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To start I know absolutely nothing about motherboards, so feel free to speak dumb to me.

 

I have recently starting using my PC for trading and streaming and I plan to make some upgrades in the near future.

Currently I have:

I5-7400 @ 3.00Ghz (4 CPUs)

GTX 1060 6GB

16GB DDR4 RAM

AsusTek PRIME B250M-A (Motherboard)
 

I plan to upgrade to one of the CPU to one of the I9 series but I am not sure which, as well I plan to upgrade the GPU to either a 2070 super or 2080/2080 super. The one thing which I need while trading is triple monitor support from HDMI so I can manage graphs, spreadsheets, etc and I know AORUS has a few I have been eyeing.

 

The main question being that I know for fact I have to upgrade my power supply being it is at 500W right now, however though should I upgrade the motherboard and what would be the downsides of putting either an I9 9900K/9900KS into my existing motherboard. Please recommend some motherboard choices >$300 CAD.

 

On the other hand if I am upgrading the motherboard should I just go all out and rebuild my entire rig?

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4 minutes ago, TheVersaceGuy said:

I9 9900K/9900KS into my existing motherboard

it just doesn't work, because 8th and 9th gen use different bunch of boards (H310, B360, B365, H370, Z370 and Z390 chipset) than 6th and 7th gen.

 

4 minutes ago, TheVersaceGuy said:

I9 series

not getting away from the Ryzen question

 

4 minutes ago, TheVersaceGuy said:

should I just go all out and rebuild my entire rig?

Yes

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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24 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

it just doesn't work, because 8th and 9th gen use different bunch of boards (H310, B360, B365, H370, Z370 and Z390 chipset) than 6th and 7th gen.

 

not getting away from the Ryzen question

 

Yes

Why do you recommend AMD over Intel? The last AMD I had was about 6 years ago and it had amazing performance however it ran incredibly hot, I’m not looking to have to build the ultimate water cooled machine just to run an AMD chip.

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6 minutes ago, TheVersaceGuy said:

Why do you recommend AMD over Intel? The last AMD I had was about 6 years ago and it had amazing performance however it ran incredibly hot, I’m not looking to have to build the ultimate water cooled machine just to run an AMD chip.

Just look up some reviews. 9900k/9900KS is basically the same as the AMD CPU you described, amazing speed (especially single core) but also runs silly hot. Equal core count, 9900k/ks at full steam burns twice as much power as the 3700x/3800x

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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