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[Illgresi]

I'm thinking about an upgrade on my desktop and hoping some of you lovely people could help make my mind up. I'm currently on:

2500k @ 4.8 GHz
Corsair H110
8 GB DDR3
ASUS P8Z68-V LX
R9 390X
SSD and HDD combo
4K 24" monitor

I want to upgrade my CPU, Mobo, and memory. I've been reading good things about the Ryzen processors, and certainly the 1600x and 1700x are interesting. I'm happy to admit however, my knowledge isn't on point. Am I worth waiting for the forthcoming Intel releases, or should I go for AMD? I don't really have a budget as I'm willing to save for the right gear; I can probably have around £600 free in the next 2-3 months. I'm not interested about being at the cutting edge, however, I am a sucker for a bargain. I'd like it to be heavily overclockable (for fun), and I'd like it to be as future proof as possible (in performance, but mainly connectivity).

I really appreciate your time reading this! Thanks.

 

[Danny75]

What kind of usage will the system be seeing? That will determine whether Intel or AMD would be better, or whether it doesn't matter much.

DDR4 prices so expensive (around £200 for 16GB compared to £60 for 16GB a couple of years ago) that unless an existing system is struggling it's a bad time to upgrade. Intel Coffee Lake also at inflated prices at present, so that with 16GB DDR4, an i5-8600K (six core) and a motherboard, you'd hit or surpass the £600 budget already even without a good cooler for overclocking. A 2500K quad-core @ 4.8GHz would make a new quad-core i3-K upgrade not very worth it.

EDIT: you have H110 already so that's cooler taken care off.

The best time to buy a CPU and motherboard could be if OcUK does their usual mobo+CPU bundle amazing deal around Black Friday time, or just before. In previous years, it's shaved over £100 off the cost. Or decide on a Ryzen build for more sensible money.

 

[Illgresi]

What kind of usage will the system be seeing? That will determine whether Intel or AMD would be better, or whether it doesn't matter much.

DDR4 prices so expensive (around £200 for 16GB compared to £60 for 16GB a couple of years ago) that unless an existing system is struggling it's a bad time to upgrade. Intel Coffee Lake also at inflated prices at present, so that with 16GB DDR4, an i5-8600K (six core) and a motherboard, you'd hit or surpass the £600 budget already even without a good cooler for overclocking. A 2500K quad-core @ 4.8GHz would make a new quad-core i3-K upgrade not very worth it.

EDIT: you have H110 already so that's cooler taken care off.

The best time to buy a CPU and motherboard could be if OcUK does their usual mobo+CPU bundle amazing deal around Black Friday time, or just before. In previous years, it's shaved over £100 off the cost. Or decide on a Ryzen build for more sensible money.

Thanks for the reply!

I'm not an Intel focused kinda guy, I'd easily switch to Ryzen if it was worth it. Are you implying I should wait a couple weeks and see what OC pump out as a bundle? I can do that. Memory is ridiculous atm...why is that?!?