I am helping a friend re-build his PC. He is currently running a Fx-8350 @4.7ghz and a R9 Fury. He is gaming at standard 27inch 1080p. For the most part this setup still works quite well for 1080p gaming but he wants to upgrade. So far Im leaning to go with a Vega 64 so he can utilize a FreeSync Ultrawide monitor. How are the drivers for Vega thus far? Is this setup worth it compared to a GTX 1080 and Gysnc monitor? Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KnYCGf/by_merchant/ CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Biostar - X370GT3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($107.80 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($207.90 @ Amazon) Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB Video Card ($504.98 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design - Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg) Monitor: LG - 34UC79G-B 34.0" 2560x1080 144Hz Monitor ($499.99 @ Amazon) Total: $1899.29 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 11:47 EST-0500

Vega 64 or GTX 1080 for build

By SoloDolo
November 6, 2017 in Graphics Cards

Go to solution Solved by Morgan MLGman, November 6, 2017

5 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

yes because ultrawide can quite often be disapointing when it comes to games...and also it's only 1080p resolution the one you've picked and it's quite big so it will look atrocious if you sit anywhere close to it for gaming....games support ultrawide resolution for the most part these days but many are just ''stretching'' to fill the screen so the images looks just wierd. a good 16:9 is better.

You can still go with the Ryzen CPU if you like it better, it's similar in performance overall...8400 game a bit better but i doubt you'd see any difference...but for ryzen i would save some money and get a B350 board instead.

Just now, SoloDolo said:

I can agree. I game on a 3440x1440 Acer Predator and to me its incredible. It looks and plays incredible. I think going with the Ryzen 1600 will be fine for him. Hes an AMD Fanboy and think this will make him feel better. Though I personally view brand loyalty is stupid as hell.

Then maybe this build would be the "best of both worlds"?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Shadow Rock 2 51.4 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($37.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard ($96.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($155.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($148.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.95 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DUKE OC Video Card ($514.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer - Predator XB1 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1850.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 12:33 EST-0500

Posted November 6, 2017

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33 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

yes, but historically if you look back at the past it's pretty much never a worthy upgrade when it's possible...AM3 and AM3+ for example...even the upgrade from a phenom to a piledriver based chip isn't worth it...FX-8150 to FX-8350 was not worth it...i think in the same way Ryzen to Ryzen 2 or whatever is very likely to not be worth it...you'll be looking at a 10 to 15% boost most likely...something like that...so unless you bought a low end Ryzen 3 and you upgrade to a Ryzen 2 with many more cores then it might be good...other than that, for you for example who has a 1800X i highly doubt AMD will deliver a worthy upgrade to that CPU within 5 years from now, let alone one that would be suported by your current motherboard...that's my opinion obviously. i don't know, but that's how i feel about it.

but the i5-8400 has a worthy upgrade out already in the i7-8700K.

Good Points. I guess we will have to see what they can push out of Zen+. Piledriver was a pretty bad architecture. The only thing it was decent for was a budget gaming/workstation. Ryzen has alot more potential. I got my 1800x is a bit of an impulse buy. I saw it performed like an I5 in gaming but offered 6950k levels of performance in multi threaded workloads for a really solid price.

I think for him the Ryzen 1600 will be solid for the next 3-5 years. Though I would personally go with an I5-8400 if all I did was game.

CPU: Ryzen R7 1800x (4.0GHz) | AIO: Master Liquid Pro 240 | MOBO: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM

RAM: Gskill TridentZ RGB 3200(16gb) | GPU: Evga FTW ACX 3.0 GTX 1080(2x)

SSD: Samsung Evo 250gb | HSSD: Seagate 2TB | Case: InWin 303 Black | PSU: Evga 210 1000w