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If it's gaming. It's Intel. I have an Ryzen 1700x. Huge mistake.
 
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Just get the G.Skill 3200 Cl14 and you'll do fine
 

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Its a thing called Purchasing Power. Depends on where you work but alot of companies use it. What they do is charge you a little higher premium but it automatically come out of your pay checks. So I will be paying like 15 bucks a check over a year. I works for people like me who have 4 kids and never really get to save money. So its like credit but not credit. For me comng up with 300 to 400 hundered at a time is almost impossible. Ive been adding to my pay every check and saving up to get what im getting so far. So now that ive got enough to get a board and ram, ill use that to get my processor. Now I can start stashing a little here little there again back in paypal so if the zen+ or zen2 is that big of a gain, ill save up for it and get. My boys are getting older and want to game with me so I can set them up with left overs.

My mom kicked down some money for christmas to help get my ram. so now im trying to decide what to by there.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...7,20-313-712^20-313-712,20-232-530^20-232-530

these are my final selections. Is the team group warranty as good as G.Skill?

So far this is what my build looks like so far

CPU - Ryzen 7 1700
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GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 Xtreme Gaming OC (still an amazing card)
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APU - not sure if I go with on board or stick to my X-Fi Titanium pcie 1x

Get the 256GB 840 Pro, TRIM uses by default 10% of the drive.

If it's gaming. It's Intel. I have an Ryzen 1700x. Huge mistake.

He has bought it already, no sense on paying the "intel tax"
 
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I already have the 840 pro, thats whats in my current system, those are the drive Im currently gonna use in the new system
I have one SSD for my steam games, one for my origin games.
 
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Trying to decide on the ram.

very temped to get G.SKILL TridentZ F4-3600C15D-16GTZ just because its probly got the best speed binning of all B-Dies 3600 @ 15-15-15-35
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232306

these are 20 bucks cheaper G.SKILL Ripjaws V F4-3600C16D-16GVK 3600 @ 16-16-16-36
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232195

I also like the Team Dark Pro TDPGD416G3200HC14ADC01 3200 @ 14-14-14-31 but for 10 dollars more i might as well get the ripjaws.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313712

these are the cheapest selection of what I think are B-Dies G.SKILL TridentZ F4-3466C16D-16GTZKW 3466 @ 16-18-18-38 but timings are a little loose so im not sure
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232403

What would you guys suggest for a taichi?

My thought process is, if the cpu's are all pretty much limited to a 4ghz max, why not get ram that will squeeze out any extra performance needed?
It will also help the life span of system. Even if it wont reach 3600 on an x370 it should be able to get me the highest mem speeds and timing available right?
 
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Trying to decide on the ram.

very temped to get G.SKILL TridentZ F4-3600C15D-16GTZ just because its probly got the best speed binning of all B-Dies 3600 @ 15-15-15-35
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232306

these are 20 bucks cheaper G.SKILL Ripjaws V F4-3600C16D-16GVK 3600 @ 16-16-16-36
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232195

I also like the Team Dark Pro TDPGD416G3200HC14ADC01 3200 @ 14-14-14-31 but for 10 dollars more i might as well get the ripjaws.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313712

these are the cheapest selection of what I think are B-Dies G.SKILL TridentZ F4-3466C16D-16GTZKW 3466 @ 16-18-18-38 but timings are a little loose so im not sure
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232403

What would you guys suggest for a taichi?

My thought process is, if the cpu's are all pretty much limited to a 4ghz max, why not get ram that will squeeze out any extra performance needed?
It will also help the life span of system. Even if it wont reach 3600 on an x370 it should be able to get me the highest mem speeds and timing available right?
get the best that you can afford
 
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What would you guys suggest for a taichi?
For taichi or not, it's always the same recommendation. Get the cheapest one that will do the job (i.e. is compatible).
There's no point in pushing a lot of money in RAM, power supplies and all that nonsense. Before you know, your PC will cost more than a sensible i7-8700 setup would have.
 
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The only thing I’ve purchased/purchasing is cpu, ram and MOBO. Everything else I already had.
 

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For taichi or not, it's always the same recommendation. Get the cheapest one that will do the job (i.e. is compatible).
There's no point in pushing a lot of money in RAM, power supplies and all that nonsense. Before you know, your PC will cost more than a sensible i7-8700 setup would have.
The only thing I’ve purchased/purchasing is cpu, ram and MOBO. Everything else I already had.

notb just stop and go elsewhere, read what @ShRoOmAlIsTiC said, he isn't interested on you trying to impose your will on him!
 
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I ended buying team dark pro 3200 c14
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313711
Ended up being the best bang for the buck i could find on good b-dies.
Out of all the 3200 c14 i looked at, it was by far the least expensive. Never tried tem group ram before, hopefully it will be good.

Now its just a waiting game. Cant wait to throw this all together.
 

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If a friend asked me- I would advice to look at Team Group too. Just as people say there is an "Asus tax", I think there is an "Gskill tax" too.
 

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I ended buying team dark pro 3200 c14
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313711
Ended up being the best bang for the buck i could find on good b-dies.
Out of all the 3200 c14 i looked at, it was by far the least expensive. Never tried tem group ram before, hopefully it will be good.

Now its just a waiting game. Cant wait to throw this all together.
Have had a lot of Team Ram (albeit DDR3), always been very good to me with some OC headroom and stable.
 
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Well darn it, ram got lost in transit between newegg and fedex. I had to file a lost package claim.
 

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Well darn it, ram got lost in transit between newegg and fedex. I had to file a lost package claim.
well they should rush deliver you a new package of the same exact Ram and also either give you a discount or your money back for any shipping that you paid for
 
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Ram is out for delivery!! Also emailed be quiet and asked if they could rush the am4 mounting kit for my dark rock tf. They sent it out that day and it just arrived. Too bad i work late tonight. So i should be able to throw the rig together tomorrow before work. Just in time to get it done before the free windows 10 upgrade expires.
 
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Was up till 2am last night throwing everything together. Got to tweak it a little today. Installed 3.20a bios and im up and running 3.8ghz IBT, Cinebench, and AIDA stable @ only 1.2v Dont know if thats good or not. Ram is cruising at 3200 14,14,14 1t also. Feels very snappy. So far im loving it. Played some PUBG and it just cruised no problem.

HWMonitor says package temp is maxing out at 63c and cpu at 45c
 
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If you are willing to pay for a 1700, why not be willing to spend the $30 more for an 8600K?
It will outperform that 1700(X) too in games.
 

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So current rig
8320 @4ghz
Sabertooth 990fx r2.0
4 x 4gb samsung wonder ram
GTX 970 running at 1500mhz core /1873 ram
Samsung 840 pro 256gb
Corsair AX850

I want to toss most of this rig into my media server and just underclock the cpu and voltage for low power/ heat

Heres what im considering for my upgrade, want to upgrade mainly for gaming and M.2 support.

CPU - Ryzen 1700 or i3 8350k or i5 8400
Ram - 2 x 8gb 3200 C14 samsung b-die
If i go with the R7 1700 - ASrock x370 Taichi or recommend me something else but I like the fact that it was wifi and great VR's
If I go the Coffee lake route - ASrock z370 killer sli/ac
I have a pm951 M.2 256gb nvme drive that I pulled from nuc6i5 when I upgraded it to a 960 evo 500gb
I have an EVGA 1000w Gold PSU that I plan on using (overkill but why not its just sitting in a box)
Keep the GTX970, it is still a beast of a video card and can upgrade that a year or 2 from now.

So the hardest decision is
1. I'm and AMD Fanboy from way way back and never owned an Intel besides my nuc so that makes me want to get the R7 1700 plus all the extra cores I will need for a while
2. The i3 8350k has some insane raw power when OC'ed and from what I read is killer for gaming
3. The i5 8400 seems to be the best of 1 and 2 but do I really want to go intel?
4. Is my 8320 really that out dated and in need of an upgrade
Given prices that way they are, I'd go for an 1800X and call it good.
 
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