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So I have an AMD a10 apu and I am looking for an upgrade 

At first I had my eyes on an Asus z170 with an i5-7600k 

But bow the new ryzen 5 is launching soon and the 1600x is sitting at 249$(230euros)

Is it worth it go for a 150$ am4 motherboard and the new 1600x or a z170 with an 7600k?

 

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Depends, if you're a hardcore content creater, get the 1600x and mobo. 

 

If you really don't care about content, or you do a little bit, get the 7600k

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6 minutes ago, Fisting Master said:

Well the PC is meant for 1080p gaming and I have an RX 470 that should work smoothly with both of them 

Also according  to AMD the 1600x is 65% faster than the 7600k but I mean it is AMD what would they say

 

That's only for multi core workloads. If you do any sort of content creation then it might be at least around 50% faster when all cores can be used, but in single threaded workloads it'll fall behind.

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31 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Ryzen 5 is showing some promising single-core performance in price range, so it may outperform intel.

Really? I guess I misread op's post. I didn't see him ask about waiting for ryzen. All I saw was if it was worth it to get a amd mobo and cpu or get a z170 with 7600k

 

 

Nope as he says down below.

 

37 minutes ago, Fisting Master said:

s it worth it go for a 150$ am4 motherboard and the new 1600x or a z170 with an 7600k?

 

CPU - i7-4790k

GPU - MSI 980 Ti 

Mobo - MSI Z97 Gaming 5

Memory - 32 GB DDR3

Storage - 3.4 TB

 

Full List : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sPgN8d

 

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