[SOLVED] R7 2700x vs newer cpu models

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Recently found an R7 2700x for $200 and I'm wondering if I should get the deal or save up for newer models. I stream occasionally and play games @1440p 144hz.
 
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That's a good price but depending on what you're upgrading from, you might be better saving up till the end of summer sales on the 3900x.

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That's a good price but depending on what you're upgrading from, you might be better saving up till the end of summer sales on the 3900x.

This & preferably a PCIe 4.0 MB also, to unleash the full specs of the 3900X, not only it's power, also 16+4+4 PCIe lanes. Meaning you won't have to run the GPU in x8 mode to connect a NVMe SSD (or two). For now, pricing is steep ($200 for a mATX MB), yet as stock increases, pricing will drop. I fully expect the 3900x to be a top seller for some time to come, until the next gen becomes released (this is why the 2700x is $200 today).

I was looking at the 'budget' (& available) Ryzen 5 3000X series CPU, Passmark results puts it at near double the performance of the i7-4790K/6700K. The Ryzen 9 3900X will be even more powerful, competing with some of the best Intel i9 series.

With this CPU, you'll have no issues with hitting 144Hz at 1440p, provided your GPU is up to the task.

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Ryzen 3K performs essentially the same on older chipsets, minus PCIe 4.0. You can still run a GPU at x16 + a x4 NVMe SSD with 300/400 series boards.

Thanks for educating me! :) My latest AMD systems are all FX-8370/8350 ones (one FX-6300) & although slower, am running NVMe SSD's on most. Of course, this does reduce GPU to x8. No worries, as long as I can run the current version of Windows 10 & Linux Mint, I'm good to go until PCIe 5.0 hits the market in roughly a couple years, no more than three. Specs has been approved, PCIe 4.0 will be a much shorter run than PCIe 3.0. Am surprised given the success of the GTX 1000 series & knowing AMD was going to introduce PCIe 4.0, NVIDIA rushed what will be an unprofitable RTX 2000 lineup. No way will these have the fantastic run of the GTX 1000 series.

I'm not too proud to stand corrected, while I've worked on some of these systems & even built a couple of 1st & 2nd gen Ryzen systems for friends, wasn't aware of the PCIe configuration. Had it been for myself, would had known, as I research what I purchase. All I did was put together the components that was brought to me of their choosing & loaded/updated the OS, installed needed drivers, as well as security & backup software (Macrium Reflect Free). Will inform both that their GPU's are in fact running at x16 speed.:)

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Recently found an R7 2700x for $200 and I'm wondering if I should get the deal or save up for newer models. I stream occasionally and play games @1440p 144hz.
that's a good choice, you want the series r7 2700 or r7 2700x
both of them are capable.
just install a VGA card with a minimum price of 150 $ like RX 570 or better bcause R7 2700/x not have APU
 
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Here's a GTX 1050 Ti, to include Molex to power adapter, for $60 brand new.:)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX1050-Ti...a=0&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

While some may have doubts about buying generic brands, there were tests performed by Linus Tech Tips on these & similar cards, there was little to no drop in performance. Plus the 4GB GDDR5 GTX 1050Ti can do 8K at 60Hz (fps!). Of course, that's likely better for video versus gaming, yet I'd not pay the same or more for a potentially used 750Ti when these are available at $60 each & shipping on the house.:D

The reason why I'm not getting one is the lack of a Displayport connection. If it'll do 8K @ 60Hz, should be able to do 4K @ 120Hz & that's the deal killer. Can do only 60Hz on 4K via HDMI. Must have DP 1.2 or higher to get past 60Hz on any resolution. Am hopeful that the HDMI 2.1 spec, once fully rolled out, will make some changes. While there's 8K TV available today, some doesn't pass the full HDMI 2.1 spec yet, in fact the TV's were released before the upgraded 2.1 cables that rocks at 48Gb/sec, faster than any DP version to date. Not to worry, Displayport won't take this lightly, there'll be a DP 1.5 or whatever spec to outrun HDMI 2.1,

Gamers needs DP more so than anyone, it's the only way to take advantage of the 120/144Hz monitors. It is unfortunate that the OEM of this 1050Ti excluded DP from these cards, choosing to add an outdated VGA instead. Maybe I misunderstood, had read an article somewhere that stated all NVIDIA 10 series cards doesn't include VGA & most won't work with an adapter. Could be that meant the 1060 upwards, who knows?

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