1151 x370 z270 ddr4 Intel or Ryzen For Upgrade

[Wulfy96]

So i killed my aging haswell i5 4590k and Z97 Ranger Board. I'm running a 1300x with 8gb of ddr3( because I killed my other stick of ram )which a friend lent to me. I am looking to upgrade to a build that will accommodate my 1080 gpu. I am bit of a fence about another quad core though I know it will be cheaper e.g. 7600k . I thought about getting a i7700k or a ryzen 1700x with 16gb of DDR4 and a board that will overclock it. My cpu cooler is a Noctua DH14 so if I went ryzen I would have to buy the AM4 bracket. So any advice ? I would like a gigabyte or MSI board preferably 

[Guest]

Wait, Ryzen 3 1300X with ddr3?

If that's true, just keep your system, bottlenecks should be minimal with your GTX 1080, unless the games you play are CPU intensive.

[Wulfy96]

Thing is I am just borrowing it from a friend so I give it back when I upgrade its a temporary thing to keep me going

[Armakar]

i5s are even more irrelevant now than Ryzen. Don't waste your time with them, either get Ryzen now or wait for Covfefe lake i3's which are basically i5's.

[SeanAngelo]

13 minutes ago, Wulfy96 said:

So i killed my aging haswell i5 4590k and Z97 Ranger Board. I'm running a 1300x with 8gb of ddr3( because I killed my other stick of ram )which a friend lent to me. I am looking to upgrade to a build that will accommodate my 1080 gpu. I am bit of a fence about another quad core though I know it will be cheaper e.g. 7600k . I thought about getting a i7700k or a ryzen 1700x with 16gb of DDR4 and a board that will overclock it. My cpu cooler is a Noctua DH14 so if I went ryzen I would have to buy the AM4 bracket. So any advice ? I would like a gigabyte or MSI board preferably 

i say get the Ryzen 1600 or wait for Coffee Lake.

[Guest]

Get a ryzen 7 1700, with an X370 motherboard (ASrock taichi boards are quite reliable) with 16GB DDR4 RAM. The cooler does support the AM4 platform but you would need to purchase the AM4 brackets required for mounting the cooler. The AM4 platform with ryzen enables more upgradability in the future, its also less expensive then its intel counterparts and when it comes to gaming/other heavier workloads, ryzen will have the benefits of having more cores/threads. If you want a less expensive alternative, than get a ryzen 5 1600, with a B350 motherboard and 16GB DDR4 RAM.

[Wulfy96]

Yeah, I was thinking x370 if I was going to get ryzen 

[Komplett]

27 minutes ago, Wulfy96 said:

So i killed my aging haswell i5 4590k and Z97 Ranger Board. I'm running a 1300x with 8gb of ddr3( because I killed my other stick of ram )which a friend lent to me. I am looking to upgrade to a build that will accommodate my 1080 gpu. I am bit of a fence about another quad core though I know it will be cheaper e.g. 7600k . I thought about getting a i7700k or a ryzen 1700x with 16gb of DDR4 and a board that will overclock it. My cpu cooler is a Noctua DH14 so if I went ryzen I would have to buy the AM4 bracket. So any advice ? I would like a gigabyte or MSI board preferably 

MSI X370 Gaming Carbon and Ryzen 7 1700 works awesome, mine is overclocked to 3.8GHz at 1.3125V

13 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

i say get the Ryzen 1600 or wait for Coffee Lake.

Coffee Lake is said to be delayed until late 2018

[Wulfy96]

I was also thinking the MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM

[Nicnac]

get ryzen if you need it now, if you can wait, wait for coffee lake maybe, those cpus look promising. also ddr3 wont work on ryzen unfortunately.

On another note though... How did you manage to break so much stuff at once? lol 

[Wulfy96]

Spilt tea on it granted it was 4 years old

[Wulfy96]

Haswell isnt exactly new well devils canyon

[SeanAngelo]

40 minutes ago, Komplett said:

MSI X370 Gaming Carbon and Ryzen 7 1700 works awesome, mine is overclocked to 3.8GHz at 1.3125V

Coffee Lake is said to be delayed until late 2018

uh........ its launching october 5th......

[Wulfy96]

Oh shit might be worth waiting for perharps

[just_dave]

1 hour ago, Wulfy96 said:

I was also thinking the MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM

Garbage

[just_dave]

1 hour ago, Komplett said:

MSI X370 Gaming Carbon and Ryzen 7 1700 works awesome, mine is overclocked to 3.8GHz at 1.3125V

Coffee Lake is said to be delayed until late 2018

Dont recommed MSI mobos.

You can get better for less.

Not worth it.

[Zeitec]

3 hours ago, Komplett said:

MSI X370 Gaming Carbon and Ryzen 7 1700 works awesome, mine is overclocked to 3.8GHz at 1.3125V

Coffee Lake is said to be delayed until late 2018

Nonono coffee lake is a week and a half away. The press kit already got released. It's the mobile  cannon lake chips that are delayed until 2018.