[SOLVED] What should i get ? Any recommendations?

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Hey guys im looking to upgrade my motherboard and my CPU. Something compatible with the i7 8700. I currently have i7 3770 and my motherboard is Asus b75 pro3 and yes both are really old 😀 My GPU is Nvidia gtx 970 and i have 8GB RAM. If u could recommend any good CPU's and motherboards i will be grateful :)
 
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Make sure you got 3000mhz or faster ram for ryzen in dual channel. B450 Tomahawk is a good mobo. Ryzen 5 2600 is the best value cpu to date so no problem there.
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SR-71 Blackbird said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: ASRock - B360 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($88.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $493.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-11 14:19 EST-0500
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Thanks! Are u sure the motherboard is compatible with my GPU and the CPU ?
 
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I guess you're referring to a MoBo able to handle both your 3770 and a 8700 so you can gradually upgrade component by component. But there aren't MoBos for both CPUs as their sockets and chipsets are just different, and anyways you would need new RAM modules for the 8700.

If picking the 8700 was because of the thought of the impossible hardware compatibility, we can recommend you a Ryzen 2600, which is a much better processor in performance per dollar. Or do you need an Intel processor?
 
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Phazoner said:
I guess you're referring to a MoBo able to handle both your 3770 and a 8700 so you can gradually upgrade component by component. But there aren't MoBos for both CPUs as their sockets and chipsets are just different, and anyways you would need new RAM modules for the 8700.

If picking the 8700 was because of the thought of the impossible hardware compatibility, we can recommend you a Ryzen 2600, which is a much better processor in performance per dollar. Or do you need an Intel processor?
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I prefer Intel. I need a motherboard to be compatible with the 8700 and my GPU if that matters. Why would i need new RAM modules? Mine are farely new and are DDR4 also 2400HZ
 
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loopkiller98 said:
I prefer Intel. I need a motherboard to be compatible with the 8700 and my GPU if that matters. Why would i need new RAM modules? Mine are farely new and are DDR4 also 2400HZ
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Firstly you need a 300 series motherboard to support the processor and if your settled with 8700 non K then the motherboard suggested by SR 71 is fine. If you went for 8700k he would have suggested at least a z370.

Regarding your ram as Phazoner pointed out, Ivy Bridge processors only support DDR3 ram. Unless you have DDR4 ram laying about?
 
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boju said:
Firstly you need a 300 series motherboard to support the processor and if your settled with 8700 non K then the motherboard suggested by SR 71 is fine. If you went for 8700k he would have suggested at least a z370.

Regarding your ram as Phazoner pointed out, Ivy Bridge processors only support DDR3 ram. Unless you have DDR4 ram laying about?
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Yep my RAM is DDR3 sorry about my misleading info..
 
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Look for comparatives in performance between Ryzens 2600 and 2700 and the 8700k. In my country the price difference is just enormous but the performance in games definitely isn't. The 2700 doesn't really take advantage of its extra cores over the 2600 for performance in games so both are slightly under the 8700k in performance, but Ryzens manage better programs in the background like recording or streaming (which I don't know if you use) and sooner or later the extra cores of the 2700 will be used and show an advantage over the 8700k.

As a reference, here a 2700 costs 280€ and the 8700k costs 410€. Additionally, Ryzen processors come packaged with reasonably good coolers (the 8700k doesn't bring one) and in terms of reliability, a CPU is extremely weird to be broken, Intel or AMD, there's not really a difference when it comes to that.
 
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Phazoner said:
Look for comparatives in performance between Ryzens 2600 and 2700 and the 8700k. In my country the price difference is just enormous but the performance in games definitely isn't. The 2700 doesn't really take advantage of its extra cores over the 2600 for performance in games so both are slightly under the 8700k in performance, but Ryzens manage better programs in the background like recording or streaming (which I don't know if you use) and sooner or later the extra cores of the 2700 will be used and show an advantage over the 8700k.

As a reference, here a 2700 costs 280€ and the 8700k costs 410€. Additionally, Ryzen processors come packaged with reasonably good coolers (the 8700k doesn't bring one) and in terms of reliability, a CPU is extremely weird to be broken, Intel or AMD, there's not really a difference when it comes to that.
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Now that i saw that CPU u told me its octa core and the other is hexa so maybe ur right. I need something for gaming thats all and to watch streams run some programs lol it also seems like i have to change my RAM too because someone said the 8700 needs DDR4 not sure if thats correct
 
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loopkiller98 said:
Now that i saw that CPU u told me its octa core and the other is hexa so maybe ur right. I need something for gaming thats all and to watch streams run some programs lol it also seems like i have to change my RAM too because someone said the 8700 needs DDR4 not sure if thats correct
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It is correct. Since summer of 2015, all mainstream Intel platforms use DDR4 RAM. If you wanted to keep your RAM, you'd be limited to a Haswell upgrade, which would be kind of pointless from an Ivy Bridge i7.
 
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loopkiller98 said:
Now that i saw that CPU u told me its octa core and the other is hexa so maybe ur right. I need something for gaming thats all and to watch streams run some programs lol it also seems like i have to change my RAM too because someone said the 8700 needs DDR4 not sure if thats correct
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For gaming purposes the 3770 holds comfortably the GTX 970 and is still great for multitasking, so if you're not planning to upgrade the graphics card and the heaviest purpose of the computer is gaming, the upgrade is not worth it.

Additionally both CPU and GPU are good for nowadays games, so if anyway you are planning an upgrade I suggest you to wait for the Ryzen processors which are going to be introduced this summer as they're bringing great performance improvements..
 
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Phazoner said:
For gaming purposes the 3770 holds comfortably the GTX 970 and is still great for multitasking, so if you're not planning to upgrade the graphics card and the heaviest purpose of the computer is gaming, the upgrade is not worth it.

Additionally both CPU and GPU are good for nowadays games, so if anyway you are planning an upgrade I suggest you to wait for the Ryzen processors which are going to be introduced this summer as they're bringing great performance improvements..
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Oh well i already bought the ryzen 2600 with the Tomahawk mobo and new ram 16GB DDR4
 
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