Ryzen upgrade

Gangster · 12 Dec 2017 at 22:56

Looking at moving from a 3570K, 16GB to Ryzen.

I am thinking of a 1700, and 16GB of Ram. I am not sure which RAM I should be selecting, can anyone help? I have read the thread for Ryzen. I'd like the cheapest, but fastest at the same time. In otherwords, I am not particularly interested in benchmark scores but if an extra £50 can get a noticeable real world difference (or it gives extra OC headroom in the future) for example then I'd think about that.

As for motherboard, I was thinking a Gigabyte Gaming 5? (~£150) ish?

Thanks

Minibiker · 13 Dec 2017 at 01:43

You could look at the 8 Pack bundle which is not much more than what you would be paying for R1700, RAM and Motherboard.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD416G3= £199.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99

Total: £640.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Danny75 · 13 Dec 2017 at 02:10

G.SKILL F4-3200C16D-16GTZR Trident Z RGB Series 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 3200 MHz PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Memory Kit - Black with full length RGB LED light bar

£165.59 if you look around and aren't in a hurry (not in stock).

Gangster · 14 Dec 2017 at 07:03

Thanks, so any specific requirement ram wise? Or 3200 good enough?

famas · 14 Dec 2017 at 10:14

3200 is the sweet spot and ideally you want Samsung b-die for best comparability with ryzen.

The 8 pack pro is recommended a lot which is b-die.

orbitalwalsh · 14 Dec 2017 at 10:35

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £199.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £278.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99

Total: £576.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)

if your doing CAD or heavy CPU intense work then would push for the Aorus 5/k5 above as VRM will handle 100% load for long periods better, gaming doesn't put as much stress all the time