Build Advice Ryzen 7000

[rds1220]

Hi Everyone,

After a long time of being away 'm slowly starting to get back into computer/gaming again. Right now I have an Intel Coffee lake I5 and a GTX 1070. I'm thinking of doing a new gaming build and I was thinking of getting an AMD Ryzen this time around. The last I remember AMD was giving Intel a pretty good run for their money, I'm guessing this is still true? My question is for gaming will the 8 core 16 thread Ryzen 7700X be enough for gaming only? Money is a little right now so I don't know if I could do a Ryzen 9. Also since I've been out of the loop for awhile is overlocking worth it? The last I remember overlocking was kind of becoming irrelevent because what you were getting from Intel and AMD was pretty good right out of the box and it didn't seem like people were getting that much more out of CPU's unless you used some form of extreme cooling.

 

[rds1220]

Hey everyone. I'm looking at doing some PC upgrades. I'm looking at getting a GTX 4070 or 4070 TI. I plan on getting a new monitor to play at 1440. Which one would be better?

EDIT: How does the AMD counterpart to the 4070 or 4070TI compare?

 

[COLGeek]

Following this guide and post the info here:

*How to Ask for New Build or Upgrade Advice*

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I have no doubt that you'll get multiple recommendations to help you build a new rig.

 

[geofelt]

At any price point, you will find that the performance of amd or intel will be comparable, and a big boost over your 8600K.
Chips are binned today so there is no point in overclocking.
The automatic turbo boost will exceed all core overclocks.

ditto on graphics,
Here is tom's gpu hierarchy chart:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

I suggest builders stick with what they know on cpu or graphics.
There is a learning curve.
In particular, ryzen is picky about ram.

 

[rds1220]

At any price point, you will find that the performance of amd or intel will be comparable, and a big boost over your 8600K.
Chips are binned today so there is no point in overclocking.
The automatic turbo boost will exceed all core overclocks.

ditto on graphics,
Here is tom's gpu hierarchy chart:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

I suggest builders stick with what they know on cpu or graphics.
There is a learning curve.
In particular, ryzen is picky about ram.

Thanks I'll take a look at that article now.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Since you are upgrading, maybe you can wait till Zen 5 release with new mobos?

Save up and getting the new tech might be worth it.

If it is strictly for gaming, the 7800X3D is more than enough. No need for a Ryzen 9 CPU.

the advantage with ryzen now is that you will get an upgradable platform.

The other side of thing is you can get a cheap Z690 board like the Z690 extreme:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FNWzK8/asrock-z690-extreme-atx-lga1700-motherboard-z690-extreme

reuse the rams and get a 14700k with USB bios flash.

Leave you more room for a beefier GPU.

Entirely upto you.