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Hi guys and gals,
my motherboard has died after 5 years of glorious service so I'm now looking at a long overdue upgrade. My system was a water cooled 2700k with a Saphire 390x 8Mb graphics card, 4x 4Gb RAM, running at 2560x1600 resolution. I use it mainly for gaming, but also some heavy Excel duties for work as well as Lightroom photo editing. My initial thoughts are for a Ryzen 1700 with more expensive (capable) motherboard for overclocking, something like the Asus ROG CrosshairVI Hero . Is 16Gb RAM still recommended, or should I look at 32Gb?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-39x-am.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-69e-as.html
Will I need to get a new water block, or are they all standard fitting? I'm going to assume that I'll need a new one...
Also, I'm going to buy this through my business in this FY, so I've got until the end of the month to make a decision
Cheers,
Jed
my motherboard has died after 5 years of glorious service so I'm now looking at a long overdue upgrade. My system was a water cooled 2700k with a Saphire 390x 8Mb graphics card, 4x 4Gb RAM, running at 2560x1600 resolution. I use it mainly for gaming, but also some heavy Excel duties for work as well as Lightroom photo editing. My initial thoughts are for a Ryzen 1700 with more expensive (capable) motherboard for overclocking, something like the Asus ROG CrosshairVI Hero . Is 16Gb RAM still recommended, or should I look at 32Gb?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-39x-am.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-69e-as.html
Will I need to get a new water block, or are they all standard fitting? I'm going to assume that I'll need a new one...
Also, I'm going to buy this through my business in this FY, so I've got until the end of the month to make a decision
Cheers,
Jed