Dilemma

[kampfer5191]

So i have a Ryzen 3 1300x paired with a xfx r9 390x. it does pretty well cpu oc to 4GHz, and gpu at the tipping pointing on oc.

i could get a gtx1080ti, or for the same price get a r5 2600x and a gtx1070ti.

rest of my build is:

asus prime x370 pro (bios 3803 for 2ng series ryzen)

2x8GB ripjaw v @ 3000Mhz

evo 860 500GB ssd

wd blue 2TB

1000w ps (forget brand, updating soon as well)

 

what would you all choose?

[Herman Mcpootis]

the 1300x will bottleneck the 1080ti hard, but if you can upgrade the 1300x soon then that's not much of an issue. what's your current monitor's refresh rate and resolution?

[kampfer5191]

i'm using a lg ips monitor. 1080p 60Hz. it'll be used as a second monitor around christmas.

[Phentos]

8 minutes ago, kampfer5191 said:

i'm using a lg ips monitor. 1080p 60Hz. it'll be used as a second monitor around christmas.

Okay so what monitor do you want to get to replace it? What resolution and refresh rate?

[kampfer5191]

i was thinking of a 1440p 75-120Hz panel.

[Phentos]

36 minutes ago, kampfer5191 said:

i was thinking of a 1440p 75-120Hz panel.

For 1440p 120-144hz gaming I wouldn't go with anything less than a 1080TI. This also means that you're going to have to replace your 1300X with a better CPU that can keep up. To accompany a 1080TI in high refresh rate gaming I would only look at the Ryzen 2700X.

 

Since you intend on getting this kind of monitor for the holidays, my personal opinion is that you should wait for the Nvidia 11 series cards to roll out and decide which one fits your needs by then. Buy a 2700X now and continue using your 390X until then. 

[kampfer5191]

that's is the best advice i have had in a longtime. i didn't think of it that way. is there any news on any new amd gpus? i would like to stay with them if possible, but since nvidia is annoucing their new cards. i feel like amd will just be like "oh us too" and surprise the crap out of us

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, kampfer5191 said:

that's is the best advice i have had in a longtime. i didn't think of it that way. is there any news on any new amd gpus? i would like to stay with them if possible, but since nvidia is annoucing their new cards. i feel like amd will just be like "oh us too" and surprise the crap out of us

no news on AMD GPUs just yet. no need for a 2700x for just gaming, games don't use that many cores yet. get a ryzen 2600 and start overclocking instead.

[kampfer5191]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

no news on AMD GPUs just yet. no need for a 2700x for just gaming, games don't use that many cores yet. get a ryzen 2600 and start overclocking instead.

2600x. yeah 6 core 12 thread as opposed to the 2700x 8 core 16 thread. is the 1800x fine for gaming? it's ~20$ more than the 2600x or just stick with the 2600x?

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, kampfer5191 said:

is the 1800x fine for gaming? it's ~20$ more than the 2600x or just stick with the 2600x?

it's fine, but it'll pretty much end up performing like a 1600x since the last 2 cores don't get used much in games. if the 1700/X is the same price or cheaper then i suppose you could get it instead.

[kampfer5191]

12 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

it's fine, but it'll pretty much end up performing like a 1600x since the last 2 cores don't get used much in games. if the 1700/X is the same price or cheaper then i suppose you could get it instead.

the 1700x is 10$ more than the 2600x, and the 1600x is 30$ cheaper. so i guess the the 2600x is the way to go. slightly newer architecture and just newer.