Possible upgrade kit

Fluffybob · 18 Feb 2020 at 09:21

Hi Guys,

Looking into a possible upgrade root (current spec in sig) Looking at the items below to pair with my Vega64, thoughts? not sure how you do the basket thingy magic so list below.

Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite ATX Motherboard,
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU,
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3200MHz RAM

LiE · 18 Feb 2020 at 10:29

Go for 3600 memory, C16 if possible.

e.g. https://www.gskill.com/product/165/326/1562839299/F4-3600C16D-16GTZN-Overview

The 3900x is good CPU, but not necessary for gaming if paired with a Vega64 imo. You'll maybe want a decent cooler as well for the 3900x.

EsaT · 18 Feb 2020 at 11:36

Motherboard is very well featured for the price from strong modern high efficiency VRM to Intel NIC, good USB connectivity/BIOS Flashback and chipset cooler design among most sense making in X570 boards.
(it isn't suffocated by graphics cards)

Like said for gaming with that graphics card 3700X would do nicely for now and then could later upgrade CPU to improved architecture Zen3.
And especially if caring about noise you'll want aftermarket cooler.
Only step behind the best performing Scythe Mugen 5 would be good for any AM4 CPU and fits to basically any PC thanks to superbly balanced design.
And also price is very reasonable:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5100-mugen-5-rev.b-cpu-cooler-hs-046-sy.html
Though for just 8 cores it would be overkill.

In memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 3200MHz is one of the bang per buck choises with highly likely very good overlocking ability.
Beyond that 3200MHz 16-18-18 etc latency kits come with what ever chips happened to be at hand in that day.

Good bin (that 16-16-16 latency) 3600MHz Samsung B-dies cost arm and both legs and you'll start getting closer to 3200MHz 2x16GB kits.
Already 3200MHz 14-14-14 kits (same quality chips in absolute latency) are very expensive.

Fluffybob · 20 Feb 2020 at 13:48

Thanks for the input chaps, So if I upgrade will my Vega64 be a bottleneck? ? ? If so I'll wait and update the lot in one go.

EsaT · 20 Feb 2020 at 16:28

Bottlenecking depends on resolution.
If your still in old 1920x1080, Vega 64 won't be bottleneck.
And with Freesync monitor it would certainly do decently at 2560x1440 when tweaking some settings in more demanding games.

Fluffybob · 21 Feb 2020 at 08:06

Cheers @EsaT I'm gaming at 1440 on a Freesync Monitor so I'll hold off for now and squirrel some more pennies for a full kit upgrade
Great advice from you guys as always

CuriousTomCat · 21 Feb 2020 at 08:21

A balanced system with no bottlenecks offers little room for future GPU upgrades though? Maybe start off with a GPU bottleneck now and then upgrade the GPU in a couple of years time? A lot of people do that, GPU upgrades are popular while keeping the CPU.