The Sandy, Ivy and Haswell (Hazzy?) Upgrade Thread

Orange Nexus · 7 Jan 2020 at 18:55

krooton said:
4770k, which is what my overclocked 2700k preforms at.

I had a 2700K and handled 2 R9 290s for 5 years oc'ed to 4.5GHz.

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/13338335/fs/20495455

Ravenger · 7 Jan 2020 at 19:50

I went for a Ryzen 3900x on a Gigabyte x570 board in the end. Went for the 3900x over the 3700x because I do some video compression and the extra cores seemed worthwhile, also increasingly games will use the extra cores as the new consoles will have more cores.

I've just run a compression job that would normally take at least 6 hours and had it finish in 1 hour and 20 mins, so I'm pleased with the upgrade so far.

LeMson · 9 Jan 2020 at 08:11

Just looking (and laughing) at 9900k prices, why hasn't Intel slashed them yet

MeddlE · 9 Jan 2020 at 09:39

Picked up a 4790k from the MM as an upgrade from the 4690k. Should see me good for another couple of years.

CHokKA · 9 Jan 2020 at 10:08

I upgraded from a Core i5 3570K to a Ryzen 5 3600X just before Christmas, and I'm really happy with the upgrade so far. It runs everything really well, but my biggest reason for upgrading was for the ability to better multitask, and it has certainly helped that. I was torn between a 3700X (but at £100 difference it was a bit much to consider), or a 2700X just for more cores, but I'm more interested in raw game performance first and foremost and the 3600X is better for gaming.

Although having said all of that, yesterday I was reconsidering the 2700X option just for the 8 cores and 16 threads vs 6 cores and 12 threads. I am left wondering whether stepping back a generation for more cores is worthwhile over buying a chip that's essentially the entry-level now.

Orange Nexus · 9 Jan 2020 at 11:15

CHokKA said:
I upgraded from a Core i5 3570K to a Ryzen 5 3600X just before Christmas, and I'm really happy with the upgrade so far. It runs everything really well, but my biggest reason for upgrading was for the ability to better multitask, and it has certainly helped that. I was torn between a 3700X (but at £100 difference it was a bit much to consider), or a 2700X just for more cores, but I'm more interested in raw game performance first and foremost and the 3600X is better for gaming.

Although having said all of that, yesterday I was reconsidering the 2700X option just for the 8 cores and 16 threads vs 6 cores and 12 threads. I am left wondering whether stepping back a generation for more cores is worthwhile over buying a chip that's essentially the entry-level now.

Got a 2700 (nonX) and a 3600. With a 5700XT, i do not see any difference between the two. Maybe cos i only play at 1440 60Hz. If you can save some by going 2700 non X, then use the money for Zen 3. Unless your motherboard is not up to snuff.

CHokKA · 9 Jan 2020 at 12:34

Orange Nexus said:
Got a 2700 (nonX) and a 3600. With a 5700XT, i do not see any difference between the two. Maybe cos i only play at 1440 60Hz. If you can save some by going 2700 non X, then use the money for Zen 3. Unless your motherboard is not up to snuff.

I picked up an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC for my board, so I think despite saving about £40, I'll stick with my 3600X for now and when Zen3 drops, I'll pick something up then, or perhaps get a 3700X for a decent price drop.

Orange Nexus · 9 Jan 2020 at 13:57

CHokKA said:
I picked up an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC for my board, so I think despite saving about £40, I'll stick with my 3600X for now and when Zen3 drops, I'll pick something up then, or perhaps get a 3700X for a decent price drop.

I just checked the Carbon - dam that is a nice board. Perfect for the 3600X.

subbytna · 9 Jan 2020 at 14:34

bells said:
I just bit the bullet and went for a 3800x (comming from a 4790K which was still great )

4790K to 3800x
16gb 2666 to 32gb 3600
570 motherboard
and keeping my Vega 56

all comming next week and i hope it will be worth it as all the advice came from here

Well how's your new toys compared to your old setup?

CHokKA · 9 Jan 2020 at 14:40

Orange Nexus said:
I just checked the Carbon - dam that is a nice board. Perfect for the 3600X.

I thought so too. Everyone says the Tomahawk is the one to go for at the lower price point, but I was swayed by the aesthetics, the onboard wifi and bluetooth, and the better PCIe and M2 support.

subbytna · 9 Jan 2020 at 15:04

Went to get a new cpu (3600), RAM (3600 speed) and a new X470 board...and noticed the 8pack ram jumped up 30-40 quid overnight!

subbytna · 9 Jan 2020 at 15:06

….all the RAM has jumped up by 20% or more since yesterday :eek:

CHokKA · 9 Jan 2020 at 15:16

subbytna said:
Went to get a new cpu (3600), RAM (3600 speed) and a new X470 board...and noticed the 8pack ram jumped up 30-40 quid overnight!

Get yourself some 3200Mhz e-die RAM and overclock it. Many here have had great results with the Crucial kits.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...gb-kit-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20f-cr.html

There's a thread about it here:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/ballistix-sport-lt-overclocking.18861166/

bells · 9 Jan 2020 at 21:29

subbytna said:
Well how's your new toys compared to your old setup?

well all round it’s better but was it worth it ? Probably not for what I do with the pc but it does give me a platform to upgrade in the future if I need to and I had money in the bank doing nothing so I treated myself

subbytna · 10 Jan 2020 at 09:53

bells said:
well all round it’s better but was it worth it ? Probably not for what I do with the pc but it does give me a platform to upgrade in the future if I need to and I had money in the bank doing nothing so I treated myself

Scratched that new tech itch?

lol

Jony27 · 11 Jan 2020 at 22:07

Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this for price/performance upgrade available in terms of upgrading the CPU?

Journey · 11 Jan 2020 at 22:22

Jony27 said:
Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this available in terms of upgrading the CPU?

Priced up a 3700x,x570 and 16gb ddr4 for £550. Realistically how much performance would I gain from this?

Assuming you sell your 3770K, Motherboard, and RAM for about £150, for £200 extra you can move to an R5 3600, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz, and decent B450 motherboard. It's not going to be 50% but it would be a good bump for somethings, and not much for others.

Woodsta888 · 12 Jan 2020 at 01:05

Jony27 said:
Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this for price/performance upgrade available in terms of upgrading the CPU?

I went from 3770k to 3800X on my 1080ti and the smoothness was noticeable for a CPU upgrade and not just measurable. The 1% lows were much higher making for tangible feeling in game smoothness. I was surprised myself TBH.

Panos · 12 Jan 2020 at 09:56

LeMson said:
Just looking (and laughing) at 9900k prices, why hasn't Intel slashed them yet

Because everyone is gaming at 1080p with an RTX2080Ti :rolleyes:

4K8KW10 · 12 Jan 2020 at 09:57

LeMson said:
Just looking (and laughing) at 9900k prices, why hasn't Intel slashed them yet

intel gave up on competing. Officially :eek:

Intel CEO gives up chasing market share
https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/50012-intel-ceo-gives-up-chasing-market-share