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Upgrading Processor and Motherboard

IridiumAxle
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Hello everyone! To start, I'll give some context as to why I am upgrading my parts. I do a lot of video editing and gaming, and I'm looking to upgrade my computer to do both of those things quite effectively. My budget is at most $450 USD right now although any lower is of course great, because $50 is being reserved for a case, but more money for a better case is always cool. I've been flip flopping between the Ryzen 5 2600x Ryzen 7 2700x, and the 8700k. The 2600x is by far the most cost effective, the 8700k is the most well rounded, and the 2700x will give me an extra edge in multicore based applications. I would much appreciate some guidance from what you see is the best course of action. Thanks in advance!

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1 minute ago, IridiumAxle said:

Don't those require a bios update?

 

Don't think so, as B360 boards are made just for 8th gen chips I believe.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $440.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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hi.

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1 minute ago, AskTJ said:

Don't think so, as B360 boards are made just for 8th gen chips I believe.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $440.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-19 03:27 EDT-0400

Oh, thank you very much! I didn't know that... I thought it was only z370 motherboards which is what really turned me off from going the intel route

 

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10 minutes ago, IridiumAxle said:

Hello everyone! To start, I'll give some context as to why I am upgrading my parts. I do a lot of video editing and gaming, and I'm looking to upgrade my computer to do both of those things quite effectively. My budget is at most $450 USD right now although any lower is of course great, because $50 is being reserved for a case, but more money for a better case is always cool. I've been flip flopping between the Ryzen 5 2600x Ryzen 7 2700x, and the 8700k. The 2600x is by far the most cost effective, the 8700k is the most well rounded, and the 2700x will give me an extra edge in multicore based applications. I would much appreciate some guidance from what you see is the best course of action. Thanks in advance!

The intel cpu will give lets say 5 fps more than the r7 2700x. The ryzen cpu has 8 cores and 16 threads. Idk what ur gpu is but if ur fps is above 60 those 5 intel fpsses dont matter and those extta cores and threads do

My main rig ✦ Shardsedge

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This build is made for video editing, Gaming and livestreaming.

probably 65% of this build has been bought used.

  • Specifications:

CPU ✦ AMD Ryzen 7 1700

GPU ✦ Sapphire RX 580 PULSE 4GB

SSD ✦ Toshiba TR200 240GB

HDD ✦ WD Black 160GB 2.5" + WD BLUE 1TB

PSU ✦ Corsair RM750X

RAM ✦ Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x4 (8GB) 3000Mhz

CASE ✦ Corsair Crystal 460X

MOBO ✦ MSI X370 SLI Plus

 

 

 

My old pc build ✦ Smoke

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This build was made for gaming especially, it was my second build.

i had some struggles livestreaming on it because the CPU just wasn't good enough for that.

(I do not have this build anymore)

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CPU ✦ Intel i5 6500

GPU ✦ Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 470 4G D5

SSD ✦ Kingston SSDNow v300 120GB

HDD ✦ WD Blue 1TB

PSU ✦ Corsair CX450M

RAM ✦ Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x4 (8GB) 2400Mhz

CASE ✦ Sharkoon S25-V

MOBO ✦ MSI H110M ECO

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1 hour ago, IridiumAxle said:

Hello everyone! To start, I'll give some context as to why I am upgrading my parts. I do a lot of video editing and gaming, and I'm looking to upgrade my computer to do both of those things quite effectively. My budget is at most $450 USD right now although any lower is of course great, because $50 is being reserved for a case, but more money for a better case is always cool. I've been flip flopping between the Ryzen 5 2600x Ryzen 7 2700x, and the 8700k. The 2600x is by far the most cost effective, the 8700k is the most well rounded, and the 2700x will give me an extra edge in multicore based applications. I would much appreciate some guidance from what you see is the best course of action. Thanks in advance!

Do you have DDR4 memory already? And what other parts do you have already? GPU?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12S SE-AM4 CPU Cooler  ($59.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X370-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($162.70 @ Amazon) 
Total: $442.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-19 05:08 EDT-0400

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20 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Do you have DDR4 memory already? And what other parts do you have already? GPU?

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I hadn't been on the LTT forum today. I am using a gtx 1070 and 16gb of ram, so that stuff isn't really a problem. I am just looking to get the absolute best performance possible for the money

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1 hour ago, IridiumAxle said:

Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I hadn't been on the LTT forum today. I am using a gtx 1070 and 16gb of ram, so that stuff isn't really a problem. I am just looking to get the absolute best performance possible for the money

Ah, okay. I'd get a 2700X on a decent X470 (or wait just a couple of weeks for the B450 boards) and call it good. You'll want to spend some time getting the memory subtimings really good.

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