£1K Upgrade i5-4690k to 3700X

[MrJB]

Hi everyone, been a long time since my last post.

After decades of having had Intel Chips, I am looking to take a plunge and upgrade to a new Ryzen CPU & finally get myself some DDR4. I mainly use my PC for gaming & coding but also some RAM intensive tasks, hence why I am looking at 32GB, which is what I have in my current build.

I need a new motherboard, CPU, CPU Cooler, RAM and a M2 SSD.
Keeping my case, my GTX1070 (looking to upgrade next year) and my PSU (Corsair RM750i)

After a lot of reading etc, I have come up with something along these lines:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £369.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £104.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i Platinum RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060039-WW)= £134.99

Total: £1,050.41 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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Couple of open questions:

• With this board, I am thinking of upgrading to a 16 Core CPU down the line. Will this handle it? Do I need such an expensive board?
• The thing I have been struggling with the most is the RAM. Will this overclock easily to 3600?
• Or should I just get some 4*8GB RAM at 3600 instead?

Thanks in advance for your help and any advice!
JB

 

[LeMson]

Unless that mobo has something you need on it, do check and compare them, a https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-57v-gi.html would be good and save some money you can put towards ram

Not sure ram will oc easily, try asking in memory forum for ppls experiences

Ram you want 3600mhz https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-quad-channel-kit-black-my-095-tg.html

The H150 cooler is the same price as the h100 if itll fit in case, or https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-d15-se-am4-cpu-cooler-hs-039-nc.html

 

[Quartz]

Or should I just get some 4*8GB RAM at 3600 instead?

Yes.

 

[MrJB]

Thanks for the replies.

Unless that mobo has something you need on it, do check and compare them, a https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-57v-gi.html

Thanks, been considering the pro or ultra instead of the Master. Two main things I am looking for is how it will handle bigger CPUs in future and I also am quite a fan of some of the onboard tools like the Power button, status LED and so on.

Not sure ram will oc easily, try asking in memory forum for ppls experiences

Been reading mostly the below thread, seems like its good value for money.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/ballistix-sport-lt-overclocking.18861166/

Ram you want 3600mhz https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team-group-xtreem-8pack-edition-32gb-4x8gb-ddr4-pc4-28800c16-3600mhz-quad-channel-kit-black-my-095-tg.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-quad-channel-kit-black-my-095-tg.html
Thanks that looks like a solid kit & b-dies are nice. I guess that would give me plug and play capability right off the bat. But its also 100quid more expensive and it being 4 sticks limits me going to 64GB down the line. Overall seems like the tradeoff is better RAM vs better MOBO with my budget.

The H150 cooler is the same price as the h100 if itll fit in case, or https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-d15-se-am4-cpu-cooler-hs-039-nc.html

I assume you mean this one: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...uid-cooler-360mm-cw-9060031-ww-hs-03l-cs.html
Would you say there is a notable cooling performance difference due to the larger radiator?