Hi,
Long post, but want to give you the information I think you need to be able to best help me. I have to upgrade my current i7-3770k based PC (2013 build!), which with small upgrades along the way looks like this today:
I haven't really been following the hardware scene as closely as I once used to, and quite a few things have happened since 2013... surprise surprise
I like to try and do my homework, but have been struggling with a few things:
In principle I do not plan to over-clock, but have been doing that a lot back in the day from mid 90'es until my current build, so might want to again at some point... Knowing myself I will want to fiddle with it, if it turns out I can get significant benefit from it, which requires a board that will support it, which I believe requires Zxxx boards. Is that correct?
The PC is used for different things:
The build I have come up with is this one, which is a mix of old parts that I will re-use and the new components I intend to purchase. I have alist of newly purchased parts further below.
Purchase list:
Long post, but want to give you the information I think you need to be able to best help me. I have to upgrade my current i7-3770k based PC (2013 build!), which with small upgrades along the way looks like this today:
I haven't really been following the hardware scene as closely as I once used to, and quite a few things have happened since 2013... surprise surprise
I like to try and do my homework, but have been struggling with a few things:
- DDR4 and DDR5
- I have ended up with a DDR4 build due mainly to price/maturity considerations.
- NVME M.2 drives
- I think I have figured out what I need to check with regards to compatibility etc., but would greatly appreciate a third party check (You).
- MB / Chipset
- I wanted to look for a B660/Z690 board in order to save some money, but it was a pain to find out which boards could be BIOS upgraded without a compatible CPU and the boards I found was not significantly cheaper. (Did not find any B660 boards that could)
- i5 vs i7
- For gaming I will get no benefit from an i7 with the GPU I currently have (1660 Super) and I do not think I will miss much with regards to the use cases I have in Lightroom and CAD/FEA.
- When I need serious power for FEA I can access some nice workstations I have built at work (Dual EPYC 7513, 16 x 32GB ECC-Ram etc. etc...)
In principle I do not plan to over-clock, but have been doing that a lot back in the day from mid 90'es until my current build, so might want to again at some point... Knowing myself I will want to fiddle with it, if it turns out I can get significant benefit from it, which requires a board that will support it, which I believe requires Zxxx boards. Is that correct?
The PC is used for different things:
- Gaming(Casual relaxation etx.) these days mostly
- Skyrim
- The Witcher 3
- soon Cyberpunk 2077.
- Work/Hobby
- Lightroom photo importing, editing and exporting
- A little 3D CAD here and there
- A little FEA here and there
The build I have come up with is this one, which is a mix of old parts that I will re-use and the new components I intend to purchase. I have alist of newly purchased parts further below.
Purchase list: