General Discussions

[robertstrickland]

My conversations with a AMD friend... 

I were to get a AM4 upgrade
what motherboard, cpu, +32 gb of ram would you par up with a 2060 Super? 600-900. Significant improvement over my 4790K, Z97 LGA 1155 motherboard and 16 gb of DDR3 1600 Mhz ram.
600-900$
I would think a Ryzan 7 of some sort
B550?
If I'm understanding AMD boards right
Or B450
my 2060 Super is my 2020 card. I can live with it till next year when 3060 or 3070 are a year old.
video ram was what was killing me on my 980
have to consider if I want to sell my 980, z97, 4790K, 16 Gb Ram or keep it as a guest system. What do you think I could get out of it in a mini itx base? Money wise. Easy sell.
video card one year
Mobo+CPU+Ram the next year
thats the alternating stratagy Im going to take on upgrades. Moving up to a full sized case will help. Mini-Itx was intresting but limiting.
this is the case I got
https://www.newegg.com/black-fractal-design-meshify-c-dark-tg-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352072?Item=N...
going to fill it with nactua fans
2 140mm in front
1 120 mm in rear
2 140 mm on top
and a nice tower air cooler (suggestions for some kind of ryzen)
a X Ryzen is indicated... with all that airflow I should be able to get a bit of a boost over stock.
20% or so like my 4790K would be acceptable
depending on how things go I might even have money for a 3080 next year
Advice

[EFermi]

Depending on your budget and overclocking experience, the answers may vary. 

I would say something like ASUS B550-E, Ryzen 7 5800X (or 3800X(T) if 5800 is 2 expensiv 4 u) and 2x16Gb kit of RAM.

Now, RAM is the most controversial here because there are many variables. Do you want 3600MHz out of the box or will you get 3200 kit and overclock? Personally, I would recommend Crucial Ballistix, but any CL16 kit will do, generally.