Upgrade Advice (FX8350 to What?)

Mr.Phoenix · 21 Mar 2017 at 13:12

Hi all out there,
this is my first post and first of high to you all :-)

Now then, I have a AMD FX8350 overclocked to 4.8Ghz on a ROG Crosshair V Formula Motherboard cooled with a custom water loop and a Fury X GPU. I have around £700 to upgrade but am a little confused and worried on making the wrong decision. For the money I will need CPU, Motherboard & memory. I am an avid long time gamer (35+ years.) I have been looking at the following:

ROG Crosshair VI Hero - AMD Ryzen 7 1700X CPU & Motherboard Bundle £607
ROG Maximus IX Hero - Intel Core i7-7700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle £578
ROG Strix Z270F - Intel Core i7-7700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle £492
Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Intel Core i7-7700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle £500

I just do not know if I am going down the right road as it has been 4 years since I upgraded my PC.
So any help and advice from people who look at things from a tech point of view rather than manufacturer preference would be great as I would like this to last me between 3-4 years because I am not the richest of people and has taken me a fare few months to save this up to treat myself for my birthday.
For example is the 7700k fewer cores and threads over the Ryzen going to be an issue over the next few years?
Any advice would be much appreciated and thank you in advance.
Phoenix

Relentless81 · 21 Mar 2017 at 13:16

going for the 1600x myself, same guaranteed speed as the 1800x for half the money

should be out on the 11th of April

Mr.Phoenix · 21 Mar 2017 at 13:21

So the 1600x will overclock to 4GHZ?
Forget that just saw that it is same speed just 2 less cores.

Relentless81 · 21 Mar 2017 at 13:23

it will boost to 4ghz same as 1800x, oc no one knows yet

Mr.Phoenix · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:04

Any more advice from anyone?

stulid · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:20

The current ASUS AM4 boards (especially the Hero) dont seem to be doing very well with many people having problems and some are just switching to alternatives.

Mr.Phoenix · 21 Mar 2017 at 19:49

So if AM4 Boards are having problems am I better off with the 7700k and will 4 cores 8 threads be enough for the coming few years?

stulid · 21 Mar 2017 at 20:27

It mostly seems to be the Hero thats at fault.

For example - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/rog-crosshair-vi-hero.18771020/ - take a look through the later pages.

I wouldnt say all AM4 boards are dodgy.

mistersprinkles · 22 Mar 2017 at 01:04

Just because ASUS is having problems doesn't mean all AM4 boards or the platform itself are bad.

Personally if I were to upgrade today I would go with a 1700X based machine. Make sure you get a high end motherboard with it.

DONOHUE07 · 22 Mar 2017 at 03:08

Watching this thread with interest, I also have a fx8350 and looking to upgrade, I was going to get the 1700 but right now the 7700k beats in 1080p gaming across all titles, the gap closes at 1440p and 4k though. But I want to keep my next cpu for as long as possible and i am concerned that 4 cores of the 7700k will be an issue in future. Really stumped on the best upgrade path to take, I'm actually swaying to sticking with what I have until Intel stop being stingy and put 6 cores on there i5's, or lower end i7's.
Also I have been looking for cheap 2nd hand i7 5320k's.

Mr.Phoenix · 22 Mar 2017 at 11:59

What about the 1700x and the MSI Pro Carbon around £540. Would that be a good buy?

stulid · 22 Mar 2017 at 22:11

I would grab one of the gigbayte boards.