CPU/MB Upgrade thoughts?

[Thorimus]

Currently running a non-OC i5-3570K with 16GB RAM on a B75 board with a GTX 1070. Unfortunately I'm a big fan of some very poorly optimised games (DCS World, KSP, etc) that are RAM-hungry and run primarily on a single core, and my current chip at 3.3 GHz is getting long in the tooth. Running 3 SATA drives (2 SSDs) with no plans to upgrade to M.2 but that could always change.

 

My idea right now is the following (w/ prices in Swedish Krona)

 - i5-9600K @ 2700 SEK

 - Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X @ 1800 SEK

 - 2x16GB Corsair LPX RAM @ 1800 SEK

 

This brings me to a total cost of around 6300 SEK. I'd like to keep it under 6500 if possible. I'm planning to overclock the CPU as far as it will go whilst maintaining good stability using my existing Cryorig H5 Ultimate cooler.

 

I've been out of the PC hardware scene for several years so I'd like to run this by you guys to see if you have any suggestions, primarily regarding the motherboard. I'd like something in tune with the following:

 - Good OC performance

 - Decently simple OC interface

 - At least 6 USB3 type A ports

 - Doesn't need to have Wifi or RGB

 - All or mostly black

and from what I can tell the Gaming X mostly fulfils those reqs. 

 

I'm also open to suggestions for CPUs.

[Origami Cactus]

What is the price for R5 3600? Or r7 3700x?

[paddy-stone]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	kr3889.00 @ Dustin Home
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	kr1259.00 @ Dustin Home
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	kr1449.00 @ CDON SE
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	kr6597.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-23 16:28 CEST+0200

 

[5x5]

i5s are dead. The Ryzen 5 3600 took them behind the shed and buried them

 

[Thorimus]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

i5s are dead. The Ryzen 5 3600 took them behind the shed and buried them

 

I've heard the 3600 and 3700X have very limited overclocking abilities since they're optimised to run at max out of the box. How would an overclocked 3700X compare to an overclocked 9600K in a single-core test?

[5x5]

6 minutes ago, Thorimus said:

I've heard the 3600 and 3700X have very limited overclocking abilities since they're optimised to run at max out of the box. How would an overclocked 3700X compare to an overclocked 9600K in a single-core test?

The 3700X is slightly behind the 9900K and runs circles around the 9600K. The i5 is severely limited by its low thread count. Quite a few modern and upcoming games need 8 or more threads to avoid stutter with high end GPUs and high refresh rates.

 

With a 3700X, you just enable PBO, tighten memory timings and you are within 5-6% of a 9900K for half the price

[Guest]

3 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	kr3889.00 @ Dustin Home
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	kr1259.00 @ Dustin Home
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Elite 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	kr1318.00 @ Dustin Home
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	kr6466.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-22 12:22 CEST+0200

 

Why would you buy a single 8GB stick of ram when you can get 16GB for less ? Not a good idea to run one stick with Ryzen anyway.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (kr999.00 @ CDON SE) 
Total: kr999.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-22 16:16 CEST+0200

[paddy-stone]

On 9/22/2019 at 3:13 PM, lee32uk said:

Why would you buy a single 8GB stick of ram when you can get 16GB for less ? Not a good idea to run one stick with Ryzen anyway.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (kr999.00 @ CDON SE) 
Total: kr999.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-22 16:16 CEST+0200

Ahh, I actually didn't realise that I had... just quickly knocked that out, my mistake, thought I'd added 2x8GB

[paddy-stone]

Fixed.