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Well I'm going to have a small financial windfall coming from a split lottery ticket - Going to use part of it to rebuild the PC and I need some advice. Ryzen, Broadwell-E, and I'm entertaining the thought of Threadripper
I'm trying to keep my upgrade to under $3500 so I can payoff some debt with the remaining funds
I'm currently looking at the following base components:
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (Low profile due to considering the R1 Ultimate as an air cooler)
Storage: Western Digital - Black PCIe 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Case: Thermaltake - Core X9 ATX Desktop Case (I want a horizontal mount cube case - and my CaseLabs I want is $550 - I'm going to be smart and save some funding..... sadly.... LOVE my wifes Magnum case!)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Existing Parts: GTX 1070, Several hard drives, Audio Gear, Monitors - All going to be transplanted over
What I need help with is the CPU & Cooling solution. (Motherboard choices are pretty easy once the processor is figured out - best VRM & support - EATX compatibility is supported with my case choice)
For cooling I'm either going to use the Cryorig R1 Ultimate or Noctua D15 if I go air.
If I go AIO Water - what would be the recommended 360mm solution?
I'm not interested in Custom Loop water - Been there before and while it's AMAZING for performance, I HATE the upkeep and don't want to go that route.
I'm wondering if sticking with Ryzen, 6850k, or even Threadripper 1920 - would be better. I'd like to be >= 4.0 all around (I like my snappy computer)
Ryzen is only using dual channel memory and we know that memory compatibility can be flakey (but it is better than it was at release). Great Multi threaded performance. Drop in replacement next gen.
Broadwell-E is just older but still a good tech IMO. Better single threaded performance and better overclocking. Soldered IHS IIRC.
If I entertain the thought of Threadripper my build cost will go up and while it'd be great bragging rights I know the $$$ isn't worth it for my particular uses - unless developers start doing multi threaded coding for games.
My other issue with Threadripper is cooling the beast. The only AIO I'm considering is the Enermax TR4 one which I cannot find availability on - or the Noctua tower coolers which would never work out since I intend to overclock.
The other benefit similar to Ryzen - is drop in compatibility with the next gen processor. Definitely a long term benefit.
My uses are gaming (Mostly Blizzard games - but I've a pretty big Steam library too that I play with) and running a lot of Simcraft. Threadripper would probably get me back into some [email protected] XD
I'm aiming to keep this PC going for at least 4-6 years so longevity is a consideration.
Thanks for any advice!
I'm trying to keep my upgrade to under $3500 so I can payoff some debt with the remaining funds
I'm currently looking at the following base components:
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (Low profile due to considering the R1 Ultimate as an air cooler)
Storage: Western Digital - Black PCIe 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Case: Thermaltake - Core X9 ATX Desktop Case (I want a horizontal mount cube case - and my CaseLabs I want is $550 - I'm going to be smart and save some funding..... sadly.... LOVE my wifes Magnum case!)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit
Existing Parts: GTX 1070, Several hard drives, Audio Gear, Monitors - All going to be transplanted over

What I need help with is the CPU & Cooling solution. (Motherboard choices are pretty easy once the processor is figured out - best VRM & support - EATX compatibility is supported with my case choice)
For cooling I'm either going to use the Cryorig R1 Ultimate or Noctua D15 if I go air.
If I go AIO Water - what would be the recommended 360mm solution?
I'm not interested in Custom Loop water - Been there before and while it's AMAZING for performance, I HATE the upkeep and don't want to go that route.
I'm wondering if sticking with Ryzen, 6850k, or even Threadripper 1920 - would be better. I'd like to be >= 4.0 all around (I like my snappy computer)
Ryzen is only using dual channel memory and we know that memory compatibility can be flakey (but it is better than it was at release). Great Multi threaded performance. Drop in replacement next gen.
Broadwell-E is just older but still a good tech IMO. Better single threaded performance and better overclocking. Soldered IHS IIRC.
If I entertain the thought of Threadripper my build cost will go up and while it'd be great bragging rights I know the $$$ isn't worth it for my particular uses - unless developers start doing multi threaded coding for games.
My other issue with Threadripper is cooling the beast. The only AIO I'm considering is the Enermax TR4 one which I cannot find availability on - or the Noctua tower coolers which would never work out since I intend to overclock.
The other benefit similar to Ryzen - is drop in compatibility with the next gen processor. Definitely a long term benefit.
My uses are gaming (Mostly Blizzard games - but I've a pretty big Steam library too that I play with) and running a lot of Simcraft. Threadripper would probably get me back into some [email protected] XD
I'm aiming to keep this PC going for at least 4-6 years so longevity is a consideration.
Thanks for any advice!