6700k, 7700k or R5 3600+Mobo

[definingtime]

Should I buy:

1.  Used 6700k for $240.00

2.  Used 7700k for $305.00

3.  New R5 3600 and B450M board for $309.00

 

Notes/Problems:

1.  Currently running 7100.  Just bought used 1080ti; so needing more balance.

2.  Can't overclock the inlels with my board; would be going for K just because of higher out of box clocks (also, 6700k used is cheaper than 7700 non k and has higher passmark single and multi; so does r5 3600 obvi)

3.  Dont have a old ryzen to update bios...

4.  My ram is slow 2400 or 2666

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, definingtime said:

Dont have a old ryzen to update bios...

B450 mortar can do BIOS update without a CPU.

6 minutes ago, definingtime said:

New R5 3600 and B450M board for $309.00

Only Choice you should consider

[definingtime]

Im just not seeing many Mobos I like (Not that any are as bad as mine LOL) I need Micro ATX it's like the OEMs skimped mATX for b450 boards.

 

I'm looking at the ASRock B450M PRO4 

-it has USB type C, 4 Ram slots and 2 M.2 slots

There's a B450M Bazooka V2 for 6 bucks more and it doesn't have either of those features.

 

Which kinda sucks because I like MSI by current board and old and new GPU are all MSI

[definingtime]

That Mortor board is expensive

[Gohardgrandpa]

This is a tough one because your ram speed is pretty slow for a ryzen build. Do think you could off the old stuff your using and get new ram at the same time? 

[definingtime]

1 minute ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

This is a tough one because your ram speed is pretty slow for a ryzen build. Do think you could off the old stuff your using and get new ram at the same time? 

I guess... I want to go from 16 up to 32 anyway.  But, I just spent 500 on graphics card and 450 on monitor, keyboard and power supply.  So, I'm trying to be as wallet friendly as possible.

[definingtime]

I just decided to Ball out:

 

I found a B450M Mortar for only $104.00 on a random website from google shopping

Bought the R5 3600 from newegg

Bought a red air cooler from newegg (my whole build is red) 

Bought 32gb of Red Corsair Vengeance 3200

[definingtime]

Now i just need to get an nvme     $$

[Tom H]

I would go 3600 and b450 mobo.

 

If you don't get a board that can do bios flashback (i.e., like the MSI b450 tomahawk or pro carbon), AMD will actually send you a cpu to use, change your bios, and they will even pay for the return shipping

 

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/295027-amd-will-provide-a-free-temporary-uefi-upgrade-kit-for-ryzen-3000-motherboard-updates

 

Your ram is slow, but you can get a cheap 16 gig ddr4 3200 CL16 kit in the near future when you can afford it

[definingtime]

2 minutes ago, Tom H said:

I would go 3600 and b450 mobo.

 

If you don't get a board that can do bios flashback (i.e., like the MSI b450 tomahawk or pro carbon), AMD will actually send you a cpu to use, change your bios, and they will even pay for the return shipping

 

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/295027-amd-will-provide-a-free-temporary-uefi-upgrade-kit-for-ryzen-3000-motherboard-updates

 

Your ram is slow, but you can get a cheap 16 gig ddr4 3200 CL16 kit in the near future when you can afford it

Oh wow. I woulda just got that ASRock board had i known that.  Oh well. My system will be all matchy matcchy now