First off - thanks Kyle for the great review on the 2700X!
I'm looking to upgrade my main system and would like to go with AMD's new 2700X. I won't be overclocking - just running at stock speed with the stock cooler. I do a mix of gaming, photo editing, general productivity, VMs and video encoding.
I'm currently looking at the Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming AM4 motherboard. I don't need wireless (though Bluetooth would be nice) and the board supports 2x SLI/crossfire which I may or may not do down the road.
My biggest question is about what memory to get to maximize performance for the system. I looked at Gigabyte's QVL list for DDR4 3200. It was a bit confusing on the memory support. I am interested in getting 2x8G (16G total for now and would like to leave myself open to populate the other 2 DIMM slots for 32G total). Honestly I've never really looked at a QVL list. Any recommendations on what memory to get? I don't care about looks - just fast performance and reasonable price.
Speaking of QVL lists - I checked Gigabyte's supported M.2 PCIe NVMe drives and I don't see my Samsung 950 Pro (just the 960). I'm assuming that it will work without any issues. Am I incorrect on my assumption?
If there is a better motherboard to get please let me know. Most of the offerings I've looked at (concentrated on the X470 as it is new/current) have more than what I need. Gig LAN, USB 3/3.1, good audio, 2x SLI/Crossfire. Don't care about on-board video, but sometimes it is less expensive to get it than to upgrade/spend more to not get it...!
Thanks so much for reading. I appreciate any/all constructive feedback!
-DC
I'm looking to upgrade my main system and would like to go with AMD's new 2700X. I won't be overclocking - just running at stock speed with the stock cooler. I do a mix of gaming, photo editing, general productivity, VMs and video encoding.
I'm currently looking at the Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming AM4 motherboard. I don't need wireless (though Bluetooth would be nice) and the board supports 2x SLI/crossfire which I may or may not do down the road.
My biggest question is about what memory to get to maximize performance for the system. I looked at Gigabyte's QVL list for DDR4 3200. It was a bit confusing on the memory support. I am interested in getting 2x8G (16G total for now and would like to leave myself open to populate the other 2 DIMM slots for 32G total). Honestly I've never really looked at a QVL list. Any recommendations on what memory to get? I don't care about looks - just fast performance and reasonable price.
Speaking of QVL lists - I checked Gigabyte's supported M.2 PCIe NVMe drives and I don't see my Samsung 950 Pro (just the 960). I'm assuming that it will work without any issues. Am I incorrect on my assumption?
If there is a better motherboard to get please let me know. Most of the offerings I've looked at (concentrated on the X470 as it is new/current) have more than what I need. Gig LAN, USB 3/3.1, good audio, 2x SLI/Crossfire. Don't care about on-board video, but sometimes it is less expensive to get it than to upgrade/spend more to not get it...!
Thanks so much for reading. I appreciate any/all constructive feedback!
-DC