Hi everybody,
I would like to share my thoughts about upgrade of my PC, since my current MOBO Gigabyte Z87P-D3 is dead. Since it had no support of M2, DDR4 RAM, old socket with installed Intel Core i5-4570S, I have to upgrade not just MOBO (obviously), but also RAM and CPU as well.
What remained from my last built is following:
Case: Zalman Z9 U3
PSU: Corsair VS650
DVD-ROM: ASUS 24F1ST
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300, 128 GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB
GPU: Asus DUAL GTX 1060 O6G
CPU cooler: Scythe Katana 4
Regarding to the choice of the CPU, I am on the crossroads as probably the most people nowadays... AMD or Intel.
What I consider is: i5-9600KF or r5 3600, since I heard, that "X" of 3600 is not wort it.
Main job of the PC is gaming in 1080p, ideally 60 FPS. This I want to remain (if monitor will pass away, MAYBE I will upgrade for 2k, but I am pretty fine with my 1080p). As you noticed already, I have GTX 1060, so I am not willing to pay for GPU's great money... maybe it will change once, but that time I will swith to 4k, which is far away future for me now. Time-to-time I am rendering some videos on this PC as well, but it is really minimum time, which I spend with this stuff, so it is not necessary to take it into consideration. I think, that my current CPU was a little bit bottleneck for my GPU already and I would like to avoid this for a long time. I would like to have capable CPU which will not be bottleneck for GPU for some years, with stressed fact in my mind, that some guys are still running 3rd gen of i7 overclocked till today.
I am thinking in following way with following questions:
Should I buy ryzen 3600, which will be absolutely suitable for x years or to buy 9600KF, which will be capable for years as well and with some overclocking in the future (for this I probably have to buy a new cooler?) will be sufficient longer than r5 3600?
If I will have 3600, should I use box cooler or should I use my KATANA? For KATANA, I will have to buy probably some adapter for AM4 socket.
Since I plan to play in 1080p, 3600/9600KF will be sufficient, or should I spend some more money and buy 3700X/i7-9700 KF? Their price is maximum, which I am willing to pay for CPU, but if it is really not necessary to buy them, to have good CPU for 5-7 years, I am fine with 3600/9600KF.
My last question is, what MOBO and RAM would you recommend for your suggested build?
Thank you so much for your help!
I would like to share my thoughts about upgrade of my PC, since my current MOBO Gigabyte Z87P-D3 is dead. Since it had no support of M2, DDR4 RAM, old socket with installed Intel Core i5-4570S, I have to upgrade not just MOBO (obviously), but also RAM and CPU as well.
What remained from my last built is following:
Case: Zalman Z9 U3
PSU: Corsair VS650
DVD-ROM: ASUS 24F1ST
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300, 128 GB
HDD: WD Blue 1TB
GPU: Asus DUAL GTX 1060 O6G
CPU cooler: Scythe Katana 4
Regarding to the choice of the CPU, I am on the crossroads as probably the most people nowadays... AMD or Intel.
What I consider is: i5-9600KF or r5 3600, since I heard, that "X" of 3600 is not wort it.
Main job of the PC is gaming in 1080p, ideally 60 FPS. This I want to remain (if monitor will pass away, MAYBE I will upgrade for 2k, but I am pretty fine with my 1080p). As you noticed already, I have GTX 1060, so I am not willing to pay for GPU's great money... maybe it will change once, but that time I will swith to 4k, which is far away future for me now. Time-to-time I am rendering some videos on this PC as well, but it is really minimum time, which I spend with this stuff, so it is not necessary to take it into consideration. I think, that my current CPU was a little bit bottleneck for my GPU already and I would like to avoid this for a long time. I would like to have capable CPU which will not be bottleneck for GPU for some years, with stressed fact in my mind, that some guys are still running 3rd gen of i7 overclocked till today.
I am thinking in following way with following questions:
Should I buy ryzen 3600, which will be absolutely suitable for x years or to buy 9600KF, which will be capable for years as well and with some overclocking in the future (for this I probably have to buy a new cooler?) will be sufficient longer than r5 3600?
If I will have 3600, should I use box cooler or should I use my KATANA? For KATANA, I will have to buy probably some adapter for AM4 socket.
Since I plan to play in 1080p, 3600/9600KF will be sufficient, or should I spend some more money and buy 3700X/i7-9700 KF? Their price is maximum, which I am willing to pay for CPU, but if it is really not necessary to buy them, to have good CPU for 5-7 years, I am fine with 3600/9600KF.
My last question is, what MOBO and RAM would you recommend for your suggested build?
Thank you so much for your help!