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2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

And another 1-2 months for the CPUs to be in stock and not sold out xD

Just gotta click really fast, but there should be plenty of the lower end chips to go around

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So my buddy is was running of his first ever PC build. He currently has it paired with a 6970. His Mobo just died and he is looking to upgrade instead of replacing. Should I convince him to wait it out for Ryzen or should he just go with an I5? 

CPU: Ryzen R7 1800x (4.0GHz) | AIO: Master Liquid Pro 240 | MOBO:  MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM

 

 RAM:  Gskill TridentZ RGB 3200(16gb) | GPU: Evga FTW ACX  3.0 GTX 1080(2x)

                                                             

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it just depends on his situation can he wait does he have a second computer he can use laptop etc does he need his computer. if he needs another computer go with an i5 but if he doesnt need it immediately waiting cant hurt if ryzen is actually decent it may even lower the prices of the i5 

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3 minutes ago, SoloDolo said:

So my buddy is was running of his first ever PC build. He currently has it paired with a 6970. His Mobo just died and he is looking to upgrade instead of replacing. Should I convince him to wait it out for Ryzen or should he just go with an I5? 

Try to convince him to get an i7... If he doesn't want an i7

WAIT FOR RYZENxD

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13 minutes ago, SoloDolo said:

So my buddy is was running of his first ever PC build. He currently has it paired with a 6970. His Mobo just died and he is looking to upgrade instead of replacing. Should I convince him to wait it out for Ryzen or should he just go with an I5? 

Literally a 2-3 week wait for potentially a lot more overall performance for the money, if nothing else it looks like Ryzen will offer a 4c/4t chip that can overclock for under $150

 

wait if at all possible

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Literally a 2-3 week wait

And another 1-2 months for the CPUs to be in stock and not sold out xD

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

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2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

And another 1-2 months for the CPUs to be in stock and not sold out xD

Just gotta click really fast, but there should be plenty of the lower end chips to go around

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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I was able to convince him to wait! He's also gonna save up a bit more and update to an RX 480 alongside a new CPU. All hail the master race. 

CPU: Ryzen R7 1800x (4.0GHz) | AIO: Master Liquid Pro 240 | MOBO:  MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM

 

 RAM:  Gskill TridentZ RGB 3200(16gb) | GPU: Evga FTW ACX  3.0 GTX 1080(2x)

                                                             

                             SSD: Samsung Evo 250gb | HSSD: Seagate 2TB | Case: InWin 303 Black | PSU: Evga 210 1000w

 

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