CPU Path

[Ethariel01]

Planning on getting rid of the old i7 4970k that's been plodding along with a good OC (4.8Ghz) for the past half a decade or so, it's starting to become unhappy when I have a lot of images open and running Photoshop and/or Lightroom plus the usual garbage running in the background. My biggest pointer to change is that only 2 of the SATA ports on the ageing Z97 motherboard still work and the cost of picking up a new one there days is just insane, anything mid to top end current is cheaper!

 

Looking to switch to AMD for current obvious reasons, just checking with those who read this - Which Ryzen? - 3600, 3700x or 3900x - I'm leaning towards the 3600 to be honest (Have a nice older 1080 gsynch monitor I really don't want to get rid of for a 2k/4k just yet so my gtx1080 is going into whatever I end up getting and runs all the games I currently paly with ease at 120Hz+ if I want (with the exception of TD2)). O and not too bothered with Overclocking the AMD for the small gains you get other than a simple 'let the software do it' clicky, the I OC was a significant boost that's not viable on the AMD.

Please do let me know. Ta

[Stormseeker9]

3600 + B450 tomahawk Max be a good upgrade. Not sure on your budget but 3700x + x570 board I’d say is the next step up 

[Ethariel01]

Cheers, cost not a sticking point but I mentally draw the line at the price of a 3900x, that's more than I paid for a gtx1080!

3700x and a mid range x570 it is!

 

Just one last quick query if anyone reads but.......

 

16Gb or 32Gb RAM for Photo editing (ok yes I'm new to this crap but that's what comes with picking photography as a mid life crisis, gaming specs no probs but work???)

Edited August 29, 2019 by Ethariel01
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