bartdude300 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Hi guys I'm upgrading my Ryzen 7 2700x cpu but unsure which way to go I'm using a X470 Aorus ultra gaming motherboard socket Am4 do I go Intel i7 or i8 or should i go for the 3700x I use oculus rift in DCS I have 32gb of 3200 ddr4 ram and gtx1080ti card. Any advice or views would be much appreciated. Thanks Glynn Edited January 20, 2020 by bartdude300 Gigabyte X470, 32gb corsair 3200 ddr4, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, Ml240 coolmaster, Nvidia GTX1080ti 11gb, 512gb ssd Seagate for DCS,Oculus rift CV1, X52 joystick and throttle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn8ke_iis Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Unless you really want to spend the money for a 9700K, new motherboard, and possibly new RAM I would just get a 3700X, your motherboard already supports it. You might need to upgrade your BIOS for your motherboard to recognize it. Updating BIOS and changing out the CPU is a lot cheaper and easier than building a whole new system. I can't speak to the performance differences in VR for DCS between the two but the 3700X is the more economical option. Sell your 2700 and save the money for a new graphics card later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomreidar Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I have the same pc, GPU & Oculus rift with Ryzen 7 3700X and it works like a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartdude300 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Gigabyte X470, 32gb corsair 3200 ddr4, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, Ml240 coolmaster, Nvidia GTX1080ti 11gb, 512gb ssd Seagate for DCS,Oculus rift CV1, X52 joystick and throttle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong05 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Have you looked at potential performance gains between the 2700X and the 3700X? I don't think it's much more then 10% or so: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X/4043vs3958 5800X3d, 32GB DDR4@3400, 6800 xt, Reverb G2, Gunfighter/TMWH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartdude300 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Yes I looked at the performance advantages and taken the price into account thanks for the link as well much appreciated. Gigabyte X470, 32gb corsair 3200 ddr4, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, Ml240 coolmaster, Nvidia GTX1080ti 11gb, 512gb ssd Seagate for DCS,Oculus rift CV1, X52 joystick and throttle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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