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Looking to upgrade my rig partially.  I plan to go with an i9-9900 so I need a new motherboard.  Problem is, I haven’t done a build in a few years now and trying to figure out what is decent right now for mobo’s is a nightmare.  It seems everyone has some sort of problem with every manufacturer.  Anyone know of a reliable Z390 board that’s fairly easy to OC with?  Trying to get some help from people with experience vice just reading disgruntled reviews from unhappy customers at this point.  Thanks in advance.

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2 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

It seems everyone has some sort of problem with every manufacturer

Certainly when it comes to going with Intel's 9900. It's locked so it cant even show its only advantage to Ryzen, and Intel's cutting board compatibility with next gen again so buying it today is still a bad idea when ignoring Ryzen.

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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5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Certainly when it comes to going with Intel's 9900. It's locked so it cant even show its only advantage to Ryzen, and Intel's cutting board compatibility with next gen again so buying it today is still a bad idea when ignoring Ryzen.

Well if I were to move over to AMD, what’s the Ryzen equivalent to the 9900?  And what’s a good/higher board?  Been intel this entire time so haven’t looked much at AMD.

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3 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

Well if I were to move over to AMD, what’s the Ryzen equivalent to the 9900?  And what’s a good/higher board?  Been intel this entire time so haven’t looked much at AMD.

get a 3900x
It's a far better chip considering you can do tons of things that you can't with the i9-9900
Get a good motherboard, I'd prefer Asus strix ones for build quality and longevity.
You'll se debates about intel's single core performance and extra fps and so on.
But the ryzen 3rd gen's ipc is better than intel. Linus mentioned in a video that considering the ipc rates, ryzen is somewhere like 5.03gHz and intel like 5.1gHz when the exact task is considered.
If i were in your shoes, I would've gone for r9-3900x.
Btw, I have a i5-9600k and I was a intel fanboy until ryzen 3rd gen

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8 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

Well if I were to move over to AMD, what’s the Ryzen equivalent to the 9900?  And what’s a good/higher board?  Been intel this entire time so haven’t looked much at AMD.

ryzen 7 3700x/ryzen 9 3900x with "msi b450 tomahawk max" or "asus prime x570-P"

I Use my knowledge as business owner and self taught technician aswell as an AI to help people. AI might be controversial but it actually works pretty well 90% of the time.

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11 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

Well if I were to move over to AMD, what’s the Ryzen equivalent to the 9900?  And what’s a good/higher board?  Been intel this entire time so haven’t looked much at AMD.

Ryzen 7 3700X if you want the same performance for less. Ryzen 9 3900X if you want 50% more cores at the same price

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So, would something like this build be along the right path?  The PSU, GPU and case are carryovers from my current build.  The CPU, cooling, mobo, and RAM would all be purchased for upgrade.  Any comments or recommended changes?  

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $434.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $189.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $299.00 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $349.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12 GB Superclocked Video Card  
Case Thermaltake Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1272.98
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-18 05:42 EDT-0400  

 

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5 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

So, would something like this build be along the right path?  The PSU, GPU and case are carryovers from my current build.  The CPU, cooling, mobo, and RAM would all be purchased for upgrade.  Any comments or recommended changes?  

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $434.00 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $189.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard $299.00 @ B&H
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $349.99 @ Newegg
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12 GB Superclocked Video Card  
Case Thermaltake Core V31 ATX Mid Tower Case  
Power Supply Corsair 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1272.98
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-18 05:42 EDT-0400  

 

Drop the water cooler. A Dark Rock Slim or hell, even the stock Wraith Prism, are enough for the 3900X.

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19 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Drop the water cooler. A Dark Rock Slim or hell, even the stock Wraith Prism, are enough for the 3900X.

Really, the stock cooler provided is enough cooling?  I mainly game so I suppose I’m not even gonna be fully loading a 12 core CPU.

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11 minutes ago, Xion2552 said:

Really, the stock cooler provided is enough cooling?  I mainly game so I suppose I’m not even gonna be fully loading a 12 core CPU.

As long as you're running stock, yes. aMD have pretty good stock coolers. Google the Wraith Prism so that you get an idea. It's not a tiny aluminium block like the intel ones, it has heatpipes, a copper coldplate and a decent DBB fan

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Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $349.99 @ Newegg
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

I would go for faster ram since you are paying this much for ram.With AMD's Infinity fabric technology Ryzen chips tends to get faster with faster RAM.

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6 hours ago, BaruBakedQue21 said:

I would go for faster ram since you are paying this much for ram.With AMD's Infinity fabric technology Ryzen chips tends to get faster with faster RAM.

What would you recommend then, I honestly was just going with a brand I knew tbh.

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