Will a Ryzen 7 1700X be a good upgrade over the FX-9370?

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Hey guys. I'm planning on buying the ryzen 7 1700x and I was wondering if it would be a good upgrade over my FX-9370. I have a GTX 1070 FE. I also want to buy the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-2400MHz (CMK16GX4M2A2400C16) and the Asus Prime X370 Pro. Do you think that this is a good purchase or should I buy a ryzen 2700x with a x470? Thanks in advance.
 
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What are your intended uses ??

The reason ask is because 90% of the pc owning population really has no need for a 8c/16t processor.

The 2600x paired with an x470 & 3000mhz ram is where you should be looking value wise.

To aswer your question though I went from an fx8320 clocked at 4.3ghz to a ryzen 1700 (non x) .
Even at stock speed it completely obliterated that old fx8320 in any scenario.
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This would be a VERY good upgrade compared to your current system. The 1700x is faster, cooler and more power efficient. However, if you do have the budget it is recommended to get the 2700x with an X470 mobo, but this combo is somewhat more expensive. You should get 3000Mhz+ RAM, as Ryzen CPUs do benefit from this.
 
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What are your intended uses ??

The reason ask is because 90% of the pc owning population really has no need for a 8c/16t processor.

The 2600x paired with an x470 & 3000mhz ram is where you should be looking value wise.

To aswer your question though I went from an fx8320 clocked at 4.3ghz to a ryzen 1700 (non x) .
Even at stock speed it completely obliterated that old fx8320 in any scenario.
 
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Yeah I will propably go with the ryzen 1700x because I do not want to spent too much on an upgrade. Also will my corsair h100i v2 be compatible with the ryzen? Because I read that I have to buy the bracket from corsair or something like that so as to be compatible. If that's the case, can you send me the link to go buy it? Also take in mind that I'm playing on a 1080p 60hz monitor and I am gonna use this pc ONLY for gaming. Thanks again.

 
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I was going to post pretty much what MadMatt said. For gaming, you might not see much benefit from those two extra cores any time soon, so the 6 core, 12 thread 2600X would probably be better, and should slightly outperform a 1700X in most games due to its higher clocks. The vast majority of today's games are still designed to run well on quad-core processors, after all, and it will probably be some time before games fully utilize a 6-core processor with SMT, let alone an 8-core. The 2700X can manage slightly higher boost clocks than the 2600X, but that won't make a very significant difference in games for a 50% higher price.

And for Ryzen, it's generally best to go with higher speed RAM, so ideally you might want to look for some in the DDR4-2933 to 3200 range, which shouldn't cost much more.
 
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For gaming, a 1600x will perform the same. But if you want, you can futureproof your PC with the 1700x.
Check here: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cooling-And-Corsair-Link/AM4-AMD-Retention-Bracket-Kit-for-Hydro-Series%E2%84%A2-Coolers/p/CW-8960046
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It looks like the original H100i might be compatible with socket AM4 out of the box, judging by their notes on Ryzen compatibility about halfway down this page (Edit: I now see that you specifically mentioned the V2 : P)...

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/ryzen

The H100i V2 and some of their other coolers require a new bracket though, which appears to be about $5+$10 shipping in the US, though I'm not sure about pricing and availability elsewhere. There are some AM4 motherboards with compatible holes for AM3 coolers as well, but most don't feature them.
 
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