Need to upgrade my 6700K Skylake build

[Basard]

Looking at upgrading my now aging system to something that will handle new and up coming titles.
The new DDR5 platforms are now as must for going forward from a future upgrade perspective.

My question is should I go with a Ryzen build or stick with Intel for this generation?

All I will want to be doing is replacing the CPU, Mobo, Ram, CPU Cooler, and PSU
(My PSU is getting on and a faulty / aged one could kill the system due to a surge)

This time around Z Line (Intel) and X Line (AMD) Motherboards don't offer many more features other than a second GPU slot (redundant) than the B Line (Both Intel & AMD) maybe better boost clocks on some models maybe and power distribution im guessing?

Also I generally prefer ASUS (motherboards) due to their reliability if thats any help.

Many thanks in advance.

[Chimaera]

@BasardAre you saying you already have DDR5 RAM? If you're wanting to upgrade to a DDR5 board, you will need DDR5 RAM as well. If you're not used to the idiosyncrasies of AMD chipsets, I'd say stick with what you know and stay Intel. I know a lot of folks who have had a ton of problems figuring out AMD issues if they've been Intel-only. If you're familiar with AMD, then I'd say go for the best bang for the buck.

12 hours ago, Basard said:

This time around Z Line (Intel) and X Line (AMD) Motherboards don't offer many more features other than a second GPU slot (redundant) than the B Line (Both Intel & AMD) maybe better boost clocks on some models maybe and power distribution im guessing?

I'd also check for the number of NVME slots on both, those are essential for modern gaming. If only 1, it's not enough. If 2 it's adequate. 4 is preferred.

[CC-Corp]

On 9/8/2022 at 4:45 AM, Basard said:

My question is should I go with a Ryzen build or stick with Intel for this generation?

I would wait till the 27th, amd's 7000 chips will be released for actually 3rd party benchmarking, along with that day intel is suppose to announce details it's raptor lake 13k series 

[Basard]

On 9/9/2022 at 12:38 AM, Chimaera said:

@BasardAre you saying you already have DDR5 RAM? If you're wanting to upgrade to a DDR5 board, you will need DDR5 RAM as well. If you're not used to the idiosyncrasies of AMD chipsets, I'd say stick with what you know and stay Intel. I know a lot of folks who have had a ton of problems figuring out AMD issues if they've been Intel-only. If you're familiar with AMD, then I'd say go for the best bang for the buck.

I'd also check for the number of NVME slots on both, those are essential for modern gaming. If only 1, it's not enough. If 2 it's adequate. 4 is preferred.

Yeah I'll have to purchase new Ram mate If I go AMD.

I still have 2x 2-Terabyte FireCuda SSHD Drives (lol) and 3 Older SSD's currently. So I'm guessing 2 NVME slots would be the sweet spot for me if i get hold of 2 new Drives. 😁

On 9/12/2022 at 1:13 AM, CC-Corp said:

I would wait till the 27th, amd's 7000 chips will be released for actually 3rd party benchmarking, along with that day intel is suppose to announce details it's raptor lake 13k series 

Roll on the 27th mate

[Basard]

Decided to upgrade with the following.

 

 

Corsair 360mm H150i RGB PRO XT Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-h150i-rgb-pro-xt-aio-cooler-3x-120mm-ml120-pwm-fans-copper-heatsink-aluminium-360mm-radia

 

ASUS AMD Ryzen ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI AM5 PCIe 5.0 ATX Motherboard

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-rog-strix-b650e-e-gaming-wifi-amd-b650-am5-ddr5-pcie-50-4x-m2-25g-wifi-6e-usb-32-gen-2x2-atx

 

Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 6000MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR5 Memory Kit

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/32gb-2x16gb-corsair-ddr5-vengeance-rgb-pc5-48000-6000-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-30-14v-amd-expo

 

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12 Core AM5 CPU/Processor

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-ryzen-9-7900-am5-zen-4-12-core-24-thread-37ghz-54ghz-turbo-64mb-cache-pcie-50-65w-cpu

 

Corsair 750 Watt RM750x Fully Modular 80+ Gold ATX Power Supply/PSU

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-corsair-rmx-series-rm750x-full-modular-80plus-gold-sli-crossfire-single-rail-625a-135mm-fan-atx

 

Should last as long as the 6700k build from 2015. 😆

 

 

 

 

UPDATE.

 

I also decided to increase the number of SATA ports as I didn't want to get rid of my 2 FireCuda SSHD drives and bought this from amazon

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PTP79VG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[Gremlich]

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