AMD upgrade

Keonos · November 21, 2019

so i was planning on earning some more money to upgrade my rig. i am planing to start streaming in the future with a friend of mine but i know that my rig is not up to par to stream and play games at the same time so i was hoping to upgrade my cpu and modo to get started for streaming. my current mobo only support 6th gen intel cpu but i was planning on going for amd ryzen for the multitasking (i also use my main pc for schoolwork) but also for stable gaming performance.

but seing that im saving up for around christmas or early 2020 i was wondering wat the best AMD upgrade is should get.

i was looking at the amd ryzen 2700x and the gigabyte b450 aorus elite or msi b450 tomahawk max mobo for upgrade but im also keeping some of my current parts for the upgrade (maybe swapping them for new ones if needed)

my currnet rig specs are followed:

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CPU: Intel i7-6700k

GPU: aorus rx 580 8gb

RAM: Kingston 16GB 2133MHz DDR4

CPU cooler: nzxt kraken x52

Motherboard: MSI z170A pc MATE ATX LGA1151

Storage: Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250 GB

WD Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM

PSU: Cooler Master G550M 80+ bronze semi modu

case: NZXT Phantom 410

the parst im keeping are the GPU, RAM (can change for new),storage,PSU (can change),case, cpu cooler.

so my question is what is the best cpu (amd) and mobo (amd) to get for my upgrade and my budget can be around 300 to 400 euro (i live in Belgium).

Flying Sausages · November 21, 2019

Your ram is going to be a bottleneck for Ryzen 2nd and 3rd gen. Ryzen loves fast ram. You want to get at least 3000mhz or oc your current ram to at least 3000mhz or 2900ish mhz if you win the super golden lottery.

I prefer MSI B450 Tomahawk Max over Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite because MSI B450 Tomahawk Max has stronger VRM than Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite

If you are just gaming only than get 3600 because 3600 is faster than 2700x and using less power. 2700x beats 3600 when it comes to app that favorite in multi cores but even then 3600 is no far behind than 2700x.

2700 or 2700x is not bad if you can get them on sale. 2700x is great for budget productivity.