Hi guys;

1) i am planning to reuse my old logitech z-5500 5.1 speaker, and also want to buy headphone or headset, maybe the kingston hyperx cloud 2/stinger (for movie, music & gaming). Is it better to get GIGABYTE AX370-GAMING 5, (which offers dual ALC1220 codecs & amp for both back & front audio ports), or GIGABYTE AB350-GAMING 3 (which only has single codecs & amplifier for the rear audio port)? I do like to save some money if possible.

2) most high-end motherboard/casing has USB 3.1 gen2 type-c port, but i don't see many peripherals that take advantage of its such portable hard disk & such. Is it worth the money to have motherboard or casing with these feature?

Hello sifu,

i wanted to rebuild my 10 yrs old intel core i5 2500k sandy bridge pc. my Pc's purposes - image editing (adobe illustrator), windows video editor, audio extractor, microsoft office, youtube & 20x multi-tabs browsing.

i bought some following pc parts late last year:

CPU : Pending
M/B: Pending
RAM:corsair vengeance lpx ddr4 2x16 3200mhz
CPU cooler: scythe fuma 2
PSU : corsair sf750
Case: CM NR200
ssd: kingston A2000 1TB

My questions:
1)i'm looking to combine Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX with either ryzen 3700x or ryzen 5 5600x (pricing is near). which one could last next 10 yrs better?

2)if i go with 10th gen Intel Core i7-10700, which itx m/b is best with good vrm? (originally looking at 11th gen also, but it seem intel's rocket launch exploded --->Anandtech's review)

This post has been edited by retsnom: Mar 7 2021, 11:49 AM

yep i reuse my nvidia gtx 670. Do you have 3700x or 5600x? how much