2700X Upgrade, Mboard and RAM suggestions...boot from M.2 drive?

ssmacc · 24 Sep 2018 at 09:25

Hello All,

I'm about to upgrade and am thinking of the following:

2700x
ASUS PRIME AMD Ryzen X470-PRO
16GB of which RAM?

From what I read the motherboard is the best for it's budget (~£160). However, I'm not sure what RAM to pair it with, suggestions appreciated.

I'd also like a M.2 Drive, I assume the x470 board will allow you to boot from this?

I've got a Corsair 100i hydro cooler, I'm thinking of using this instead of the stock cooler...is that a good idea (just need a bracket for it, and some Thermal compound advice - not applied this for years and always panic about how to apply...I guess YouTube will help out).
Any tips welcome

orbitalwalsh · 24 Sep 2018 at 09:51

any reason for upgrading over your 3770k? in games intel would be faster .... might want to wait till october to see how 9700/9900k fairs as well as its pricing

as always, if you've got the cash @8 Pack ram due to it being Samsung B-die based and more chance of working from the get go, if you fancy playing around use Ryzen Ram Calculator afterwards to dial it tighter

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £218.99

Total: £227.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

chroniclard · 24 Sep 2018 at 09:52

orbitalwalsh said:
any reason for upgrading over your 3770k? in games intel would be faster .... might want to wait till october to see how 9700/9900k fairs as well as its pricing

"some" games perhaps.

chroniclard · 24 Sep 2018 at 09:55

You want samsung b-die memory, this is the go to plug and play memory for a lot of people https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08l-tg.html , expensive though. Lots of people do well(get decnet speeds) with GSkill memory as well.

Any quality thermal paste is fine, youtube for methods, I use the thin spread method and thermal grizzly paste.

orbitalwalsh · 24 Sep 2018 at 09:58

chroniclard said:
"some" games perhaps.

most games, im either for intel and amd - like the competition. Adobe really need to work out some coding- would massively help intel compete there. also most games which factor in last decade of gaming which people still play games that old are mostly single core design or recently 4 cores, but slowly getting there.

guessing better question is , OP what resolution are you gaming on? higher res, the more ryzen takes the fight back combined with pricing is powerful combo

ssmacc · 24 Sep 2018 at 10:10

Thanks for the replies so far, I'm upgrading my second PC (AMD 8320) as I'm using it to build a cheap PC for a friends kid (for homework). I'm still pretty happy with the 3770k, but the 8320 is showing its age, seems a good opportunity to upgrade. I'll not upgrade again again for a long time and decided to go with the extra cores of the 2700X.

It's be paired with me 1080GTX and used mainly for VR gaming, plus light video editing.