So I am interested in upgrading my CPU on my primary rig to a 3900X but I'm wondering if I should go for it or wait for LGA 1200 and 4th gen Ryzen? I would suspect that when 4th gen Ryzen CPUs and motherboards are released that prices will drop significantly on 3rd gen Ryzen. And I do understand that I could update the BIOS on my current setup and throw the 3900X without having to buy a new motherboard but I've had this board a while and it's been put through several builds and rebuilds, and I am looking for a replacement. I am also planning on converting all my storage to M2 and my motherboard currently can house 2 drives, but I would prefer at least 3.
Here's my current setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Motherboard: Asrock X370 Taichi
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB DDR-3200 (4 x 8GB)
M2 SSD: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB
SSD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 2TB
GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070
Case: NZXT S340 Elite
PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W
This is what I am planning on upgrading to:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (new)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Ultra (new)
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 (reused)
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB DDR-3200 (4 x 8GB) (reused)
M2 SSD: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB (reused)
SSD: Intel 660P 2TB (new)
GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 (reused)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (reused)
PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W (reused)
Here's my current setup:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Motherboard: Asrock X370 Taichi
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB DDR-3200 (4 x 8GB)
M2 SSD: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB
SSD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 2TB
GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070
Case: NZXT S340 Elite
PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W
This is what I am planning on upgrading to:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (new)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Ultra (new)
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62 (reused)
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB DDR-3200 (4 x 8GB) (reused)
M2 SSD: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB (reused)
SSD: Intel 660P 2TB (new)
GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 (reused)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (reused)
PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W (reused)