Currently using a x570 asus rog itx board. Honestly after using it for my persona build/workstation it has deterred me away from using asus. I worked with several brands with lower end and upper end and while I do agree with you that the more expensive boards are great to work with, they aren’t always rays of sunshine’s.
I’d much rather stick to Asus’s b450 board for functionality reasons, but I just can’t be bothered to update the BIOs and reinstall everything.
Well in that case since you were experiencing such issues I highly recommend the 10700k. It’s a great processor and it’s also a fantastic overclocking chip. One of the main reasons I would highly recommend it over the 9900k is it has fantastic thermals when compared
I actually haven’t had any desire to upgrade my Ryzen 5 1600. It’s hooked up to a 60hz 4k (at 1080p) TV, so it’s more than capable of that, and I feel for the foreseeable future in most games.
probably two generations down the road, right now you can OC your 8700k for Ryzen 5600x like performance.
Mobo, firmware etc can have impact, yes. Lot of the perf improvements are from tweaking the sub-timings. Some mobos have the profiles, some don’t. I’ve had to replace my old DDR4 sticks with something newer to become stable on my Z90 mobo. Even at stock 2133 Z490s were a nightmare to work with on older RAM sticks even though the sticks were Intel optimized for older platforms and worked perfectly on my 3700X.
Depending on the game the 5600x can be a major uplift in older games. For WoW unless you’re going to get a 1080p/240hz monitor then Zen3 isn’t going to change your experience for most users.
Your 8700K is more than fine.
I’m at the limit already for my voltage. Needs 1.38v to get 5ghz. 1.42v for 5.1ghz, but it’s not super stable (cinebench/game stable, fails on longer stress tests).
I leave it at 5ghz and I suspect it will be able to hold that a little while longer.
If I can average 100fps or more without stuttering or bad lows, I’m cool. I actually set my games to typically cap at 100 (or even 85 on some games for noise/thermal reasons) anyway.
Some games can’t hit that on my GPU at 1440p without turning down settings, so I do want to upgrade that at some point.
If it makes you feel better, I killed my 8700k that was able to overclock to 5ghz @1.28v
Liquid metal accident 
mine has been delidded with conductonaut since June of 2018. Some people say you need to replace the LM, others say it doesn’t really matter.
I haven’t noticed any change in thermals really, and I don’t want to even bother messing with it. If it corrodes/damages the die somehow at this point I still have 3 years use out of it and all that will do is expedite my upgrade timeline. So incentive to monitor and replace is just not there.
You would be surprised how many people don’t even read their mobo manual.
I have x8 crossfire on my mobo!..your manual states the second x16 slot reverts to x4 the second you place anything in one of the pcie x4 slots like your sound card
I have four pcie x4 slots on my mobo!..your manual states if you use more than one slot they all revert to x1 speed and you are already using a sound card and wifi card.
etc., etc.,
Personally, I see no problem with B550 boards even on relatively end systems. They have all the proper features where it counts - PCIE4 on the primary M.2 and the primary x16 PCIE4 graphics slot, and all the feature supports such as SAM as the X570 boards. They also generally (within similar price ranges) have very robust if not the same VRM configurations as their X570 counterparts.
The only real considerations for X570 are the increased chipset-supplied PCIE4 (for people like content creators who can utilize the extra PCIE4 drives), and dual-graphics card solutions (which is pretty much dead at this point), and increased number of base USB ports.
I think, once you’ve selected a quality motherboard, that more important issue than B550 vs X570, is: does it have built-in wi-fi, does it have the right fan header set up for your build, do you like the BIOS interface of that manufacturer, does the physical appearance suit you, etc.
Currently using a 3700x so don’t need the latest cpu. Could use a 3070 or better though… Just to find stock is the real challenge.
I would not bother. The work needed to remove the parts and then reinstall the new stuff is not worth the very minimal gains. PCIE gen 4 is not worth it since gen 5 is not that far away. I would just keep your current cpu, its going to last years.
You know you’re probably right? However changing the motherboard in a processor is roughly going to take me 20 minutes tops. 10 minutes to take it all out and another 10 to clean off all the thermal paste properly. With that said… Pcie 4.0 pretty much means nothing to me considering all my games and files are on an 8TB SSD which is NOT an m.2 drive. It’s a regular sata SSD. So even if I had pcie 4.0 I wouldn’t be able to use it for anything but my C drive (Windows Drive)
I did read your post. Just that if you still have your PC, you can wait. Shortage is expected. I still using my old CPU waiting for 5900X.
10900K OC power consumption at 300W+ is a big ask for me.
Finally got my 5900X. Really got some FPS boost.
I bought a ryzen 5 5600x replacing my FX 6300, my GPU is pretty outdated, GTX 1060 3GB, I usually get around 80 to 120 FPS max settings in new zones, while old zones up to 180 fps, the reason your fps might be low is because WoW relies heavily on a CPU, however if you run WoW in 4k it relies on GPU more.
How did you get one? were you lucky enough to get one at launch? Or you incredibly blessed by having a Micro Center in your area? Because trust me if I knew someone with a Micro Center in their area I would have them pick me up a 5900x. Sadly my only option for acquiring an AMD is online
I’m not from US. Friend managed to get it for me on forced motherboard bundle.
From what I have seen online that seems to be the key to getting one. It also explains why you care about power consumption I’ll be honest most people in the US don’t care about that
And you have to know people or someone deep.
Every shop in Malaysia either force you to buy motherboard or purchase entire rig for it.
I guess its a way to stop scalpers.