New CPU & Mobo recommendations

[Daniel_1104]

Hi guys so I have a couple of questions about my new upgrade. I currently have a i7 3770k OC @ 4.7GHz which is starting to be 100% in some games. I’m looking to get a Zen 3 and was going to get a 5700x but there isn’t one atm. So i’ll get the 5800x which has had a price hike in the UK and is closely priced to the 5900x now being £100 price difference. So which one should I choose? As you can tell from my current build I don’t upgrade my CPU much so that has me leaning towards the 5900x. I won’t be using either CPU to it’s potential right now as I don’t really do any productivity tasks, so I mainly want the extra cores for “future proofing” and the slightly clock boost. Let me know which one you think will be the better choose of the 2 CPUs?

 

I also need a new mobo too and I don’t really know too much about them and won’t know what to pick between a B550 or X570. I don’t think i’ll be taking advantage of the extra CPU lanes of the x570. Also I really like to OC so I want something good at OC. So if someone could recommend me a good mobo that would be great?

[boggy77]

if you're mostly gaming, i'd go with the 5600x

as for mobo, the asus tuf b550 is very good and affordable.

[MarvintheParrot]

IMO, if you don't need the power, don't pay the extra money for it, and put that money towards something else, like that x570 mobo. If I were you, what I would do is go with a Ryzen 5 3600 or 3700x, and then go with an x570 mobo. The only real difference between x570 and B550 is PCIe gen 4. Also, I think that only x570 boards can support SLI.

[Zonal]

I don’t really have any mobo recommendations, but I know that there are a few with the gen 4 pcie and new m.2 stuff.

[Stygian Zenith]

@jsugarman2005 stf. Both have have pice gen 4 and both can support sli. Either those cpus will be good @Daniel_1104 at the rate you upgrade. 

[MarvintheParrot]

26 minutes ago, Stygian Zenith said:

@jsugarman2005 stf. Both have have pice gen 4 and both can support sli. Either those cpus will be good @Daniel_1104 at the rate you upgrade. 

Sorry! I thought they were talking about B450! My bad!