- Joined
- Jan 1, 2008
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO
Looking at possibly getting one of the following systems from microcenter:
6700k w/ asus maximus VIII hero ~360
7600k w/ asus rog strix z270 ~$340
Something I am not aware of? needs to be board + cpu in ~$350 range (USD)
or, my original plan, wait for ryzen 1400x (~320-350 estimated based on mobo prices, and leaked CPU prices).
So my current downside is that I am basically without a desktop at the moment as either all my parts are selling or will be sold in short order. Ryzen 1400x is going to be released later, and the current line up that is pending release is looking to be out of my price range. Overall, I really want a board that supports NVME M.2 drives, and has a minimum of 4C, prefer 8T total. Desktop usage will be for all of the following:
-Gaming
-Virtual machines
-coding
-electrical engineering programs for school (ltspice, matlab, python w/ scipy, etc)
-and my favorite: writing papers (lab reports)
Right now I have a Lenovo Yoga 910 (i7-7500u, 16gb ram, 512gb nvme SSD) which has ample power for everything but gaming, and some serious VM work (only 2 cores, 4 threads). VM stuff isnt critical for now either. Gaming is important, as it is my favorite down time activity, but right now down time is a rare thing between EE classes, and kids and all that. With the 4C/8T Ryzen CPUs coming later, and the current microcenter bundles I am seriously considering a switch to Intel, and wasn't sure what to look for. I'm pretty sure either the i5 or the i7 could meet my needs, but I would really prefer the extra threads for feeding hungry VMs. native linux compatibility would be a huge plus in a board as well, cause I could just dual boot off one of my 2.5 inch SSDs then.
So what do you all think I should do? I have a 140.2 custom loop that should fit on on either platform from intel, as well as a CM Hyper 212 evo. Should I go with the newer i5, or is there a sufficient board with good support that I could squeeze into an acceptable price range for the 7700k? I know I have heard intel overclocking is much more forgiving than AMD FX based systems. I know the IPC increase for the 7XXX series is negligable, and wont be doing any extreme overclocking. What should I look for as far as decent DDR4 is concerned? I want a minimum of 16gb, and not looking to spend a fortune on the upgrade.
Thanks in advance,
BlueFalcon
6700k w/ asus maximus VIII hero ~360
7600k w/ asus rog strix z270 ~$340
Something I am not aware of? needs to be board + cpu in ~$350 range (USD)
or, my original plan, wait for ryzen 1400x (~320-350 estimated based on mobo prices, and leaked CPU prices).
So my current downside is that I am basically without a desktop at the moment as either all my parts are selling or will be sold in short order. Ryzen 1400x is going to be released later, and the current line up that is pending release is looking to be out of my price range. Overall, I really want a board that supports NVME M.2 drives, and has a minimum of 4C, prefer 8T total. Desktop usage will be for all of the following:
-Gaming
-Virtual machines
-coding
-electrical engineering programs for school (ltspice, matlab, python w/ scipy, etc)
-and my favorite: writing papers (lab reports)
Right now I have a Lenovo Yoga 910 (i7-7500u, 16gb ram, 512gb nvme SSD) which has ample power for everything but gaming, and some serious VM work (only 2 cores, 4 threads). VM stuff isnt critical for now either. Gaming is important, as it is my favorite down time activity, but right now down time is a rare thing between EE classes, and kids and all that. With the 4C/8T Ryzen CPUs coming later, and the current microcenter bundles I am seriously considering a switch to Intel, and wasn't sure what to look for. I'm pretty sure either the i5 or the i7 could meet my needs, but I would really prefer the extra threads for feeding hungry VMs. native linux compatibility would be a huge plus in a board as well, cause I could just dual boot off one of my 2.5 inch SSDs then.
So what do you all think I should do? I have a 140.2 custom loop that should fit on on either platform from intel, as well as a CM Hyper 212 evo. Should I go with the newer i5, or is there a sufficient board with good support that I could squeeze into an acceptable price range for the 7700k? I know I have heard intel overclocking is much more forgiving than AMD FX based systems. I know the IPC increase for the 7XXX series is negligable, and wont be doing any extreme overclocking. What should I look for as far as decent DDR4 is concerned? I want a minimum of 16gb, and not looking to spend a fortune on the upgrade.
Thanks in advance,
BlueFalcon