New Ryzen Build plan for two computers.

[DarkLink661]

First off hello everyone!

 

So I am planning to upgrade my computer as well as my wife's. I currently have an i5-3570k with an MSI z77 Mpower motherboard, 16gb DDR3 ram, and recently purchase an rx 5700 xt gpu.

My wifes computer is an FX-6350 with an MSI board (cant remember the model), 16gb DDR3 ram, and my old rx 580 gpu (hers was a 470 that crapped out)

For my Upgrades:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x or 3700x (debating on 3700x as i do some encoding but not enough to make a difference)

Motherboard: Asus TUF gaming x570-plus or an MSI MPG x570 gaming plus (I cant decide between the two boards or which one would be more solid)

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series DDR4 16GB 3600Mhz CL16-19-19-39

Use for this PC is gaming,some media editing, maybe streaming (Just to friends really), and encoding

Wife's upgrades will be practically the same but set on the 3600x as she just plays a few games and media consumption.

My budget is to try and stay under $1200 total for both upgrades. I'm at just under $900 if I go with both 3600x and at about $1100 if I get a 3700x for myself

My main issue is deciding on motherboards. I like the MSI as I'm pretty familiar with their boards and haven't really had luck with gigabyte in any of my past builds. I've never used Asus boards. I keep coming across many videos claiming that the x570 msi boards are bad, overheat, crappy VRM, etc. User reviews for them are pretty good. But then videos claim that the Asus TUF board is the best in its price range but I've seen mixed user reviews on those. I don't really plan on overclocking but I've also noticed that a lot of information makes it complicated in choosing anything as they are saturated with ram overclocks and infinity fabric and ram speed timing. Main reason I picked out the RAM i did is from a linus video suggesting to be safe is 3600Mhz CL16 so thats what I looked for. This is where I am stumped as this is all seems a bit over complicated then any previous build I have done. So I guess my questions are. What motherboard in the $100 to $250 range would be best? Should all this RAM speed and overclocking actually concern me if I just want to sit down and play some games and do a little bit of creativity?

 

I have always gone back and forth between AMD and Intel, previous to my i5-3570 I had an AMD Phenom II x4 (yeah super old). Ive always had stability in my builds with limited issues that I could easily fix or wait for a driver update and be fine.

Thanks in advance.

 

[boggy77]

If you want to go x570, the asus tuf is indeed better than the msi one. If you are a msi fan, go for one of their excellent b450 boards, just maKe sure to get the max series. So tomahawk max, a-pro max or gaming plus max.

That ram is really good with 3000 series ryzen and you should be able to just enable xmp in bios to get it working at it's rated speed.

The x variants of the amd cpus come with automatic overclocking in the form of precision boost overdrive. This means that when the cpu needs more speed and it has enough power and thermal headroom, it will OC itself. This can be overridden, to set a fixed all core frequencies, but there are few applications when you gen more performance like that than by just letting it do it's thing.

 

TL;DR: get asus x570 or msi b450, enable xmp in bios

[DarkLink661]

Thanks for the reply and added clarification on the CPUs and RAM question. It's not so much being a fan of MSI as it is just what i was kinda used to. I don't mind jumping ship honestly. And after looking at what the B550 will most likely offer, I think I'll stick with x570 just for the extra future proofing. 

 

Also for the Asus TUF gaming motherboard there are 2 versions, one with WiFi and one without. Are they essentially the same board? Because I don't really have a use for the WiFi.

[boggy77]

1 hour ago, DrkLink86 said:

Thanks for the reply and added clarification on the CPUs and RAM question. It's not so much being a fan of MSI as it is just what i was kinda used to. I don't mind jumping ship honestly. And after looking at what the B550 will most likely offer, I think I'll stick with x570 just for the extra future proofing. 

 

Also for the Asus TUF gaming motherboard there are 2 versions, one with WiFi and one without. Are they essentially the same board? Because I don't really have a use for the WiFi.

Same board. So if you don't need wifi, go for the cheaper one.

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[DarkLink661]

@boggy77

Thanks. Long time reader first time poster on these forums. 

[DarkLink661]

Ordered two Asus TUF Gaming x570 plus boards, an R5 3600 and r7 3700x, two Ram kits before they all went off sale. Thanks again @boggy77 for the advice.