Multipurpose build

[jt999]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm fairly new here, or at least I'm new to posting, I've lurked for quite a while.

 

I'm looking to replace my aged i5-4570S build with something a bit more capable and was after some help, I haven't built my own PC in many years so am quite behind the times!

 

I've been looking at Ryzen 1800X or i7-7700K but am stuck to be honest. I use the PC for several things (Plex transcoding, day to day use/office use, multiple VMs in Hyper-V, and for gaming) so I had originally wanted Ryzen but based on reviews not sure which way to go!

I'm not looking to overclock, but based on past experience and my limited knowledge the K series chips appear to have a higher resale value in the future for not a huge premium now, is that a good plan?

 

Parts I already have and would like to reuse:

Cooler Master 212X

Palit GTX 1060 6GB (one day I'll get a 1080Ti or something, but as I don't play anything 'new' it's not a big deal for now)

1x SATA SSD (although swapping for an M.2 SSD might be worth it at a later date? I'm not sure if the real world performance difference will be noticeable, especially as the machine is always on and logged in)

Fractal Design R4 case

4x SATA HDDs as these hold my media

 

Can anyone give me any suggestions on which way to go, Intel or AMD and suggestions on what chip to use and perhaps a motherboard/memory suggestion that doesn't break my bank too much (or at least if it does, give me a reason why so I know why I'm broke!)? I'd need 32GB memory at minimum which I think pretty much anything can support these days?

[genexis_x]

Based on your usage, go for Ryzen CPUs. Other parts are fine but what's your PSU and RAM?

7 minutes ago, jt999 said:

I'd need 32GB memory at minimum which I think pretty much anything can support these days?

16GB is plenty.

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Just now, jt999 said:

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Specify the use, it all depends on that, i.e. ocassional gaming, everyday gaming. Is it like your own personal rig where you game and surf and do a bit of work ?

[jt999]

19 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Based on your usage, go for Ryzen CPUs. Other parts are fine but what's your PSU and RAM?

16GB is plenty.

PSU is a Bequiet 630w, I'll try to dig the model number out if needed, but I assume that amount of power won't be an issue? RAM I'll need to buy as currently have 32GB DDR3. 32GB really is needed in this case as I often run many VMs for testing/labs/training, 16GB won't cut it, I tried for a while until I had to give in and buy another 16GB the last time around  -

19 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Specify the use, it all depends on that, i.e. ocassional gaming, everyday gaming. Is it like your own personal rig where you game and surf and do a bit of work ?

It is my own rig yes, but I use it for work (I'm a home worker working for a large company so dial in with a VPN) during the day as the laptop they provide is too frustratingly slow for me. In evenings occasional gaming would be a good description, but I'm keen to make this every day gaming if I can start to properly enjoy the experience (I suck at most games) and move onto newer games in the future with a more powerful GPU.

On top of that I run Plex media server that is usually transcoding 3-4 concurrent HD videos in the evenings (less so in the daytime) which is quite CPU intensive.

Sometimes I am then also running a chunk of VMs in Hyper-V for testing/labs on top of all of this, not usually too CPU intensive, but quite memory hungry.

 

 

Thank you both for replying so quickly!

[Xenift]

If you are not going to play anything new, i would recommend getting the 1050Ti or 1050, these cards can easily play any game currently, just at a reduced setting.

So the card you buy don't become useless after you get the 1080Ti,

[jt999]

1 minute ago, Xenift said:

If you are not going to play anything new, i would recommend getting the 1050Ti or 1050, these cards can easily play any game currently, just at a reduced setting.

So the card you buy don't become useless after you get the 1080Ti,

Sorry my original post wasn't clear, I already have a 1060 6GB to use, I bought it as the onboard graphics couldn't run my 4k monitor, I only game at 1080p for now though as 4k is unbearable on the 1060

[Xenift]

3 minutes ago, jt999 said:

Sorry my original post wasn't clear, I already have a 1060 6GB to use, I bought it as the onboard graphics couldn't run my 4k monitor, I only game at 1080p for now though as 4k is unbearable on the 1060

Ryzen sounds good tho, but any plan at SLI is better off left on the intel side tbh. (Limited pcie lanes)

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Just now, jt999 said:

Sorry my original post wasn't clear, I already have a 1060 6GB to use, I bought it as the onboard graphics couldn't run my 4k monitor, I only game at 1080p for now though as 4k is unbearable on the 1060

You should go for Ryzen, it makes sense for you, and maybe you can do some light gaming while rendering to kill time. Rest, I don't think you are not aware off, you already made your way through it. But for GPU, if you can, wait for Vega anyways the 1060 will do a good job for you till then, it's only a month or two away.

M.2 will be a good option for you for rendering videos in.

And no need to thank dude, that's what this community is for 

[jt999]

10 minutes ago, Xenift said:

Ryzen sounds good tho, but any plan at SLI is better off left on the intel side tbh. (Limited pcie lanes)

I have no current plans for SLI, perhaps one day if I need highest of everything at 4k, but I'm not that fussy!  yet

10 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

You should go for Ryzen, it makes sense for you, and maybe you can do some light gaming while rendering to kill time. Rest, I don't think you are not aware off, you already made your way through it. But for GPU, if you can, wait for Vega anyways the 1060 will do a good job for you till then, it's only a month or two away.

M.2 will be a good option for you for rendering videos in.

And no need to thank dude, that's what this community is for 

Thanks, I'll go that route then, I assume any of the X370 boards will be a good choice?

No plans to replace GPU just yet, certainly not before I see the AMD alternative or the next gen Nvidia release. With Plex testing hardware transcoding and Nvidia limiting the streams to 2 the AMD alternative might be a better choice anyway

 

I'll perhaps add an M.2 to the list, might be easier to put that in during build rather than try to put it in further down the road I guess!

 

And I am still thankful

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Just now, jt999 said:

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Check this out for motherboard, and pick whatever you think you want to do with your pc, all explained here

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/chipsets/am4

And Welcome 

[genexis_x]

56 minutes ago, jt999 said:

but I assume that amount of power won't be an issue?

If it's a quality PSU then it's not an issue.

[jt999]

27 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Check this out for motherboard, and pick whatever you think you want to do with your pc, all explained here

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/chipsets/am4

And Welcome 

Looks like I'm stuck with X370 purely down to my storage requirements if I want the 4x NVME drive, as I'll need "4 SATA plus 1 x4 NVM", unless I get a PCIe SATA card or something I guess but they look untidy and one day I may end up with a windowed case. I guess it's not a bad thing, just will have many unused features.

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Just now, jt999 said:

Looks like I'm stuck with X370 purely down to my storage requirements as I'll need "4 SATA plus 1 x4 NVM", unless I get a PCIe SATA card or something I guess but they look untidy and one day I may end up with a windowed case. I guess it's not a bad thing, just will have many unused features.

Not unused, but future up-gradation potential ports... Nothing in a PC is extra 

[jt999]

Just now, Zackbare said:

Not unused, but future up-gradation potential ports... Nothing in a PC is extra 

I like your phrasing there, that'll be what I tell the girlfriend when she sees how much money I've spent!