With Intel continuing to patch its Core chipsets into lower performance for each new exploit discovered, I have determined the line must be abandoned. Sadly, both the Core and Infonexus platforms are based on Intel's chipsets, meaning we are in for some hurt.
The official launch date for AMD's newest designs (Ryzen 7 and Navi 10) is 7/7, which means August to September is really the earliest time I could reasonably expect to start to piece together any form of upgrade. It's not very long to wait, but preliminary price modeling places a basic build somewhere in the $1300 range, which is a really, really big ask.
Currently there are other more pressing needs than the waning performance benchmark of our main system. I am looking at an upgrade somewhere along the lines of:
Ryzen 7 3700X
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII
G.Skill 32 GB RAM
Navi 10 Pro (or GeForce 2060, depending on how benchmarks pan out)
It is entirely possible to abandon the Navi 10 GPU in the build, given that nVidia might be cowed by AMD's growing pressure into finally reducing the prices for it's graphics cards to reasonable levels. If a good 2060 can be had for under $300, it will represent an ideal solution for the aging 960 even if the Navi 10 proves light years ahead in capability.
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