Posted August 14, 2017 Hi guys, I am looking to upgrade my current CPU, motherboard and RAM with something newer and overclockable. I currently have a i5 3450 in an Asus motherboard (not sure the exact model number) ; with 8GB of hyper x blu memory. I have been looking at i5 7600k's and AMD 1600x's for my build but am not sure if there are better options for a similar price. I was looking to spend about £400 on the three components. Any help would be great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, Bulldog651 said: Hi guys, I am looking to upgrade my current CPU, motherboard and RAM with something newer and overclockable. I currently have a i5 3450 in an Asus motherboard (not sure the exact model number) ; with 8GB of hyper x blu memory. I have been looking at i5 7600k's and AMD 1600x's for my build but am not sure if there are better options for a similar price. I was looking to spend about £400 on the three components. Any help would be great. Thanks. AMD Ryzen is pretty much the way to go for what you want. I suck a typing, preparw for typos. Desktop CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x MOBO: MSI X570-A Pro RAM: 32 GB Corsair DDR4 GPUS: Gigabyte GTX 1660ti OC 6G CASE: Corsair Carbide 100R STORAGE: Samsung Evo 960 500GB, Crucial P1 M.2 NVME 1TB PSU: Corsair CX550M CPU COOLER: Corsair H100x LAPTOP Apple Macbook Pro 13 M1 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)Total: $404.85Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-14 09:32 EDT-0400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 Author Just now, RaptorCandy said: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)Total: $404.85Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-14 09:32 EDT-0400 That's great, thank you. Just one question, is the 1600x much different to the 1600? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 and if you think you don't need the 6c/12t just go for the r5 1500x with 4c/8t and save some money for icecream uni student // at war with Siemens software // wife haver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 Author 3 minutes ago, another random person said: AMD Ryzen is pretty much the way to go for what you want. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Bulldog651 said: That's great, thank you. Just one question, is the 1600x much different to the 1600? On 4/14/2017 at 10:56 PM, sgloux3470 said: The only difference between the 1600 and 1600x is silicon lottery. I would really strongly recommend just getting the 1600. Almost all Ryzen chips so far can hit 3.7 GHz on all cores and you probably don't even need to manually adjust the voltage. The 1600X will only net you 100 MHz extra speed. My 1600 hits 3.9 Ghz at 1.36v no problems, although 4.0 GHz wants more voltage than I want to give it. Most Ryzen chips will hit 3.7-3.9 GHz with reasonable voltage, which is faster than the stock 1600X. As for memory, it's all variable right now. There will be further updates that will fix this, but for now you are better off assuming that you won't hit 3200 MHz. Personally, I was able to hit 2933 MHz no problems but 3200 MHz won't post regardless of what I tweak. (And with post times being so shit, I haven't bothered to spend a ton of time trying different tweaks.) It is possible that in the future this will change depending on how aggressive AMD's binning becomes. But right now it seems that there are plenty of high quality silicon being "downgraded" to lower end chips to meet sales demand. The FX8300 series went through something similar, where all newer 8320 and 8350 chips overclocked way worse than the 8370, 9370 or 9590 counterparts late in its life despite the early production chips reaching great clockspeeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Bulldog651 said: That's great, thank you. Just one question, is the 1600x much different to the 1600? the 1600x difference is it boosts higher than the 1600 out of the box. if you oc them to the same speed they will perform the same uni student // at war with Siemens software // wife haver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 Author Just now, Heinz57 said: the 1600x difference is it boosts higher than the 1600 out of the box. if you oc them to the same speed they will perform the same Ah that's fine then, I'll get the 1600 and oc, thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 14, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, RaptorCandy said: Cheers for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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