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Hello , 

I currently am running 2500k on a Gigabyte UD3 mobo and Hyper 212x cooler with 16gb ram and a GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming. 

I use my computer for gaming, programming/work and Video and Photo Editing. I'm mainly thinking of upgrading my CPU to have more threads to help with the video editing. 

PS my gaming is done on a 4k 60hz panel and I am more for the cinematic of games than raw performance and I also watch 4k content when available. My 2500k performs just fine in all games I play so it's not really an upgrade aimed for gaming. 

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/2Dd6VY

 

What do you guys think about this upgrade path? Any other options?

 

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4 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

Hello , 

I currently am running 2500k on a Gigabyte UD3 mobo and Hyper 212x cooler with 16gb ram and a GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming. 

I use my computer for gaming, programming/work and Video and Photo Editing. I'm mainly thinking of upgrading my CPU to have more threads to help with the video editing. 

PS my gaming is done on a 4k 60hz panel and I am more for the cinematic of games than raw performance and I also watch 4k content when available. My 2500k performs just fine in all games I play so it's not really an upgrade aimed for gaming. 

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/2Dd6VY

 

What do you guys think about this upgrade path? Any other options?

 

You're gonna want faster ram for Ryzen, especially for gaming. Also, the 1700 is gonna be quite a bit better for your work stuff, although 12 threads vs your current 4 is gonna be a lot

 

 

Its pricy (I didn't) try and get either CAS 14 3200mhz or CAS 16 3600mhz 

 

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1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

You're gonna want faster ram for Ryzen, especially for gaming. Also, the 1700 is gonna be quite a bit better for your work stuff, although 12 threads vs your current 4 is gonna be a lot

 

 

Its pricy (I didn't) try and get either CAS 14 3200mhz or CAS 16 3600mhz 

CAS 14 3000 MHz RAM is also B-Die :) 

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2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

You're gonna want faster ram for Ryzen, especially for gaming. Also, the 1700 is gonna be quite a bit better for your work stuff, although 12 threads vs your current 4 is gonna be a lot

 

 

Its pricy (I didn't) try and get either CAS 14 3200mhz or CAS 16 3600mhz 

 

the differnce is huge here in NZ and cannot justify the cost 

$350 for 1600 and $500 for 1700 :(

 

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4 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

the differnce is huge here in NZ and cannot justify the cost 

$350 for 1600 and $500 for 1700 :(

 

That's fair enough, you really need to get faster ram though, I ran benchmarks of my build on 4790k prior to the refresh and then with 2133, 2666 and now 2933

 

2133 MHz (could be 2400)

 

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2933 MHz today

 

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so like 6 - 7 FPS jump (this is also at 1440P, expect bigger jumps at 1080P, smaller at 4k but % will be the same) I cant get 3200mhz yet

 

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12 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

You're gonna want faster ram for Ryzen, especially for gaming. Also, the 1700 is gonna be quite a bit better for your work stuff, although 12 threads vs your current 4 is gonna be a lot

 

 

Its pricy (I didn't) try and get either CAS 14 3200mhz or CAS 16 3600mhz 

 

Thoughts on this then? https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/6MC2nn

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14 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

You're gonna want faster ram for Ryzen, especially for gaming. Also, the 1700 is gonna be quite a bit better for your work stuff, although 12 threads vs your current 4 is gonna be a lot

 

 

Its pricy (I didn't) try and get either CAS 14 3200mhz or CAS 16 3600mhz 

 

Unless i budget out on the Mobo to get 1700 https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/cvcPcc  and i dont thats worth it 

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5 minutes ago, Flavlus said:

Unless i budget out on the Mobo to get 1700 https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/cvcPcc  and i dont thats worth it 

I mean you really don't need a X370 motherboard. The b350 is a good chipset and the r7 1700 is a really good cpu. That being said the 1600 is a fantastic deal too. Either way you are getting a good cpu. 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($343.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($240.00 @ DTC Systems)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($236.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Total: $819.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 11:42 NZST+1200

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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Just now, Brooksie359 said:

I mean you really don't need a X370 motherboard. The b350 is a good chipset and the r7 1700 is a really good cpu. That being said the 1600 is a fantastic deal too. Either way you are getting a good cpu. 

 

Its not about the chipset really its more about this being a micro ATX that looks budget adn not many features

 

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Also the X370 motherboards aren't worth it unless you want to sli or crossfire Tbh so getting a b350 motherboard isn't a bad idea at all.

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1 minute ago, stealth80 said:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($343.00 @ 1stWave Technologies)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($240.00 @ DTC Systems)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($243.00 @ Paradigm PCs)
Total: $826.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 11:41 NZST+1200
 

Hmm i chose the other MOBO so i can have my Black and Blue theme .. Probably should have mentioned that 

 

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Just now, Flavlus said:

Its not about the chipset really its more about this being a micro ATX that looks budget adn not many features

 

Yeah I guess if you really need all the features of the other motherboard. The 1600 is still a beast of a cpu so if you want to go for that I would just say go for it. 

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1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

Also the X370 motherboards aren't worth it unless you want to sli or crossfire Tbh so getting a b350 motherboard isn't a bad idea at all.

I want ATX not micro ATX in my tower preferably 

 

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