Posted August 13, 2017 7 years ago I purchased a computer with a ASUS M4a79T deluxe mother board, AMD Phenom IIx6 1090T cpu, 16 Gb ddr3 ram, AMD Firepro W2100 graphics card I upgraded last year and a 950 Watt Corsair power supply. I use two monitors and use different Cad programs and Flight Simulation programs. I will be using US dollars. I don't want to wait until my computer dies so I'm looking to upgrade now. I would like to keep as much as possible of what i have. I'm looking for a 4.7 to 5.0 g cpu. I know if I keep the same ram I'm limitied to a few processors. I'm asking for advise which way to go without spending no more than $200.00 for the mother board and $300 to $400 for the cpu. I Thank You for any help. Greg Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($126.99 @ Newegg) Total: $500.96Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-12 21:15 EDT-0400 I don't know why you're basing everything off frequency when ipc and core count matters too. Make sure to quote me or tag me when responding to me, or I might not know you replied! Examples: Do this: Quote And make sure you do it by hitting the quote button at the bottom left of my post, and not the one inside the editor! Or this: @DocSwag Buy whatever product is best for you, not what product is "best" for the market. Interested in computer architecture? Still in middle or high school? P.M. me! I love computer hardware and feel free to ask me anything about that (or phones). I especially like SSDs. But please do not ask me anything about Networking, programming, command line stuff, or any relatively hard software stuff. I know next to nothing about that. Compooters: Spoiler Desktop: Spoiler CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync) Home Server: Spoiler CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter? Laptop (I use it for school): Spoiler Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050 And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 Its hard to find any cpu below 400$ that will go to 4.7Ghz or even 5.0Ghz unless youre an overclocking magician. Most cpu's without proper cooling would become way too hot and unstable at those clock speeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 The AMD FX 9590 is the only retail processor with clock speeds that high. However, the performance is actually worse than even 3rd gen Core i5 processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 Ya why you need 5GHz lol go with whats suggested above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 Clock speeds are not as important as they used to be. The fastest clocked CPU other than the AMD FX 9590 will be the Core i7-8700K @ 4.7 GHz for a single core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 13, 2017 Author I'm glad I asked for the advise I recieved and like what your saying. i will take your advise and learn more about ipc, cores etc. before buying. Thanks to everyone. Greg Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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