I'm getting MSI MPG 570x motherboard. It's upgradeable to 128GB, 3700x is pretty performant. I don't game. I use linux + i3wm. I simply want my code editors/browser windows to stop crashing lol...
My goal is a decent build < 1000. I already have a case/power supply. Just getting CPU, Mobo, RAM basically. Keeping my r9 270x amd gfx card from 2013. Normal cooling. My RAM can go higher than 3200, but price range 3200 seems best bang for buck, I figure when it comes down I could upgrade to 128GB @ 4400 and eventually the cpu to whatever the highest end am4 socket allows, and a better graphics card and get a few more years out of my system.
I've never spent more than 800 on a system. I guess one man's 'wow this is cool' is another's 'no, that's lame' lol.
Elsewhere, Zen 3 has been rumored to be a full rewrite, i.e. a new microarch from the ground up. That doesn't jive well with maintaining socket compatibility with AM4.
The words I've seen from AMD on this matter seem fairly clear that they intend to keep Zen 3 on AM4. Most likely they'll wait until Zen 4 on a 5nm process to switch to a new socket(in 2021).
It's still a 'bit' upgradeable. But I think RAM/Gfx will get me further over the next 7-8 years in terms of speed/etc. It's a decent build comparable to maybe a $2000+ consumer desktop for $699. For my use case It'll fly compared to my system now which bogs down when I have 126 browser tabs open.
My goal is a decent build < 1000. I already have a case/power supply. Just getting CPU, Mobo, RAM basically. Keeping my r9 270x amd gfx card from 2013. Normal cooling. My RAM can go higher than 3200, but price range 3200 seems best bang for buck, I figure when it comes down I could upgrade to 128GB @ 4400 and eventually the cpu to whatever the highest end am4 socket allows, and a better graphics card and get a few more years out of my system.
I've never spent more than 800 on a system. I guess one man's 'wow this is cool' is another's 'no, that's lame' lol.