I would like some advice please.

[Sparkythewondersquid]

Budget ($800 USD): 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: No Man's Sky, Fallout (various) RPG and shooters.

Other details I have a Zotac 1080Ti GPU I wish to continue to use NZXT M22 AIO, Corsair 1000w power supply and Samsung Por 970 M.2 along with 3 2.5 SSD.

 

I have about $800 to spend I want to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard. I could do a z490 and i5 10600k and have some money left for other things (New AIO more fans, better mouse) or go with, I would get MSI Gaming force z590 and i5 11600k since this would support PCIe 4.0 I could get a M.2 Samsung 980 pro. If I go with the 10th gen I could get the MSI MEG Unify and i5 10600k leaving me with enough to get (I really want to upgrade my case and AIO) Since getting a new GPU is not an option I will continue to use my Nvidia 1080Ti. Opinions and advice would be welcome. Thank you.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Why not amd?

You could spend >500$ on a good b550  (say b550-f gaming) gand a 5600x (better than a 10600k). Then you have 300$ to spend in new aio or whatever.

[Sparkythewondersquid]

5 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Why not amd?

You could spend >500$ on a good b550  (say b550-f gaming) gand a 5600x (better than a 10600k). Then you have 300$ to spend in new aio or whatever.

That is some great advice. I shopped AMD but could not find anything in the price range you suggest with the features I would like (See MSI Z590 Gaming Force) THe CPU itself is $400.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

17 minutes ago, Sparkythewondersquid said:

That is some great advice. I shopped AMD but could not find anything in the price range you suggest with the features I would like (See MSI Z590 Gaming Force) THe CPU itself is $400.

What features do you want exactly that the z590 gaming force has?

[Sparkythewondersquid]

3 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

What features do you want exactly that the z590 gaming force has?

First off it supports PCIe 4.0 I like that it has a "debug" display I love that is has BOIS Flashback plenty of USB on the rear panel and 2.5 GB Ethernet and the M.2 slot 1 is CPU ran.

[curiousmind34]

7 minutes ago, Sparkythewondersquid said:

First off it supports PCIe 4.0 I like that it has a "debug" display I love that is has BOIS Flashback plenty of USB on the rear panel and 2.5 GB Ethernet and the M.2 slot 1 is CPU ran.

Seems like you are in the market for an x570 board instead of a b550.

 

edit: it seems like a good b550 board can actually have all these features without being x570

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, Sparkythewondersquid said:

First off it supports PCIe 4.0 I like that it has a "debug" display I love that is has BOIS Flashback plenty of USB on the rear panel and 2.5 GB Ethernet and the M.2 slot 1 is CPU ran.

I know the b550-f gaming has bios flashback, plenty of rear USB, and the first m2 is CPU. I'd have to check for a debug display.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

Just now, curiousmind34 said:

Seems like you are in the market for an x570 board instead of a b550.

Most b550s have this. Unless you need more than one gen4 m2, there's little point in x570.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

3 minutes ago, Sparkythewondersquid said:

First off it supports PCIe 4.0 I like that it has a "debug" display I love that is has BOIS Flashback plenty of USB on the rear panel and 2.5 GB Ethernet and the M.2 slot 1 is CPU ran.

The strix b550f gaming has a 2 eight segment debug display.

And 7 rear USB.

[Sparkythewondersquid]

2 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

Seems like you are in the market for an x570 board instead of a b550.

Yes but the MSI Unify AMD version is $100 more ans the CPU is $150 more so it kind of limits me to just those items.

[Sparkythewondersquid]

I guess no one has an opinion besides AMD that you can't get?

[Sparkythewondersquid]

I did find an AMD board that has everything I want and can fit in my price range. The board is Asrock b550 TaiChi. It says needs BIOS update for 5000 series. I'm looking at a 5600x (will have to wait but I can preorder.) The USB instability issue is a concern so I have been an "Intel Guy" for many years and would love to be converted. does this sound like a good build to give me say 5 or 6 years of good service? Thank you