Was ready to buy the RTX2070 with 8 gigs GDDR6 because of the Ray Tracing but then I found a better deal on a refurbished GTX1080TI with 11 gigs GDDR5X for basically the same price but without Ray Tracing. I don't know anything about Ray Tracing except that I don't have it and I want to be...
Someone told me (not here) that the x470 Aorus would support the new AMD CPU's when they came out. Now they're saying it only supports 1st and 2nd gen. I don't get it. Has anyone tried it?
Probably going with the 5 2600x.
I have three in mind but would like some input. Criteria are OC capable, X470 - (hoping it will be ready for the new stuff coming out) 3200 capable RAM or higher. Don't need WIFI. Almost forgot. Needs least one m.2 socket.
1. Gigabyte...
Time for an upgrade since I'm still running my AMD FX 8350 with a Geforce 970 and 8 gigs ram. I don't want to wait on ZEN3.
My concern boils down to this. Speed wise anyway. Go with the Ryzen 7 2700x while keeping existing Geforce 970 , or option 2. A Ryzen 5 2600x with a Geforce 1080 upgrade...