so.

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21 minutes ago, BusterSkills said:

Just wanna start streaming and my CPU has trouble doing so.

You don't necessarily have to rely solely on CPU for software encoding.

Why not get a cheap graphic card with hardware encoding support and use NVENC/VCE to encode video? Or even use the build-in Intel Quick Sync?

They are not as good as software encoding in terms of quality, but they are affordable options.

"Mankind’s greatest mistake will be its inability to control the technology it has created."

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3 hours ago, SkyHound0202 said:

You don't necessarily have to rely solely on CPU for software encoding.

Why not get a cheap graphic card with hardware encoding support and use NVENC/VCE to encode video? Or even use the build-in Intel Quick Sync?

They are not as good as software encoding in terms of quality, but they are affordable options.

I don't think it's affordable enough for me to get without considering an upgrade. Maybe I can try Ryzen or wait to see what they (AMD) are getting ready to release.

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