Currently got:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z97P-D3 (Bought in early 2015)
CPU: Intel i5 4690k (Overclocked to 4.6 Ghz)
RAM: 16 GB (2x 8 GB) DDR3 1600 MHz CL9
Video Card: GTX 1080 A8G (Got it recently)
Cooler: Corsair h100i
PSU: OCZ Gold 750W (about 8 years old now)
Hard Drives: 1x 256GB SSD, 2x 128GB SSD's, 1x 1TB HDD, 1x 512GB HDD.
My motherboard failed 3 days ago (It got stuck in some sort of power loop where it was turning on, then turning off and repeating that) so I got exact same motherboard from local adverts off a guy (I have feeling it will fail soon-ish as he said it's 3 years old).
So I may need to get new motherboard anyway, I dont see any point getting another DDR3 motherboard again, so might upgrade those two parts (Mobo + RAM).
Would CPU upgrade be worth it also? Do Motherboards with DDR4 even support LGA1150 anymore?
Also would consider changing PSU as my one is getting loud-ish already, and I would love to have a build that I can leave on at night without sounding like jet engine.
Any recommendations for good Motherboard/CPU combo? (Not my strong part in terms of keeping up with trends and releases).
Needs to have:
At least 6 SATA ports.
Lots of USB3 (The more the btter, ready to pay increased price if needed for such)
Support overclocking.
Some sort of idiot-proof dual bios protection (Helped me in past on current motherboard when I fucked up bios update)
Wifi? Optional but would be nice to have (never had one on motherboard).
As for CPU: Mainly playing games, rarely doing heavy compiling, 3d rendering or video rendering.
Which PSU's should I look into? (Have Corsair keyboard, case and cooler and so far had 0 issues with them, so would consider corsair psu)
thanks men.
If you want a long term platform, that'd likely be AM4. AMD is supporting it until 2020. B350, X370, X470 would do all of that typically.
Also I think gigabyte only does Dual Bios unlees it's a stupidly high end board. Even then I've heard Gigabyte does Dual Bios because their Bios updating is so unreliable.
Are Ryzen reliable?
Last time I had AMD - it was a shit shit, it was FX-8350.
Basically everything from 2010 to 2017 was shit.
Ryzen is reliable.
Depending on what you want to do right now, and especially budget, changes what parts I'd recommend.
Especially for forward compatibility, I'd recommend AMD/AM4; and a good X470 motherboard to go with it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HDj6QZ
To explain my decisions:
Crosshair VII Hero X470: Basically the best X470 board you can get, shitton of USB3, great VRM, good UEFI/BIOS.
R5 2600: You said you don't do rendering, so you don't really have a need for the 8 core, plus this is much cheaper making a upgrade to the 3XXX series more resonable.
Team - Dark Pro: Some of the best memory you can get right now, esp with that cl14 timing.
Seasonic PSU: They make good PSUs, 850 watts is more than most people need.
First time AMD cpu user here and I'm satisfied.
The 800 Dollar price tag is a tad steep.
Was hoping a bit closer to 500 Euro (EU Region).
Any specific reason why 16 gigs of ram have such a steep price? Is that the common price for DDR4 nowdays?
Also - is there some similar motherboard with cheaper and less beefed up on RGB?
These days Ram is the most expensive component of a computer. Generally more expensive than the CPU or GPU.
DDR4 skyrocketed in price around the beginning of 2017, and has stayed stagnant since:
https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2018/news/ram-report/3_18mo-prices-ddr3-1866-2x8gb.png
You can get cheaper DDR4, but especially for Ryzen you want top quality RAM (That means good low cas-latency B-Die memory), and those Team Dark Pro modules are the best (and cheapest, generally) you can get (for the quality).
By changing the motherboard to a version without Wi-Fi, dropping the Platinum (a bit overkill, honestly) I can drop about $110 USD
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y2hh7W
You could also try GIGABYTE X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI at least in the US it's about $40 cheaper - however I can't stress enough that I think the Crosshair VII is basically the definitive X470 motherboard, and since it's the hub of everything you're going to plug into it, is very worth that extra $40.
I'm not as up-to-date on the Intel side of things; but essentially when it comes to price you can't beat AMD.
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