Finally get to retire my I5-2500K. My I7-2600K got replaced by the Ryzen 1700. Now the 1700 replaces the 2500K and I have a 3900X on the way for my main rig. I don't replace systems frequently so I figured the best course of action would be to go for the fastest chip this time. The list price difference between the 3700x and the 3900x is $170 and adds 4 cores. I paired it with an Asus Rog Strix X570-F which sells for $299. There's no way I could see spending more for the Crosshair VIII. The good X470 motherboards with the best VRM's are selling for $200+ new so the incremental cost of under $100 could be justified to get the new X570 chipset.
I cheaped out on RAM and got the Micron Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (16x2) DDR4 3200 kit (BLS2K16G4D32AESE). Hoping it works and might be overclockable to 3466.
Graphic card is my original GTX 1080TI from 2017.
I cheaped out on RAM and got the Micron Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (16x2) DDR4 3200 kit (BLS2K16G4D32AESE). Hoping it works and might be overclockable to 3466.
Graphic card is my original GTX 1080TI from 2017.