Almost starting from scratch

Chockymonster

Chockymonster

Chockymonster

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It's been many a year since I've built a PC and I feel so out of touch!
I'm looking for something that I can run virtual machines on for training and research as well as gaming.

In my parts bin I have the following bits that would be nice to use as I'm trying not to spend the earth.

Gigabyte H310M S2H 2.0 motherboard
HyperX DDR4 4GB RAM x2
Samsung Evo 970 512GB M.2 SSD

The RAM is not sufficient, I know that but it'll get me going.
I have nothing else at this point in time. I was looking at an i7-9700k processor based on the motherboard I have.

Any suggestions on where to start?
 
If you are looking at a 9700k new, you would be better selling the motherboard, and getting a B450 Tomahawk Max and a Ryzen 3700X. That motherboard won't run the 9700k anywhere near it's full potential., and you would have no upgrade path from it.
 
Thanks for the pointers, I've taken your advice and ordered the board, new PSU and RAM. CPU I have to decide between the 3700x and the 3900x. The driver between them will kinda depend on what I do with the graphics card. Looking at the options available and with the new stuff on the horizon, do I struggle along with an old GTX770Ti for a few months and wait for the new cards or replace it now.

If I replace it now then I'm 3700x and probably a 1660OC or equivalent. If I wait I can go 3900x and then look at 3-400 on a GPU when the new cards launch.

I went for the B450 Tomahawk Max, Team Group 8Pack Edition 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz and a Seasonic 650w Gold PSU.
 
Chockymonster said:
Looking at the options available and with the new stuff on the horizon, do I struggle along with an old GTX770Ti for a few months and wait for the new cards or replace it now.
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It really depends on whether everything you do would work somewhat well enough for another 6 months, and also how long you plan to use the system for without upgrading. 3-6 months of a weaker system may well be worth it considering a 3900X + Next-gen GPU will likely be considerably more powerful overall than a 3700X + 1660.
 
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