I am looking to make an upgrade from my current system with a budget around $1500 or less. I do mostly FPS gaming and general web browsing. I don't need a monitor, keyboard, mouse or windows.
This is my current setup:
Intel i7-920
Noctua NH-D14 cooler
6gb's of DDR3 ram
ATI Radeon 5870 1gb XXX edition
Corsair HX850W 850 watt PSU
Intel 530 180gb sata II SSD
WD Black 500gb storage drive
Antec 1200
I am looking at building an AMD Ryzen 1700x system and would like some input on the parts I picked out. Since I am just running at 1080p now, I realize what ever I get maybe overkill for the monitor but I may upgrade the monitor down the road.
Typically with whatever I build, I don't upgrade for several years. So I would like for this build to be as future proof as possible if that is even such a thing in the computer world.
Now I have always been an intel fan in the past but AMD has got my attention with their ryzen processors. I thought about waiting for Coffee Lake to be released but not sure when that will be. If it was being released in the next month, I would consider waiting but the way it sounds is that it may not be released until the end of year or even next year and not sure I want to wait that long. And even then, Coffee Lake will have 6 cores vs 8 cores on the Ryzen 7 series. Of course I know there is more to it than the amount of cores.
So here are the parts I have picked out
COMBO Deal: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3517028 577.97
RAM: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232217 177.99
Now I know combo deal has ram too but few mentioned getting ram with the samsung b-die chip and this one has it
CPU Cooler: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF53D6676
only one seems to be listed for the AM4 platform
GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487265
SSD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226853
PSU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139200
CASE: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854018
Having all kinds of lights and stuff is not all that important to me. Yes it's nice, but not needed
I may do some overclocking but nothing to extreme. That is one thing I liked about intel, they seem to overclock higher.
I thought about reusing my PSU, Case and cpu cooler but being the system is 7 years old, not sure I want to trust that PSU. If I did want to use my noctua cooler, noctua is offering a free bracket for the AM4 platform with proof of purchase but have to wait 1-4 weeks to get it or just pay the 8 bucks it costs.
This is my current setup:
Intel i7-920
Noctua NH-D14 cooler
6gb's of DDR3 ram
ATI Radeon 5870 1gb XXX edition
Corsair HX850W 850 watt PSU
Intel 530 180gb sata II SSD
WD Black 500gb storage drive
Antec 1200
I am looking at building an AMD Ryzen 1700x system and would like some input on the parts I picked out. Since I am just running at 1080p now, I realize what ever I get maybe overkill for the monitor but I may upgrade the monitor down the road.
Typically with whatever I build, I don't upgrade for several years. So I would like for this build to be as future proof as possible if that is even such a thing in the computer world.
Now I have always been an intel fan in the past but AMD has got my attention with their ryzen processors. I thought about waiting for Coffee Lake to be released but not sure when that will be. If it was being released in the next month, I would consider waiting but the way it sounds is that it may not be released until the end of year or even next year and not sure I want to wait that long. And even then, Coffee Lake will have 6 cores vs 8 cores on the Ryzen 7 series. Of course I know there is more to it than the amount of cores.
So here are the parts I have picked out
COMBO Deal: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3517028 577.97
RAM: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232217 177.99
Now I know combo deal has ram too but few mentioned getting ram with the samsung b-die chip and this one has it
CPU Cooler: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF53D6676
only one seems to be listed for the AM4 platform
GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487265
SSD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226853
PSU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139200
CASE: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854018
Having all kinds of lights and stuff is not all that important to me. Yes it's nice, but not needed
I may do some overclocking but nothing to extreme. That is one thing I liked about intel, they seem to overclock higher.
I thought about reusing my PSU, Case and cpu cooler but being the system is 7 years old, not sure I want to trust that PSU. If I did want to use my noctua cooler, noctua is offering a free bracket for the AM4 platform with proof of purchase but have to wait 1-4 weeks to get it or just pay the 8 bucks it costs.
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