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Legolessed
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I’m helping my friend build a computer and he initially wanted to get a core i5 7500 but coffee lake exists so I looked into that and realized the prices were pretty insanely high for motherboards right now and cpu’s so then I looked into ryzen and the r5 1600/1500 seems like a pretty good fit as well. He mainly plays ark and other games like that so his workload is gaming. He’s coming from an fx 4100 though so anything is an upgrade really. Thanks!

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if he can wait until 2018 B370 coffee lake motherboards will release which will be much cheaper.

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6 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

so anything is an upgrade really. Thanks!

Oh yes!

6 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

realized the prices were pretty insanely high for motherboards right now

Nothing but Z270 until 2018. We will get some cheaper e.g. H270 stuff then.

 

I would go R5 1600.

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1 minute ago, Fictionvl said:

if he can wait until 2018 B370 coffee lake motherboards will release which will be much cheaper.

He kind of wants to build the system like now lol. He plays ark st about 15 FPS. 

Just now, GER_T4IGA said:

Oh yes!

Nothing but Z270 until 2018. We will get some cheaper e.g. H270 stuff then.

 

I would go R5 1600.

Ye I wish the cheaper motherboards launches earlier :/ the r5 1600 is what I was thinking too. 

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15 minutes ago, GER_T4IGA said:

Oh yes!

Nothing but Z270 until 2018. We will get some cheaper e.g. H270 stuff then.

 

I would go R5 1600.

300, not 200 lol

 

anyway id wait, but if it has to be now probably the 1600

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32 minutes ago, Fictionvl said:

if he can wait until 2018 B370 coffee lake motherboards will release which will be much cheaper.

Last time it was B360. What it'll be in december? B380?

 

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