New build for kid #3.

[PP Mguire]

Get the 1500x, it's a fantastic chip.

 

[acerinpa]

How about this combo instead? a bit cheaper. The only difference I can tell is the micro ATX mobo.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3468074

How about a 250 GB SSD for win10 ?

 

[PP Mguire]

I suppose it's solid but I don't personally trust GIgabyte boards.

 

[acerinpa]

Sorry, my other kid, who is pretty techy, pointed out that several people are running into compatibility issues with Ryzen? Can anybody expand on this. I will combine the cpu with new mobo and ram and psu with old WD black hhd, a new ssd, and and old 560 ti GPU ( at least temporarily). Does anybody know if any of these old components are incompatible with the Ryzen 1500x.

 

[Trotter]

Sorry, my other kid, who is pretty techy, pointed out that several people are running into compatibility issues with Ryzen? Can anybody expand on this. I will combine the cpu with new mobo and ram and psu with old WD black hhd, a new ssd, and and old 560 ti GPU ( at least temporarily). Does anybody know if any of these old components are incompatible with the Ryzen 1500x.

First I've heard of it. I know Ryzen was having some issues with RAM if it was too fast but I think the BIOS updates fixed that. You may want to check your kid's sources... sounds like they are sipping from the fountain of fanboyism, or at least listening to it.

 

[acerinpa]

Yep- after posting I tried finding out what the heck he was talking about and only came up with the same thing- RAM issues if trying high speed RAM. So if he says anything else - I will just say "show me or Prove it" . He is the same kid that says "don't buy win10 - we can get it for free". I pointed out that may or may not be true- but even if we do get a upgrade form win7 download to work - its not legal as its a new build with a new CPU and MOBO, cant get support ,etc.

 

[PP Mguire]

Was this the same kid that had issues with this 2500k that's running in my gfs PC?

I had 0 issues assembling and running a Ryzen rig. 10/10 would buy again.

 

[acerinpa]

Yep- and YEP!!! just waiting to get cash from #3 kid- I agreed to split the cost and want to see a down payment before I order parts.

 

[acerinpa]

Ok revitalization of this thread for kid#3. She finally got a job and has saved $600 , so now have firm budget of $1200. Need win 10 OS, and all PC components. Do not need monitor/keyboard/mouse. So she will not be overclocking. She likes art and using 2 monitors and often has many programs running at the same time. She games , not hardcore , but does play first person shooters.

So I figure Evga 1070 gpu is fine and fairly long term solution. 16 GB DDR4 ram, 500 Gb solid state drive, 1GB regular HD. So, the big question is cpu = Ryzen or Intel? Looking for stability and fairly long term cpu solution.

 

[iParanormalx]

So I figure Evga 1070 gpu is fine and fairly long term solution. 16 GB DDR4 ram, 500 Gb solid state drive, 1GB regular HD. So, the big question is cpu = Ryzen or Intel? Looking for stability and fairly long term cpu solution.

I'd recommend a little bit bigger regular HD. 1GB won't get you very far these days.

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