Upgrade time, need CPU Mobo and RAM...

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

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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
 
I don't want to end up tracking down a second hand motherboard for the 2700k with no idea how long before that one dies, or the CPU dies. They're both over 5 years old and have been used almost every day. I think I'd rather bite the bullet and get a new system... plus I deserve it :p
 
I've been out of the loop for a while, what's the difference between the 6700k Skylake and 7700k Kaby Lake? They're both a similar price by the looks of it.
 
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