Thanks for the detailed reply, that was actually super useful... I ordered the Gigabyte Gaming 5 mobo and I'm planning to put in a Ryzen 1700X (found it for a close enough price to the 1700 so went with that)... I've been checking out Gigabyte's QVL list as with everything i've been reading it...
I ordered the Gigabyte Gaming 5 with Ryzen 1700x, as it seemed a popular option and has everything i'd need (http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AX370-Gaming-5-rev-10#kf). According to the gigabyte QVL, it says that corsair vengeance lpx would be supported, but just not sure if i should go...
Hi, I'm new here but found this thread very useful, I'm just buying my first new pc build in quite a while and I decided to go with Ryzen because of the multi-threading for 3d and video editing (plus it just feels far more exciting than intel at the moment). Can anyone recommend a good 3600...