Ryzen 3 series Upgrade Questions

finlaycm

Yo,

I have couple upgrade questions. I am (half) moving to Belgium and I'm going to work from home there. I need a beastly computer.

My current build below has 64 GB RAM. However, I am doing bioinformatic analysis in R which is using a lot of RAM and I am getting close to maxing this out. My B450 motherboard won't support more than 64 GB. Does anyone know if the future motherboards (X570?) for Ryzen 3rd gen support more ram slots?

R is very single-threaded, which is why I would like to move to the Ryzen 3rd gen when it comes out as the performance increase looks amazing. Do you think my current motherboard will cut it?

My nagging belief is that my upgrade plans are a bit stupid, and should make do or be looking at threadripper? Expensive route though.

Also quick question, I do miss gaming is there any natural upgrade over my 780Ti for 2K gaming that doesn't cost much. A 590 RX perhaps?

Here is my current build in Belgium:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (Purchased For £220.00)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€0.00)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€0.00)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (€0.00)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (Purchased For £190.00)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For £140.20)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (Purchased For £0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 760 2 GB WINDFORCE Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (White w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £63.00)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For £64.28)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For £20.00)
Mouse: Logitech - MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse (Purchased For £39.00)
Other: AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable - 10 Feet (Latest Standard) (Purchased For £5.15)
Other: Vitalitim 2.4Ghz Full-size Ergonomic Wireless Keyboard for Desktop PC Lunix Windows Mac IOS Google Android TV - UK Layout (Purchased For £19.99)
Other: Corsair MM100 Mouse Pad - Black (Purchased For £6.00)
Other: Power Strips with USB ports 3 Way Outlets 6 USB Ports Surge Protection Power Strip Universal Power Socket with 2M Bold Extension cord Smart USB charger Power (EU Plug, Black-Grey) (Purchased For £15.80)
Other: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Purchased)
Total: €0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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UK build I could harvest or sell off:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For £76.00)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For £0.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws X Series 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For £34.51)
Storage: Samsung - 840 Pro Series 128 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For £85.00)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 500 GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3 GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
Case: Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £50.00)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro Full 32/64-bit (Purchased For £0.00)
Monitor: LG - 24GM77 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
Monitor: Acer - Predator XR341CK 34.0" 3440x1440 75 Hz Monitor (Purchased For £310.00)
Mouse: Razer - DeathAdder Wired Laser Mouse
Headphones: SteelSeries - Siberia 350 (Black/Orange) 7.1 Channel Headset (Purchased For £0.00)
Total: €0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-27 20:03 CET+0100

K.O.Kiki

If you need more than 64Gb RAM you'll probably need to move to a HEDT platform.

Maybe try looking into older Intel X99?
You could get an i7-5930K (€170-180) and X99 ATX motherboard (€170-200) from eBay, bung on a decent cooler. Lets you use your current DDR4.

For gaming you're probably better off with GTX 1660 Ti.

Polar101

The older Threadrippers have been on sale recently, you could get a 1900x or a 1920x for a decent price (around the 300 GBP on Amazon at least). The motherboards (X399) are expensive, but you can fit 8 memory sticks. You would think quad-channel will stay with HEDT for the moment, so the AM4 Ryzen 3 motherboards might not support more than 4 sticks.