Advices for a newbie

Hello friends, I'm new here. I'm Daniel a gamer. I have joined this forum to know the latest news of gaming, gaming accessories etc.

Edited by Xaltar - 05 Jul 2017 at 4:28pm

I forgot to answer that :)

I have contacted arctic support for am4 retention ring. They sent me that a week ago. I would need am3 backplate but it's easy to find.

For now 1600 will serve me just same as 1700 but after some updates and when games benefit from more than 6 cores I would see it useful. But this is my idea, it could be worse or better than my predict. Yet I'm sure about something. Building a good ryzen rig will serve me more than lga 1151 chipset. At least if I buy taichi, I can use that mobo for 5 years with only upgrading Cpu gpu and monitor 3 years later.

Thanks for kind attitude.

Xaltar wrote: The Taichi is widely regarded as one of if not the best Ryzen board out there.  With your AiO liquid cooler you may need to purchase an AM4 mounting bracket. Check the product page for your cooler for info. If it uses the clip system for AMD then it will work as is. So you are thinking: CPU:  r7 1700 Mobo: X370 Taichi The only question is, will you need 8 cores and 16 threads? You will likely be using GPU acceleration for video editing. If you are going to be gaming then you will likely pick up a decent GPU so it would make sense to use it when using editing software for rendering. That means that you won't be taking advantage of the 16 thread Ryzen 7. If this is so then you can save yourself some money and go with the R5 1600. It has 6 cores and 12 threads so it will be future-proof and it performs almost identically to Ryzen 7 when it comes to gaming. As we move forward, Ryzen will be better utilized in games. Ryzen isn't "worse" than intel for gaming, it is just a new architecture that current games are not properly optimized to take advantage of. Also note that intel being better than Ryzen for gaming is only true at lower resolutions on enthusiast grade GPUs. Once you move up to 1440p and above, on a GTX 1070 or better, the bottleneck shifts from the CPU to the GPU and both will perform identically. The average user will not notice any difference gaming on Ryzen vs intel. Benchmarks give performance figures, often times separated by tiny margins, they do not tell you how well a game plays or how smooth it runs. Some reviewers have begun to mention these facts which is encouraging.  In the end, Intel and Ryzen will both handle games very well. Why choose Ryzen? Because it's a newer platform and Kaby Lake will be the last CPU line on the 1151 socket. It's that simple. You will want to pick up a decent GPU for that setup too. Without knowing budget I can't recommend anything.

[URL=][/URL]Hello everyone. I'm new to here and brand. First time I am building a desktop and I have decided to go for ryzen over Intel for more futureproofing with this chipset.

I will be playing games and editing some videos. But mostly gaming. I know Intel has the upper side for now yet there isn't enough compatibilities still so I know that more solid ryzens for gaming will be coming in next years.

I had an arctic Liquid Freezer 240 mm with 4 fans Cpu cooler which I bought for Intel. I know it can fit am4 too, I will use it on my ryzen rig.

As Cpu and board I'm thinking to pick 1700, because there becomes nearly no difference when you overclock r7 and taichi, because most solid board for overclocking high quality vrms and more than 8 cores oc capabilities due of it.

Are these picks are sensible? What do you advice?x

Do you really advice asrock over Asus rog crosshair 6 hero and gigabyte gaming 5?

Thanks.

Edited by Yondaime - 07 Jun 2017 at 1:59pm