Switching to Ryzen?

[seanwlk]

Hello guys I'd like to have some opinions. 

I currently have an i5-7500 with a msi b250m . I wanted to move to AMD and i was looking for a Ryzen 7 3700x which i think has good value for the price. I cant figure out which motherboard should i get though. Either a B450 or a x570. My current build has 3 years and i'd like to do 3 or 4 more with this new one even if it's just replacing parts.

I will keep:

- GTX 1060 6GB (I play games but i honestly dont care about high details and stuff, and end up putting all low since i play fps games)

- EVGA 600 W  80plus bronze PSU (please tell if you think i should change this too)

- 1TB Samsung 970Evo NVMe

- NZXT RL-KRX62-02 Kraken X62 liquid cooler

- NZXT h500 case

 

Currently the CPU goes for 315€ on Amazon. The goal would be to stay within the 500/550€ budget for:

- CPU

- Board

- RAM, because atm i have 2x8GB Corsair valueselect 2133MHz (and the CPU needs 3200MHz ones (?) )

 

First problem would be the board, i'm not sure if i really need an x570 instead of a b450. So far the only thing that came up to me is the PCIe 4 missing on the b450. I'm not sure i'd even need it but who knows.

The second issue would be the RAM, i just dont know what to get to stay within the price. Was looking on some g skill trident z 3200Mhz , 2x8GB currently 116€ on amazon and assuming i'll take these, it would be 116+315= 431€ so wouldnt leave much margin for the motherboard.

[Shooterdude34]

32 minutes ago, seanwlk said:

Hello guys I'd like to have some opinions. 

I currently have an i5-7500 with a msi b250m . I wanted to move to AMD and i was looking for a Ryzen 7 3700x which i think has good value for the price. I cant figure out which motherboard should i get though. Either a B450 or a x570. My current build has 3 years and i'd like to do 3 or 4 more with this new one even if it's just replacing parts.

I will keep:

- GTX 1060 6GB (I play games but i honestly dont care about high details and stuff, and end up putting all low since i play fps games)

- EVGA 650 W  80plus PSU (please tell if you think i should change this too)

- 1TB Samsung 970Evo NVMe

- NZXT RL-KRX62-02 Kraken X62 liquid cooler

- NZXT h500 case

 

Currently the CPU goes for 315€ on Amazon. The goal would be to stay within the 500/550€ budget for:

- CPU

- Board

- RAM, because atm i have 2x8GB Corsair valueselect 2133MHz (and the CPU needs 3200MHz ones (?) )

 

First problem would be the board, i'm not sure if i really need an x570 instead of a b450. So far the only thing that came up to me is the PCIe 4 missing on the b450. I'm not sure i'd even need it but who knows.

The second issue would be the RAM, i just dont know what to get to stay within the price. Was looking on some g skill trident z 3200Mhz , 2x8GB currently 116€ on amazon and assuming i'll take these, it would be 116+315= 431€ so wouldnt leave much margin for the motherboard.

theres only a few reasons to get x570

- you need memory higher than 3600mhz

- you need gen 4 ssd's

-you need pcie gen 4

-you have the budget and want to future proof your system

 

otherwise a good b450 board is a much better choice for the price. ram you can get a set of 3000 mhz ram and just overclock it. the set im running was $70 (granted no rgb) but it runs at 3200 and i could push it higher if i wanted to. youll have to pay more if you wanted rgb

[Meganter]

Hello,

 

For pure gaming, I'd recommend a 3600 instead as the performance are the same (more or less).

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€177.99 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€100.80 @ Alza
Memory	Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€83.89 @ Alternate
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€101.70 @ Mindfactory
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€464.38
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-24 10:43 CET+0100

 

I added a PSU because you didn't mention exactly which one you have. If it's a good one, remove it and get a 3700x.

[seanwlk]

Thank you guys, i ended up getting the 3700x and i found an MSI B450 Tomahawk Max for 116€. For the RAM i went for Crucial Ballistix RGB, 3200 MHz that i found for 97€. Ended up paying 530€ for cpu ram and motherboard. Quite acceptable i believe. 

As per the PSU i got an EVGA 600W 80plus bronze which i believe will serve me for 3/4 more years. Unless you advise otherwise

[Meganter]

3 hours ago, seanwlk said:

As per the PSU i got an EVGA 600W 80plus bronze which i believe will serve me for 3/4 more years. Unless you advise otherwise

Really depends of the model, EVGA have good and bad units.

[seanwlk]

14 hours ago, Plouffe said:

Really depends of the model, EVGA have good and bad units.

Found the box , I don't see a particular model written. 

It served me well till now , hope it will continue.

[Meganter]

Yes it's a very bad unit...