Looking for combo of motherboard CPU and RAM

[Prohunterhn]

Hello I'm looking for a combo of 400 to 450$ I really don't care about amd or Intel I just want the latest architectures and if you help me with a link please no Newegg (I'm outside USA) I have a rx 480 and a EVGA 600 80 bronce.

 

[Zerk2012]

Where you live that matters as what you could by. Also is this for gaming or gaming and editing or what.

 

[Prohunterhn]

Where you live that matters as what you could by. Also is this for gaming or gaming and editing or what.

Well the Newegg thing is mostly about the credit card I use a USA Po box.

I do plan on working and playing I am IT support officer, so mostly vpns a little of virtualbox and every now and the SQL (learning)

 

[captaincharisma]

Where you live that matters as what you could by. Also is this for gaming or gaming and editing or what.

Well the Newegg thing is mostly about the credit card I use a USA Po box.

I do plan on working and playing I am IT support officer, so mostly vpns a little of virtualbox and every now and the SQL (learning)

would you have more then one virtual machine running at once?

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($227.89 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $317.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 16:36 EDT-0400

 

[Prohunterhn]

Where you live that matters as what you could by. Also is this for gaming or gaming and ed noiting or what.

Well the Newegg thing is mostly about the credit card I use a USA Po box.

I do plan on working and playing I am IT support officer, so mostly vpns a little of virtualbox and every now and the SQL (learning)

would you have more then one virtual machine running at once?

Not more than one. Just to use the VPN tool and remote desktop

 

[captaincharisma]

Where you live that matters as what you could by. Also is this for gaming or gaming and ed noiting or what.

Well the Newegg thing is mostly about the credit card I use a USA Po box.

I do plan on working and playing I am IT support officer, so mostly vpns a little of virtualbox and every now and the SQL (learning)

would you have more then one virtual machine running at once?

Not more than one. Just to use the VPN tool and remote desktop

then you might be able to get away with 8GB of ram but i always recommend 16GB for any computer these days. the ram mentioned in my signature for crucial is pretty good.

 

[Karadjgne]

Since gaming is really secondary consideration, and VPN is the primary concern, being the most cpu intensive aspect, this is what I'd do in that case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($316.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $395.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 17:01 EDT-0400

If you need to include ram in that cpu/mobo combo, go with the Ryzen 5 build, but include 16Gb of G-skill 3200 ram as it's the most compatible with the cpu.

 

[Prohunterhn]

Since gaming is really secondary consideration, and VPN is the primary concern, being the most cpu intensive aspect, this is what I'd do in that case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($316.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $395.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 17:01 EDT-0400

Not taking the ram into account

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($217.55 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($125.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $422.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 17:08 EDT-0400


Sorry, having phone issues atm.

 

[Prohunterhn]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($217.55 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($125.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $422.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-04 17:08 EDT-0400


Sorry, having phone issues atm.

Thanks that's what I was considering, although that ram seems expensive and I think I'll look for a normal ATX and not micro

 

[mjslakeridge]

Well it is DDR4-3200. From what I read here on Tom's, with the new Ryzen CPUs, RAM speed is important to getting the most out of the CPUs.

 

[Karadjgne]

Actually, that's among the cheaper sets of 16Gb ddr4, there's not all that much difference in price going lower. Ryzen cpus (unlike intel) get considerably more use out of ram speeds, there's upto @ 20% difference between 2133 and 3200, which is huge comparatively. Right now, there's still some compatability issues with Ryzen and ram, but that's mainly in those running SkHynix (Corsair) and Samsung B-die has no issues (G-skill). It's only above 3200 that ram prices get ridiculous, so it's a balance of what's the best bang for the buck. The MSI B350 Tomahawk is a full size ATX, not mATX and is similarly priced (bit more, but not much). The Asus Prime series is also good, but ATX boards cost more than their mATX.
The biggest difference between mATX and ATX is in the 3" of board real estate the ATX includes sli/crossfire options and 2-3x more fan headers, generally, but otherwise the boards are basically the same. MATX for most ppl tend to be more versatile since case choices are wide open, mATX or ATX, full towers, whereas ATX are stuck with ATX or full.