Is worth the money going to Ryzen 1700x instead of 1700?

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WaterKnight

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Hi,

I am going to build a new computer and I have decided to go to AMD instead of Intel 7700K. I have 796€ of budget(for buying at pccomponentes spain) just for cpu,ram and motherboard. I have readen in many posts that 1700x is not worth the money cause it just have 0.1GHZ more and XFX. Can you suggest me if i should select 1700x over 1700. And which motherboard and RAM(which is very important at ryzen) should I buy with the rest of my budget.
The rest of my components are:



  • SSD: SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO 500GB
    GPU: RX 480 8GB DDR5 reference
    Case: Corsair Carbide Clear 400C
    HDDx2 WD BLUE 1TB Sata 3
    Corsair VS 650W 80 Plus
    SCREEN: BENQ XL2730Z


I am going to use this computer for gaming and for the works of my computers engineer at univeristy.
In addittion, I want the most powerfull build and that it last at least for 4 years.



I am looking forward to hearing from you. I'll be very gratefull If you help me.
Yours sincerrally.
 
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xJoseph
1700 is enough to handle any multi-threaded programs and video editing let alone gaming.
For the power supply I suggest you go for something better, I suggest you going for either full modular or semi-modular which is going to help your cable management a lot, if you're going with a 650W here's some recommendations
1.Corsair TX650 (Semi-Modular)(Gold rating)
2.Superflower Leadex Gold 650 (Fully modular)(Gold rating)
the price difference from each other is not that much, A great PSU is one of the elements that keeps your pc rig stable and safe!
For the ram just go for anything over 2400 bus speed, or just get the ram from reliable brands
(G.Skill, Corsair, Kingston) my mate current 1600x rig has 8x2gb of Kingston HyperX FURY 2666 and...
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I'll stick to your main question. I would ask you to consider whether you're going to overclock the CPU.

If you plan to overclock, then the 1700x is pointless as the 1700 can overclock to similar levels. Overclocking would invalidate any advantage a stock 1700x has over the 1700 (higher stock clocks, higher boost clocks). The current Ryzen CPUs tend to have the same limitations when it comes to overclocking.
 
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1700 is enough to handle any multi-threaded programs and video editing let alone gaming.
For the power supply I suggest you go for something better, I suggest you going for either full modular or semi-modular which is going to help your cable management a lot, if you're going with a 650W here's some recommendations
1.Corsair TX650 (Semi-Modular)(Gold rating)
2.Superflower Leadex Gold 650 (Fully modular)(Gold rating)
the price difference from each other is not that much, A great PSU is one of the elements that keeps your pc rig stable and safe!
For the ram just go for anything over 2400 bus speed, or just get the ram from reliable brands
(G.Skill, Corsair, Kingston) my mate current 1600x rig has 8x2gb of Kingston HyperX FURY 2666 and performs amazing!
Good Luck!
 
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I suggest the 1700 and use the extra money on the fastest RAM you can afford. I always recommend G. Skill's Flare-X as I have that and it was at advertised speed of 3200 out of the box.

For motherboards, I chose the Taichi, but your budget may not allow that. The best bet is to read reviews as there are a lot out there for x370 and b350 boards. You likely will be happy with a b350 board and many of the review sites have used MSI's Tomahawk boards and liked them.
 
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Like Ditt44 said Ryzen is one of the CPU that relies on ram speed so much that getting 2666+ will boost your performance, G.skill makes one of the better rams out there, I tried pretty almost every single G.skill ram except Flare-X and Ripjaw 4, i'm sure MSI already provided BIOS that supports up to 3200mhz ram a month or two ago the BIOS with 3200mhz ram is very buggy, MSI should fixed that by now.
About the mobos either you're on budget or not B350 can provide your need and save you some money to drop into the ram too.
I built only two Ryzen rig, one for my friend and one for my little brother (one have 1600x and one 1600)
here's two mobo that I only tried with the Ryzen
MSI B350 Tomahawk
ASUS Prime B350-Plus
both are lovely mobos
Good Luck!
 
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