Yes, it's a good route.
Yes, it's a good route.
Hi, I'm upgrading my motherboard and cpu for a long overdue upgrade on my gaming pc. (i5 4460 and ASRock Z97 Extreme3). Currently looking at Ryzen 7 3700x paired with Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite and 16gb Vengence LPX RAM. Rest of parts I am just moving over from old PC (Upgraded to a 1060 6gb two years ago so holding off on GPU upgrade). Was curious if I made good picks or if there is somewhere to improve (or if i should hold off on upgrading at all for a few months for new hardware). Would like to keep price in same general area if possible.
Appearance is fine; consider upgrading to a 3600 clock speed and a B450 tomahawk for cost savings on a better GPU, or plan for the 4th generation Ryzen.
Great motherboard, though you might want to consider a different RAM. Overall, it's best to hold off for now.
The board is not bad. But is pricey and doesn't offer anything special. For x570 the x570 tomahawk and the x570-p and the tuf are pretty good. As for b550. The tomahawk and the mortar and the strix f and the aorus pro and the a pro and the steel legend are good. There's nothing objectively bad about them. It's just what is this specific kit rated at in terms of latency and frequency? If you're just gaming you could go with a 3600 and save some money, as games don't scale up to 8 cores so the performance between these two in gaming is very similar if not the same in some cases. Another option is to wait for zen 3 and check what it has to offer as well. (I would recommend doing that.). Edited July 26, 2020 by TofuHaroto