Upgrading from i5-4690K

[Andanas]

My current system looks like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: OCZ - ARC 100 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital - VelociRaptor 300 GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Pruchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair - 600T ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-05 12:07 EST-0500

It's running 1080p games fine, and I've no serious issues about it.  However, I have been looking into possible upgrades.  A couple of options were to get an AIO water cooler, and OC the CPU, and get a GTX 1070.  The more I thought about it though, the more I realized I just never got comfortable with the idea of overclocking.  I realize I bought a K  series processor, but I was always worried I'd mess up and not have the money for a new CPU.  Plus, GTX 1070's are still pretty expensive.

With a budget of $700, I started looking at other options, including new builds, while still utilizing several parts I currently have.  So far, I've come up with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($177.97 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($134.82 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($140.22 @ Amazon) 
Storage: OCZ - ARC 100 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Western Digital - VelociRaptor 300 GB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 970 4 GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Case: Corsair - 600T ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Total: $453.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-05 12:02 EST-0500

At current, I'd be bringing over the GPU, drives, case, PSU.  I'm not sure if I can transfer my existing Win 10 license, so I've included a new one.  A few comments on the parts:

MB - Since I am not getting an X CPU, I am not sure how overkill this board would be.  I like the features though, but I'm open to options.
Drives - Yes, I know.  Ancient.  An MVNe is being considered in not to distant future.
GPU - Not really sure here.  I'm only doing 1080P gaming, and not getting a new monitor anytime soon, and currently, 1070's are still up there in price.  Again, would appreciate suggestions.

Final thoughts:  I'm not sure how much of an upgrade the Ryzen setup is from what I have now, but I figure I'll have something that'll be more upgrade friendly (unless Ryzen 3 uses a whole new socket and DDR5, lol).  I'd like to do 1080p gaming on high (or better) settings, with occasional streaming.  I appreciate any feedback.

Edited January 5, 2019 by Andanas
formatting, prices

[Origami Cactus]

First obvious thing:  ryzen 3000 is announced in a few days wait for that.

 

Then, the windows licence can be transfered, so no need to waste a 100$.

Also WTF, if you are paying 100$ for a windows licence at least get a normal licence, Why the f are you paying 100$ for an freaking OEM licence???

 

That motherboard is meh, if you can get at least a msi b450 tomahawk, the asus b450 vrms are bad. But if you aren't overclocking it is okay to go with the asus for the software.

 

[crosstiger]

You posted the same list twice?

[Andanas]

4 minutes ago, crosstiger said:

You posted the same list twice?

No, I had to edit it, the current format didn't work.

[Andanas]

6 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

First obvious thing:  ryzen 3000 is announced in a few days wait for that.

 

Then, the windows licence can be transfered, so no need to waste a 100$.

Also WTF, if you are paying 100$ for a windows licence atleast get a normal licence, Why the f are you paying 100$ for an freaking OEM licence???

 

That motherboard is meh, if you can get atleast a msi b450 tomahawk, the asus b450 vrms are bad. But if you aren't overclocking it is okay to go with the asus for the software.

 

I do plan to wait for the Ryzen 3 announcement.  With the OS, I bought most (if not all) of the i5 parts at Microcenter, and at the time the OEM version was cheaper than the retail version...that or it was the only one they had, I can't remember which.  The MSI B450 tomahawk is an option I've kept in mind.

[Origami Cactus]

Just now, Andanas said:

I do plan to wait for the Ryzen 3 announcement.  With the OS, I bought most (if not all) of the i5 parts at Microcenter, and at the time the OEM version was cheaper than the retail version...that or it was the only one they had, I can't remember which.  The MSI B450 tomahawk is an option I've kept in mind.

Anyways even if you have a OEM version right now it should be transferable, worst case you have to call the microsoft robot and it will fix it. And you can use the windows unactivated anyways, so no need to worry that you can't use the computer while a new licence ships to you.

So i would leave the buying a new windows key option to the very very last option, if all else fails.