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So I want to upgrade my computer :) 

What I need help with is to chose what CPU I should get. 

I'd like to play games like Dota 2 BF1 Overwatch and stuff, I'd also like to stream a bit for the fun with friends and stuff.

I wouldn't stream BF1 just Dota and OW + dead by daylight and that. 

I was thinking buying a Prime Z270-P + i5 6600K and 16 gigs DDR4 ram, but then again I don't know if it would be worth buying a Z270 board over a Z170. 

Also should i concider Ryzen instead?  also what would a decent aircooler for maybe OC be? 

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10 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

So I want to upgrade my computer :) 

What I need help with is to chose what CPU I should get. 

I'd like to play games like Dota 2 BF1 Overwatch and stuff, I'd also like to stream a bit for the fun with friends and stuff.

I wouldn't stream BF1 just Dota and OW + dead by daylight and that. 

I was thinking buying a Prime Z270-P + i5 6600K and 16 gigs DDR4 ram, but then again I don't know if it would be worth buying a Z270 board over a Z170. 

Also should i concider Ryzen instead?  also what would a decent aircooler for maybe OC be? 

i5's are dying. 

Buy Ryzen 1700 and overclock it to 4.0Ghz with the included Wraith Cooler. It will more or less match 1800X which costs £500. Get cheapest X370 motherboard with 2x8GB DDR4 sticks with about 2666-3000Mhz memory speed.

Streaming will be amazing, gaming will be just fine also.

You get eight cores and sixteen threads so content creation and any rendering will be a lot easier.

If you don't like the RGB on Wraith Cooler, get the Noctua D15 I think? It's AM4 compatible.

This will give you value for years to come. Enjoy.

 

I know you haven't asked about GPU but I'll try to help you in that area also if you need to know.

 

If you have limited budget, I suggest 1060 for 1080P.

If you have medium budget, I suggest 1070 (OR EVEN 1080 USED if it's cheap) for 1080P 120-144Hz monitor - 1440P.

If you can make it rain then 1080 TI with after market cooling.

 

You can also consider RX 580 or cheaper 480 if you can find one used.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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18 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

So I want to upgrade my computer :) 

What I need help with is to chose what CPU I should get. 

I'd like to play games like Dota 2 BF1 Overwatch and stuff, I'd also like to stream a bit for the fun with friends and stuff.

I wouldn't stream BF1 just Dota and OW + dead by daylight and that. 

I was thinking buying a Prime Z270-P + i5 6600K and 16 gigs DDR4 ram, but then again I don't know if it would be worth buying a Z270 board over a Z170. 

Also should i concider Ryzen instead?  also what would a decent aircooler for maybe OC be? 

If you plan to stream or video edit, then you probably should buy the Ryzen 7 1700. More cores and threads.

The geek himself.

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I'd get a 1600 or 1700 instead.

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19 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

i5's are dying. 

Buy Ryzen 1700 and overclock it to 4.0Ghz with the included Wraith Cooler. It will more or less match 1800X which costs £500. Get cheapest X370 motherboard with 2x8GB DDR4 sticks with about 2666-3000Mhz memory speed.

Streaming will be amazing, gaming will be just fine also.

You get eight cores and sixteen threads so content creation and any rendering will be a lot easier.

If you don't like the RGB on Wraith Cooler, get the Noctua D15 I think? It's AM4 compatible.

This will give you value for years to come. Enjoy.

 

I know you haven't asked about GPU but I'll try to help you in that area also if you need to know.

 

If you have limited budget, I suggest 1060 for 1080P.

If you have medium budget, I suggest 1070 (OR EVEN 1080 USED if it's cheap) for 1080P 120-144Hz monitor - 1440P.

If you can make it rain then 1080 TI with after market cooling.

 

You can also consider RX 580 or cheaper 480 if you can find one used.

It's just I've never OC'ed though, but I think maybe a friend of mine can help me out perhaps. 

Didn't really know the i5 were dying, thought i5 was faster than most AMD CPU's. 

GPU i have 1070 Rog strix :) 

4 minutes ago, Being Delirious said:

If you plan to stream or video edit, then you probably should buy the Ryzen 7 1700. More cores and threads.

Okay, is that really better than the i5?

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

I'd get a 1600 or 1700 instead.

I just never had AMD CPU's :) but I'll look more into it.

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Just now, GGWP1337 said:

Okay, is that really better than the i5?

In you're case yes.

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Just now, Being Delirious said:

In you're case yes.

It's just like way more expensive here than i5 6600K 

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Just now, GGWP1337 said:

It's just like way more expensive here than i5 6600K 

You can also get a Ryzen 5 1500 which i believe is cheaper and it has 6 cores and 12 threads.

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5 minutes ago, GGWP1337 said:

It's just I've never OC'ed though, but I think maybe a friend of mine can help me out perhaps. 

Didn't really know the i5 were dying, thought i5 was faster than most AMD CPU's. 

GPU i have 1070 Rog strix :) 

Okay, is that really better than the i5?

I just never had AMD CPU's :) but I'll look more into it.

There are tutorials on YouTube that you can follow to see how to OC Ryzen 1700. TechCity has a nice tutorial you can use.

i5 are dying in sense that for similar price you can get 8 cores instead of 4, and gaming experience is similar. Ryzen is a new CPU with new architecture but AMD proved with their optimisations that it will only get better over time, and it's good as is.

Plus streaming with i5 is not going to be amazing. If you really want Intel CPU then I'd suggest 7700K instead.

Main PC:

CPU: Intel Core i9 13900KS SP 116 (124P-102E) (6.1Ghz P-Cores 4.8Ghz E-cores) MC SP 88

CPU Voltage: LLC8 1.525V (real voltage 1.425V + - Temps 85-90 P-Cores, 70-73 E-cores)

Cooled by: Supercool Direct Die 14th gen full nickel

Motherboard: Z790 ASUS Maximus Apex Encore

RAM: GSkill TridentZ 2x24GB DDR5 8600Mhz CL38 (OC from 8000Mhz CL40)

GPU: RTX MSI 4090 Suprim X with EKWB waterblock

Case: My own case fabricated out of aluminium and wood

Storage: 4x 2TB Sarbent Rocket Plus Gen 4.0 NVMe, 1x External 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Backup)

WiFi: BE202 WiFi 7 Tri-Band card module

PSU: Corsair AX1600i with custom black and red cables with 2x Corsair 5V+ Load Balancer

Display: Samsung Oddysey G9 240Hz Ver. 5120x1440 with G-Sync and Freesync Premium Pro 1008 Firmware Ver, and 1x Electriq USB C 1080p 15'8 inch IPS portable display for temperature and stats, MSI 23'8 144Hz G-Sync

Fan Controllers:  6x AquaComputer Octo with 5 temperature sensors

Cooling: Three Custom Loops:

1st Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for GPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, red coolant

2nd Loop: 5x 480mm XE CoolStream radiators with 1x Revo D5 RGB pump and 1x Rajintek Antila D5 Evo RGB pump for CPU only cooling with 2x Koolance QDC3, purple coolant

3rd Loop: 1x 240mm PE CoolStream radiator with 1x EKWB Revo D5 pump (RAM ONLY)

Total: 5x pumps and 13x radiators 50x 3000RPM Noctua Industrial fans

Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow V3 RGB - Green switches

Sound: Logitech Z680 5.1 THX Certified 505W Speakers

Mouse: Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock

Piano: Yamaha P155

Phone: Oppo Find X5 Pro

Camera: Logitech Brio Pro 4K

VR: Oculus Rift S

External SSD: 256GB Overclocking OS

Laptop: MSI Titan GT77HX V13, RTX 4090 175W, i9 13980HX OC: P-Cores 5.8Ghz 3 cores and 5.2Ghz 5 cores and E-Cores 4.3Ghz, 192GB of RAM @5600Mhz @3600 (chipset limit),

12TB (3x4TB) of NVMe, 17'3 inch 4K 144Hz MiniLED screen, 4x 17'3 ASUS portable USB-C Monitors 240Hz, Creative Sound Blaster G6 Sound Card, Portable 16TB NVMe in TB4 enclosures (8x2TB), Razer Basilisk Ultimate Wireless with charging dock gaming mouse, Keychron K3 gaming keyboard with blue switches low profile, Logitech Brio 4K Webcam.

Hand held: ROG Ally with XG Mobile RTX 3080 with Keychron K3 low profile keyboard (Blue Switches) and Razer Hyperspeed V3 mouse and 4TB NVMe upgrade (WDBlack SN850X), with 100W 20000Mah power bank and portable monitor ROG XG17AHP 17'3 inch 240Hz with built in battery, and 518Wh Power station for Camping.

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24 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

i5's are dying. 

Buy Ryzen 1700 and overclock it to 4.0Ghz with the included Wraith Cooler. It will more or less match 1800X which costs £500. Get cheapest X370 motherboard with 2x8GB DDR4 sticks with about 2666-3000Mhz memory speed.

Streaming will be amazing, gaming will be just fine also.

You get eight cores and sixteen threads so content creation and any rendering will be a lot easier.

If you don't like the RGB on Wraith Cooler, get the Noctua D15 I think? It's AM4 compatible.

This will give you value for years to come. Enjoy.

 

I know you haven't asked about GPU but I'll try to help you in that area also if you need to know.

 

If you have limited budget, I suggest 1060 for 1080P.

If you have medium budget, I suggest 1070 (OR EVEN 1080 USED if it's cheap) for 1080P 120-144Hz monitor - 1440P.

If you can make it rain then 1080 TI with after market cooling.

 

You can also consider RX 580 or cheaper 480 if you can find one used.

I would say a b350 is enough. Almost the same in terms of gaming 

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