Is it though? Big upgrade? in gaming? at 1440p on a GTX1080?
Yeah...4/0 thread is becoming old now in games...
4/8 thread better
6/12 sweet spot...I’m impressed with the 2600 tbh...
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Is it though? Big upgrade? in gaming? at 1440p on a GTX1080?
Last generation there were a couple of MSI boards that had great hardware without being flashy and overpriced. Not sure about other manufacturers.
According to camelcamelcamel it's been as low as £283 and its average is £329?Core i7 8700k has had a big price drop, can now be had for £364.49
They're all 7nm products so it has no bearing
Why do people trot out this ridiculous argument?
Hint: when you buy your PS5 your existing PC will not go *poof* and disappear in a puff of smoke.
Or are you telling me that the market for PS5 is exclusively people who do not own a PC? Don't be daft.
The choice is (and always is) between upgrading/rebuilding your existing gaming/productivity PC and buying a PS5.
Most people's productivity PC only needs to be able to run Office and accounting stuff like you say.
Even rebuilding/upgrading your PC will cost much, much more than a PS5. And what will you get for that? You can say "I only have one device! Less cables!" and that's about as good as your argument gets.
I can say "I have two devices that together represent a much, much, much better value for money proposition."
More power I bought a 9900k for £499 and sold it 6 weeks later for for £480
The easy shuffle only works when you sell old gen while it still has worth..
Buy a 2700x for £329 sell it for £300 and buy a 3700x ....
It’s all about the timing.
Yeah but I bought my 2600 for what £145 a couple of months ago with a view to upgrading shortly after release but I'm not sure it's worth it now given that the 2600 does a pretty decent job of what I need it to. I get that other chips are different propositions but I was 100% upgrading and now I might just stick with what I have for the time being.
Fingers crossed for some Zen2 support on my Corsshair VI x370. That's the whole reason I bought one of the top boards back in the day, for future support like this.
Think 12c is out the window, that's fine, but hoping for 3700/3800x support
if i have a 2600 i would not switch it for a 3600(x) unless there was a compelling reason. until we see how they overclock. there is no reason to chance right now.
what CPU do you have now?
Yeah I was thinking I was going to only get maybe 60 or 70 quid for it second hand in the next few weeks and the upgrade would be worth it but now I think Ill just stick for the time being at least. It's a capable chip, not stellar by any means but I dont have stellar parts to complement an upgrade so I think the middle of the road is fine for me just now. I get it different for other folks though.
Ryzen 5 1600 and have it clocked at 3.7Ghz
https://youtu.be/MkO4R10WNUM?t=252 16 core chip under custom loop = 4.25ghz all core. Maybe they're delaying the 16 core chip to see if they can get higher clocks.
Builzoid also mentioned that BCLK OC'ing is back on the menu so there will be more to these chips than bumping up the multiplier.
you've been able to BCLK oc ryzen chips just not by much.
Fingers crossed for some Zen2 support on my Corsshair VI x370. That's the whole reason I bought one of the top boards back in the day, for future support like this.
Think 12c is out the window, that's fine, but hoping for 3700/3800x support