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Hey Everyone,

 

I wanted to buy a new PC and decided to go with this config.

Sadly the prices for the Intel i7-8700 increased from around 300 € to way over 400 € today. So I am rethinking my decision and may be buying my first AMD CPU.

Which one would you recommend as an replacement for the i7-8700. Ryzen 7 2700X seems to be the obvious choice, but there also is the cheaper Ryzen 5 2600X or the Ryzen 7 1800X.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor €447.99 @ Mindfactory
Motherboard MSI - H370M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard €97.80 @ Alza
Memory G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory €67.89 @ Alternate
Video Card KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB OC Video Card €131.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €745.67
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-07 10:54 CEST+0200  

 

Do you think, that the Intel prices may get back to 300 € until the end of this year? My crystall ball sadly has no information on this.

 

~Fabian

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Maybe link the parts list instead of the post.

 

Ryzen 2700 + Asrock B450M Pro4

Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.9 Ghz  | Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 |  PaliT GTX 1050Ti  |  8gb Kingston HyperX Fury @ 2933 Mhz  |  Corsair CX550m  |  1 TB WD Blue HDD


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I'd opt for the AMD 2700x myself.  Great chip.

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1800X or 2700X should work.

 

Do be wary though. Second generation Ryzen CPUs (Ryzen 2xxx) may need a BIOS update to work if you have a A320, B350 or X370 motherboard. (B450 and X470 is not affected).

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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Go for the Ryzen 7 if you have the money. If not, the Ryzen 5 is also a great CPU. Ryzen is good at multithreaded tasks which the i7 is known for so either of them will suit you well as an i7 replacement.

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I don't know if going with a 1050 is a good idea. I personally would get a 1060, but I am an FPS whore.Otherwise,, for productivity, go for the 2700 or 2700x depending on the price gap in your country.

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600, MOBO: MSI Tomahawk B450, RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 3000 (2x8 GB), GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Gaming-X Trio, CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S, PSU: Corsair RM 650, HDD: WD Blue 1TB, SSD: Samsung 860 ECO 500GB, CASE: Fractal Design Meshify C

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3 hours ago, PythonF said:

...

Build this instead...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (€277.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€139.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€127.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card  (€237.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €783.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-07 14:03 CEST+0200

SSD TIER LIST

 

 

CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X

Mobo - ASRock X470 Taichi

Memory - G.Skill Trident Z RGB (8x2 3200MHz) 

Storage - Sabrent Rocket 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 2TB - WD Black 1TB

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti LIGHTNING

Case - Fractal Design Meshify C

PSU - Super Flower Leadex II Gold 650W

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