PC Build Advice

[Happyy]

Im not great with pcs but i have been trying to do some research and im wanting to upgrade my i5 4670k to possibly an i7 8700 the problem being my motherboard and ram are also pretty old and ive been told those would need an upgrade also. My pc is pretty small and only fits mini-ITX motherboards and im stuck on which motherboard i should get for best performance and value for money (dont wanna buy something too good but dont wanna bottleneck if thats possible) been told to get corsair vengance ddr4 2666 ram but im unsure if that will be enough for my build. any advice would be appreciated.

(I have a gtx 1070 if that helps)

[Jurrunio]

Ryzen is better value for money if that's what you care

 

as for memory, do look for 2933 and 3000MHz ones as they are quite cheap (only a little more than 2133 to 2666 ones), preferably in 2 sticks for dual channel

 

telling us your budget and case will also help

[Happyy]

18 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Ryzen is better value for money if that's what you care

 

as for memory, do look for 2933 and 3000MHz ones as they are quite cheap (only a little more than 2133 to 2666 ones), preferably in 2 sticks for dual channel

 

telling us your budget and case will also help

Case is BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX and budget is about £500-£800 for cpu,motherboard and ram.

[Fiskelord]

You are correct about needing a new motherboard and new RAM modules, as 4th gen Intel CPUs used DDR3 instead of the newer DDR4.

 

IMHO though, you wont be able to feel a difference in day to day use/gaming considering RAM, so just buy the ones that are cheapest and are compatible with your new platform.

 

Motherboard is another matter; unless you want to overclock, there isnt much performance to gain by buying a more expensive motherboard, but you will miss out on some features, like chipset that enables overclock, Thunderbolt (Intel only!) and WiFi among others. And as @Jurrunio said, Ryzen is the way forward for budget builds, but Intel is still ahead when speaking about gaming (For now, anyways).

 

Which motherboard though? I have good experience with Asus motherboards, but i am sure the other brands are as respectable and most likely in the same price range.

[Happyy]

2 minutes ago, Fiskelord said:

You are correct about needing a new motherboard and new RAM modules, as 4th gen Intel CPUs used DDR3 instead of the newer DDR4.

 

IMHO though, you wont be able to feel a difference in day to day use/gaming considering RAM, so just buy the ones that are cheapest and are compatible with your new platform.

 

Motherboard is another matter; unless you want to overclock, there isnt much performance to gain by buying a more expensive motherboard, but you will miss out on some features, like chipset that enables overclock, Thunderbolt (Intel only!) and WiFi among others. And as @Jurrunio said, Ryzen is the way forward for budget builds, but Intel is still ahead when speaking about gaming (For now, anyways).

 

Which motherboard though? I have good experience with Asus motherboards, but i am sure the other brands are as respectable and most likely in the same price range.

Thanks for the advice. I doubt i will be doing any overclocking so i guess ill go for a cheaper motherboard. Im down to spend abit more money on the cpu for better performance cause im playing games at quite a high level and dont want to have to worry about fps. Also would prefer if i could stream with good fps also

[Fiskelord]

1 minute ago, Happyy said:

Thanks for the advice. I doubt i will be doing any overclocking so i guess ill go for a cheaper motherboard. Im down to spend abit more money on the cpu for better performance cause im playing games at quite a high level and dont want to have to worry about fps. Also would prefer if i could stream with good fps also

if you want to stream, i can only say Ryzen will be a good choice, both considering price and their included encoder engine, thus offloading some of the stress to the CPU instead of the GPU, and with a 1070 you wont experience any CPU bottleneck with a new Ryzaen CPU. I just want to mention that a new generation of Ryzen CPUs are about to hit the market, so maybe wait a few months before you buy anything, if you can.

 

Just as a side note - i7 is an overkill paired with a 1070

[SansVarnic]

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