what to buy? Building Recommendation for 2 PC's

[h45e]

Hi All,

I currently have a i7 6700 Skylake but the mainboard SATA ports are starting to stuff up (Every time I restart/boot, I loose a drive. Have to reboot)

 

Now this has got me thinking to buy/upgrade to another computer. I want to build a PCVR system and also a PC Game/Home Office PC. I heard from Gamer's Nexus in one of his video's that a i7 9700K is the best for pure gaming, so I have already got in my old rig a 650W platinum PSU, G-Skill SK Hynix F4-3000C15-8GTZR x 4 (32GB) Ram and a Gigabyte GeForce RTX2070 Super Gaming OC 8GB.

 

I will buy a 2080ti for the PCVR rig and keep the RTX2070S for my PC rig, but should I go down the road of buying a i7 and a motherboard to "upgrade" my PC to a PCVR or should I just get a AMD?

 

Can I use my current ram in a AMD build (I heard that 3000Mhz Ram doesnt work in AMD)

 

Also what is a decent PC to get for PC Games?

 

With PCVR I have a Oculus Quest and I like to cable attach the Quest to the PC in the loungeroom. I have Steam VR Games, Oculus Games and a Subscription to Valve.

With PC, I like playing FPS, Racing, Starcraft etc.

 

Can you knowledgeable folk here in Linus World please guide me in what would be 2 good machines for the next 3 to 5 years at least (so my wife doesnt kill me)

 

Thanks

[dizmo]

Honestly, I wouldn't do that. We're close to the next series of GPU and CPU releases, and you're buying top tier parts. You stand to lose the most in terms of cost to performance. There's a good chance that the 4000 series of Ryzen processors will be on par with Intel for IPC, so you'll either be able to save a ton and get the same cores, or get more cores for the same price.

 

3000mhz RAM works fine with Ryzen.

[h45e]

So dont get Intel? Go AMD? And I can use my old ram? 

[Fatih19]

26 minutes ago, h45e said:

So dont get Intel? Go AMD? And I can use my old ram? 

Wait for Ryzen 4000 processors to drop before buying anything, that's what he was saying.

[h45e]

Thanks, 

What is the eta on that? I only ask because my SATA ports on my MB is starting to fail. 

[Fatih19]

1 hour ago, h45e said:

Thanks, 

What is the eta on that? I only ask because my SATA ports on my MB is starting to fail. 

Intel is around MAY IIRC, AMD is rumoured to be September.