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Best Ryzen 1700x upgrade path.

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Hi all,

Currently rocking a Ryzen 1700x, Crosshair VI Hero motherboard, 32GB DDR4 (2666Mhz) RAM and RTX 3070 TI.

I'm looking at possible upgrades as I want a bit more performance, and was looking at the following options:

* Stay with AM4, upgrade CPU to a 5800X3D (confirmed compatible with BIOS 8503).

* Upgrade to AM5, upgrade CPU, motherboard and ram.

 

What would you guys suggest, as AM4 is now not getting any further upgrade paths for the future because of AM50.

Kind regards,

Shane

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I would almost certainly go for the AM4 Final Form. Its cheaper and only marginally slower (5800x3d) than the current AM5 counter parts in games.

 

You can still upgrade GPU with the AM4 platform and if and when you go AM5/6 or Intel current gen you can take the gpu with you so its still an upgrade path.

 

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1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Budget wise cant beat a 5800x3d and your board is good so that will more than do

 

Dont recommend am5 cuz its a bit costly for what you get

 

What cooler so you have rn?

Hi, thanks for the response, currently have an H80i GT cooler.

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4 minutes ago, Shane Martin said:

Hi, thanks for the response, currently have an H80i GT cooler.

Yeah that wont do you'll need somthing better too

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2700X -> 5800X3D. Compete game changer. Now my GPU is constantly and always the bottleneck. If you have the choice to go all the way to the peak why not? Fresh stock of 5800X3D's won't last too long.

 

Tho it's a hot boi and makes my 280AIO live up to it's purpose.

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1 hour ago, Shane Martin said:

Hi all,

Currently rocking a Ryzen 1700x, Crosshair VI Hero motherboard, 32GB DDR4 (2666Mhz) RAM and RTX 3070 TI.

I'm looking at possible upgrades as I want a bit more performance, and was looking at the following options:

* Stay with AM4, upgrade CPU to a 5800X3D (confirmed compatible with BIOS 8503).

* Upgrade to AM5, upgrade CPU, motherboard and ram.

 

What would you guys suggest, as AM4 is now not getting any further upgrade paths for the future because of AM50.

Kind regards,

Shane

The 5800X3D offers 120% the performance of a 5700X for 160% the price. And the 5700X would be a huge upgrade too.

 

The 5800X3D is comparable to a Ryzen 7 7700X and Intel i7 12700 in games.

With it you can skip Ryzen 7000 and probably even 8000. And it's cheaper than going with a new board, CPU and RAM.

 

Also, the 5800X3D does not care about the RAM speed that much. Regular Zen3 gets noticeably bottlenecked with RAM under 3000, Zen 3 3D doesn't care.

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If you get high temps with that H100 I would send it back and go to air.

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2 hours ago, Shane Martin said:

Thank you for all your replies, you guys are awesome.

Bit the bullet and going this route:

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The h100i is quite old and out of date. Dont do well on am4. Id get a liquid freezer II or just an air cooler like a thermalright 120 or ak 620 all better

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