Hey guys, I'm upgrading my pc, I already bought a rx 9060xt 16gb and also wanna change my CPU and motherboard (I own a i5 9400f now and mostly play cs2 and other fps games), with this big bump on the RAM prices, I was thinking to get the best possible ddr4 CPU compatible so it could last long and to reuse my ram (I have 16gb 2666mhz), the 2 best option I have seen are the i5 14600k and the Ryzen 7 5800x3d-5700x3d, but I can't find this Ryzens anywhere on the market.

What are your recommendations, are there any other options worth checking out?

Hi all,

I was gifted 16GB. Kingston Fury RGB DDR4 RAM.

Prefer 4 RAM slots & M.2 NVMe + S-ATA connectors. mATX is fine. Prefer it to be capable of onboard graphics, though may add a card in later.

For a case, the smaller, the better, or even an open bench style. If I can get separate headset/mic & USB-C on the front, that would be ideal. RGB compatible.

No preference AMD/Intel. Less expensive is always preferred, but willing to spend a few $ more if it adds usage/value.

I don't game on my PC anymore & run VM's out of interest + 30 tabs in FF. I use an old set of Logitech (X530) speakers so it would be nice if the new board could drive them.

Let me know your ideas?

My PC hasn't been upgraded in about 9 years and I bought 32gb 3600 DDR4 RAM a month or two ago before it got too expensive( it's gone up almost 100 since) So now I need to decide what chipset to get in the mobo. When I search I see alot of "just go to AMD5" well too late I already got DDR4. Thoughts?

I found out that the motherboard I was gonna buy (Gigabyte b650 aorus elite ax v2) doesn’t support ddr4 ram, whats a good motherboard that supports ddr4 ram, ryzen 5 9600x, and 9070 xt graphics card? Thanks