Which CPU should I buy among Ryzen 1700, 1700x or 1800x

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I currently have an i5 6600 on Asus h110m-d motherboard with 16 GB Gskill ram in two dimn slots.

I am facing recently 100% cpu usages while playing games like Tom clancy's ghost recon wildlands and during some web development tasks too.

Should I upgrade to Ryzen 1700 or 1700x or 1800x. I really do not want to overclock as it voids warranty and makes the CPU lifespan smaller due to extra heat generated. I do have a good cabinet with 4 fans(2 on top and 2 on front and one on rear) and planning to buy a good CPU cooler too if required.

Also for around $450 price should there be any better CPU from intel, I have never used AMD CPU so far but heard good things from AMD Ryzen CPU's though I don't like the Pins design of the CPU.

Also if I go with AMD CPU should I buy asus 370 motherboard?


 
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Overclocking if done correctly will not affect the lifespan of a cpu in any noticeable way. Heat and excessive voltage is what kills cpu's not overcloking. So if you can hit 3.8ghz with reasonable core voltage and manage to keep the cpu cool it should last as long as it would if you never overclocked at all. The cpu is more than likely going to be obsolete long before it ever dies.

The VS series is corsair's lowest end power supply line. While it it should power you system even with a cpu overclock, replacing it with a quality unit would not be a bad idea especially if you plan to upgrade the 960 in the future.

If this build is mainly for gaming the most bang for your buck would come from upgrading the GPU, your current i5 6600 is...
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The 1800x is an overclocked 1700, the 1800x produces the same amount of heat a overclocked 1700 would at the same clocks and voltage. Overclocking a ryzen chip does not void the warranty, unless there was obvious damage from say overvolting it too far. If you want to get into AMD's ridiculous warranty, did you know that mounting any cooler besides the stock one technically voids the warranty? How are they supposed to know if you did or not?

In my opinion the price of the 1700 makes it the best choice between the 3, they are all the same besides slightly different stock clocks. The i7 6700 or 7700 are options if you want to keep your current mobo.

You only really need a X370 board if you need the extra lanes for crossfire. Or you plan to do some heavy memory or cpu overclocking, x370 boards typically get higher slightly memory speeds stable and have a more robust VRM.

Whats wrong with PGA? The pins on a ryzen CPU are more sturdy than you probably think, they are not like the pins in a LGA mobo. They are pretty thick and hard to break unless you are really careless with the cpu.
 
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So I just checked some blogs and I could safely overclock ryzen 1700 to 3.8 GHz. Will it be safe for long runs and long life of processor? If not then I should buy 1800x.

Will my corsair VS 550 Watt PSU be sufficient for overclocking( I currently have 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 120 GB SSD, 1TB HDD, 160 GB HDD, GTX 960 4GB GPU)

Also should I buy a liquid cooler like "Corsair Hydro SeriesTM H100i V2" or a normal cooler like "cooler master hyper 212x"?

Also what would be a better RAM configuration : 4 x 8 GB Gskill vs 2 x 16 GB Gskill DDR4 RAM. I already have 2 x 8 GB gSkill DDR4 RAM.


Also out of the box how about i7 7700k (only 4 cores) over ryzen 1800x? I am mainly into gaming and Web development which means I have almost 20 to 30 browser tabs open in multiple browsers along with some IDE editors and playing games with all those in background mostly.
 
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Overclocking if done correctly will not affect the lifespan of a cpu in any noticeable way. Heat and excessive voltage is what kills cpu's not overcloking. So if you can hit 3.8ghz with reasonable core voltage and manage to keep the cpu cool it should last as long as it would if you never overclocked at all. The cpu is more than likely going to be obsolete long before it ever dies.

The VS series is corsair's lowest end power supply line. While it it should power you system even with a cpu overclock, replacing it with a quality unit would not be a bad idea especially if you plan to upgrade the 960 in the future.

If this build is mainly for gaming the most bang for your buck would come from upgrading the GPU, your current i5 6600 is still a capable cpu. Wildlands is a cpu intensive title however.

Im not really sure what cooler it will take to hit 3.8ghz on a 1700. I would want a big air cooler like the noctua NH-D15 or a cryorig R1. Or 240mm water cooler or larger.

2x16gb would be better for high memory speeds than 4x8gb, using 4 sticks on a dual channel mobo increases stress on the memory controller which can significantly affect memory stability at higher speeds. Your current kit of 2x8gb would likely work fine if 16gb is enough for you.

What kind of cpu usage do you get with your extreme amount of tabs open? You cant just close your browser while you game? The 7700k is generally better for gaming, especially if you are going for 1080p 144fps. At higher resolutions the 7700k and 1700 are closely matched as the gpu will likely become the bottleneck at higher resolutions. However if you for some reason need to play your games with 30 tabs open, a ryzen cpu may be better for that depending on what kind of cpu usage you are getting before you launch your game.
 
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