What to pick for upgrading?

[williamcll]

I am currently thinking of upgrading the following:
CPU (Ryzen 7 2700X)
RAM (Corsair LPX 3200Mhz samsung B-Die)

Motherboard (Asus TuF X470)

 

I do have a lot of games as well as some other productivity programs like Android Studio and photoshop, I am unsure if I should stick to AMD (and get a 3800X + 3600MHz CL16) or back to Intel (9900K + 3000Mhz CL14), what do you suggest? Bote that most stores on pcpartpicker is not available to me other than newegg and amazon, and that local stores may sometimes be cheaper but feel free to suggest nevertheless.

[trevb0t]

9 minutes ago, williamcll said:

I am currently thinking of upgrading the following:
CPU (Ryzen 7 2700X)
RAM (Corsair LPX 3200Mhz samsung B-Die)

Motherboard (Asus TuF X470)

 

I do have a lot of games as well as some other productivity programs like Android Studio and photoshop, I am unsure if I should stick to AMD (and get a 3800X + 3600MHz CL16) or back to Intel (9900K + 3000Mhz CL14), what do you suggest? Bote that most stores on pcpartpicker is not available to me other than newegg and amazon, and that local stores may sometimes be cheaper but feel free to suggest nevertheless.

Well the 9900K is falling behind the 3900X in almost every process.

Skip the 3800X. It's hardly better than the 3700X. Grab the 3700X for the better price or the 3900X for the beast.

 

Is the 2700X not giving you the performance you want? It's still plenty of chip. You could just invest in a solid cooler and overclock it.

[williamcll]

31 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

Well the 9900K is falling behind the 3900X in almost every process.

Skip the 3800X. It's hardly better than the 3700X. Grab the 3700X for the better price or the 3900X for the beast.

 

Is the 2700X not giving you the performance you want? It's still plenty of chip. You could just invest in a solid cooler and overclock it.

Well, I am struggling to push the 2700X to higher clocks since my mother board doesn't have individual clock control and PBO boosts my computer into crashing

[Meganter]

3 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Well, I am struggling to push the 2700X to higher clocks since my mother board doesn't have individual clock control and PBO boosts my computer into crashing

Hello,

 

What's your budget and location (Hong Kong I guess) ?

[williamcll]

12 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Hello,

 

What's your budget and location (Hong Kong I guess) ?

Approximately 800USD

[Meganter]

2 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Approximately 800USD

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$499.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$219.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$789.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-02 02:06 EST-0500

 

You could use your actual ram and OC it since they are B-Die  

[williamcll]

4 hours ago, Plouffe said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$499.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$219.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$789.97
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-02 02:06 EST-0500

 

You could use your actual ram and OC it since they are B-Die  

Ripjaws V only goes up to 3000Mhz over here, and I don't really need wifi for my motherboard, what would be a better suggestion?

[Meganter]

1 minute ago, williamcll said:

Ripjaws V only goes up to 3000Mhz over here, and I don't really need wifi for my motherboard, what would be a better suggestion?

Oh I picked wi-fi because it was the same price as the non wi-fi one  

 

I don't really know the market but any 3600CL16 will do  

[williamcll]

Just now, Plouffe said:

Oh I picked wi-fi because it was the same price as the non wi-fi one  

 

I don't really know the market but any 3600CL16 will do  

Also, best buy doesn't do international shipping so that discount wouldn't help me here.

 

Might look at some bundles in the mainland as well.

[Meganter]

3 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Also, best buy doesn't do international shipping so that discount wouldn't help me here.

 

Might look at some bundles in the mainland as well.

I found this : https://hk.pcpartpicker.com/product/jBZzK8/gskill-ripjaws-v-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-f4-3600c16d-16gvkc

[williamcll]

25 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

I found this : https://hk.pcpartpicker.com/product/jBZzK8/gskill-ripjaws-v-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-f4-3600c16d-16gvkc

Okay that looks reasonable considering the next most expensive 3600Mhz is the adata xpg spectrix D60G

[Meganter]

7 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Okay that looks reasonable considering the next most expensive 3600Mhz is the adata xpg spectrix D60G

https://hk.pcpartpicker.com/product/dmGnTW/asus-tuf-gaming-x570-plus-wi-fi-atx-am4-motherboard-tuf-gaming-x570-plus-wi-fi

 

I don't know if the price is reasonnable but it's one of the bext x570 out there