Upgrading to Ryzen

[Panagiotis Kara]

Hello guys, 

 

I'm about to upgrade my pc. I have already bought a gtx 1080 and earlier today I ordered a pair of ram: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB DDR4-3200MHz (F4-3200C14D-16GTZR) and also Ryzen 7 1700.

 

Now I have to choose my PSU and MOBO: 

For PSU I would be perfect I guess with 650w Gold and I was looking for the Evga G2 but is out of stock at the moment in my country so my choises are either Corsair RMx Series 650X or if I still want to go with Evga, I can find the G2 750w. The difference between the corsair 650 and evga 750 is 30 euro. What do you think? 

For the motherboard I would like to go for an X370 because I've heard that they get more updates and bug-fixes in comparison with the cheaper B350. So, I'm between three different price levels: the Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming X (140 euro), the Asus Rog Strix X370-F (190 euro) and the Asus Rog Crosshair VI Hero (240 euro). I do care for the beauty of the card and RGB lightning but the most important is the quality of VRMS and also cpu and ram overclocking. I want to be able to overclock the 1700 ryzen to 3.7ghz at least (with the stock cooler) and also I want to clock my tridentz rgb ram to 3200mhz. I know that there are issues with ryzen and motherboards when it comes to the memory. So which mobo do you suggest me? any of the three I mentioned or something else? Of course I would like to go with the cheaper option but just in case I will be able to run my pc smooth and stable after overclocking both CPU (at 3.7) and Memory (at 3200). If Fatal1ty could handle this and the other two mobos are an overkill and just more-bucks for the fancy look then I would go with the Asrock. Otherwise, I would give some more money to achieve a smooth and stable overclocking with the Ryzen 1700.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys. Thanks in advance. 

[Nocte]

RMx is an excellent model of Corsair PSUs. I would go with it because of the cheaper price. 

 

The ASRock can definitely handle 3.7GHz... But iirc the Strix has better VRMs. 

[Panagiotis Kara]

1 minute ago, Eibe said:

RMx is an excellent model of Corsair PSUs. I would go with it because of the cheaper price. 

 

The ASRock can definitely handle 3.7GHz... But iirc the Strix has better VRMs. 

And what about the ram compatibility ? Will the ASRock run the g-skill tridentz at 3200mhz with no problems? This specific model I purchased is not included in the QVL of the motherboard but I read a post in another forum of a G-Skill technician who said that this g-skill version is the only 3200 which is compatible with Ryzen and X370 AM4.  What do you think? Am I going to be ok with ASRock or does it worth to go for the Asus strix ?

[Septimus]

Honestly, I think that the amount of updates that a motherboard receives shouldn't be that big of a deal when it comes to your purchasing decision. However, considering you want to be able to get the most out of your hardware, and it seems you have the budget to get an X370 board, I would recommend it in that case.

[Nocte]

Just now, Panagiotis Kara said:

And what about the ram compatibility ? Will the ASRock run the g-skill tridentz at 3200mhz with no problems? This specific model I purchased is not included in the QVL of the motherboard but I read a post in another forum of a G-Skill technician who said that this g-skill version is the only 3200 which is compatible with Ryzen and X370 AM4.  What do you think? Am I going to be ok with ASRock or does it worth to go for the Asus strix ?

Yes, I have the same model (just not RGB) and it ran on both my Biostar motherboard in June, and now the Asus one. You can be pretty sure that those sticks will reach 3200MHz on every AM4 board. 

[Panagiotis Kara]

2 minutes ago, Septimus said:

Honestly, I think that the amount of updates that a motherboard receives shouldn't be that big of a deal when it comes to your purchasing decision. However, considering you want to be able to get the most out of your hardware, and it seems you have the budget to get an X370 board, I would recommend it in that case.

Well I do care for the updates because at the moment there are still many issues with the ryzen processors and it's getting better and better from update to update. That's why I count it. So which x370 would be the better choice in your opinion for overclocking the 1700 and be able to run my memory at 3200mhz? 

[Panagiotis Kara]

6 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Yes, I have the same model (just not RGB) and it ran on both my Biostar motherboard in June, and now the Asus one. You can be pretty sure that those sticks will reach 3200MHz on every AM4 board. 

So if I'm not wrong, I will get 3200mhz on both ASRock Fatal1ty and Asus Strix as well as 3.7ghz with ryzen 1700 but the Asus has better VRMs and is more qualitive in general right? 

[Nocte]

10 minutes ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

So if I'm not wrong, I will get 3200mhz on both ASRock Fatal1ty and Asus Strix as well as 3.7ghz with ryzen 1700 but the Asus has better VRMs and is more qualitive in general right? 

Yes, correct! But do check the VRMs of each board because I don’t remember which VRMs ASRock put in the Fatal1ty board. The Asus board is one of the best in the market in terms of VRMs. 

[Panagiotis Kara]

Just now, Eibe said:

Yes, correct! But do check the VRMs of each board because I don’t remember which VRMs ASRock put in the Fatal1ty board. The Asus board is one of the best in the market in terms of VRMs. 

Does it worth to go for the Asus in your opinion and out of the vrm perspective ? 

[Nocte]

3 minutes ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

Does it worth to go for the Asus in your opinion and out of the vrm perspective ? 

To be honest, not worth the price premium for VRMs. 

 

But for example, I bought the mini-itx Asus Strix not only for the VRMs, but also for the sound card and its looks (I like to please my eyes as well ). It cost me more than the CPU, so not really great value - but I am happy with the purchase. 

 

In the end, it really depends on how much you value each component of the motherboard. I advise you to open two windows on your web browser with the specifications for each board, and compare them. Then decide if it’s worth it or not.  

[Salacious B Crum]

1 hour ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

Does it worth to go for the Asus in your opinion and out of the vrm perspective ? 

yes and GSkill 3200 Flare x runs outta the box with Ryzen

[Panagiotis Kara]

18 minutes ago, mrbilky said:

yes and GSkill 3200 Flare x runs outta the box with Ryzen

I didn't buy the Flare x. I Bought the Gskill 3200 TridentZ. Is it going to be a problem? I really like the looking of Asus Rog Strix but I read some really bad reviews on newegg...Honestly I don't know what to buy... I have already purchased Corsair RMx 650 PSU, Gskill 16gb 3200mhz 14cas RAM and Ryzen 7 1700. Now I need a good-looking and qualitive motherboard to finish my rig.   

[Salacious B Crum]

2 hours ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

I read a post in another forum of a G-Skill technician who said that this g-skill version is the only 3200 which is compatible with Ryzen and X370 AM4.  

My response was to clarify that the above statement is inaccurate as I have the CH6 and an R7 with Gskill flare x running at its advertised speed of 3200

 

 

[Septimus]

10 hours ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

So which x370 would be the better choice in your opinion for overclocking the 1700 and be able to run my memory at 3200mhz?

Unfortunately I'm not too savvy when it comes to motherboards on the X370 chip set

[xg32]

7 hours ago, Panagiotis Kara said:

I didn't buy the Flare x. I Bought the Gskill 3200 TridentZ. Is it going to be a problem? I really like the looking of Asus Rog Strix but I read some really bad reviews on newegg...Honestly I don't know what to buy... I have already purchased Corsair RMx 650 PSU, Gskill 16gb 3200mhz 14cas RAM and Ryzen 7 1700. Now I need a good-looking and qualitive motherboard to finish my rig.   

asrock x370 taichi is the best board for overclocking imho, what's your monitor refresh rate?

[Panagiotis Kara]

7 hours ago, xg32 said:

asrock x370 taichi is the best board for overclocking imho, what's your monitor refresh rate?

I will be using my 55' 4K tv at 60hz. I'm not interested for more fps, I just play single player. I want the highest possible game settings and resolution as close as possible to 60fps.