Upgrade from 6600K or wait?

[Supernova]

Whack in a cheap 6700K or 7700K, to tide you over. Will be interesting to see what Intel have to offer in Q1 '20

I would (and I did) go down this route. I had a 6660k from May 2016 until October 2018 when I got a 7700k from the members market for £150. You should get a few more years out of either OP. But it's down to you really to consist of you want to spend more.

Edit: just seen the above post - decision made!

 

[G J]

You made the best choice as now you have an upgrade path to Ryzen 4xxx next year without a motherboard change.

 

[jigger]

Hey all,

I'll try to keep this quick, I'm currently running an i5 6600k OCd to 4.5 along with a RTX2080.

My pc is used for gaming mostly, along with some web browsing etc.
I game at 1440p and prefer to have everything on the highest settings for each game.

Up until the last few months that has been no problem at all, but in games such as Gears 5, The Outer Worlds and recently Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order I have been having issues. The games generally run at 60fps but I get stuttering here and there along with a spike to 100% CPU usage.

It's not a deal breaker but it's starting to annoy me a bit. I've been reading that 4 core CPUs are starting to struggle in modern games so I've been looking at possible upgrade paths.

I'm thinking that I should wait for the next gen of Intel's in the first half of next year? But with the black Friday sales maybe it's a good time to upgrade now?

Budget isn't a massive concern. The AMD 3950 is beyond my price range, but I could push the boat out and get something like the i9 9900k or even KS if it was a truly great upgrade which will last me 5 years or more.

Any help would be great.

Cheers!

Bargain.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...games-only-314-99-with-voucher-code.18871682/

 

[Vinno]

I'm actually starting to wonder whether I should have gone for that 3800x over the 3600.

 

[4K8KW10]

I'm actually starting to wonder whether I should have gone for that 3800x over the 3600.

Buy these and you'll forget about stupid upgrading in the next 7-8 years and possibly more
There are many disadvantages in upgrading every year as you intent - like the uncertainty that your entry level B450 board may not properly support the upgrade, possible need to install Windows again, all the wasted time to sell the old parts and buy the new, all the wasted time to disassemble and reassemble.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £518.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £175.99

Total: £705.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[TNA]

Lol at the above. Just saw his sig too. Haha. He has confirmed he is a noob if it takes him a long time to change one cpu to another.

Guy spends hours on here every day recommending people the wrong stuff and posting fake news from wccftech and then talks about saving time doing a simple CPU swap over. I guess the time saved can be put towards talking more rubbish on here eh? Hahaha.

 

[MartinPrince]

Lol at the above. Just saw his sig too. Haha. He has confirmed he is a noob if it takes him a long time to change one cpu to another.

Guy spends hours on here every day recommending people the wrong stuff and posting fake news from wccftech and then talks about saving time doing a simple CPU swap over. I guess the time saved can be put towards talking more rubbish on here eh? Hahaha.

Be glad you made the 'Troll Honour Roll", this is the same as getting a "Man of the Year" from the forums!

 

[Vinno]

The 3900x is a great CPU, but holy moly that's a fair chunk of change lol.

 

[TNA]

Be glad you made the 'Troll Honour Roll", this is the same as getting a "Man of the Year" from the forums!

 

[TangoEchoAlpha]

I am wondering if 4K8KW10 is actually Ryan Shrout posting on the forums?

OP, good choice. Nice upgrade with the option to slot Ryzen 4000 in next summer.

 

[TNA]

I am wondering if 4K8KW10 is actually Ryan Shrout posting on the forums?

OP, good choice. Nice upgrade with the option to slot Ryzen 4000 in next summer.

Lol

I wonder what goes through his brain when he sees everyone disagreeing with him. My guess is he thinks we are all idiots and he is clever and is able to see things we cannot. What he does not get is “If everyone around you is so dumb you can barely handle it, the problem is likely you”. He won’t have this though and carries on banging on the same drum.

 

[Woodsta888]

Lol

I wonder what goes through his brain when he sees everyone disagreeing with him. My guess is he thinks we are all idiots and he is clever and is able to see things we cannot. What he does not get is “If everyone around you is so dumb you can barely handle it, the problem is likely you”. He won’t have this though and carries on banging on the same drum.

I'm on there too! Even made it his sig. Proper LOL. The guy owns a laptop and frequents PC building forums advising folk what to do using the 'google brain'.

I've come across some spacktards before, but this one has the force. Just keeps on giving too!

 

[Pogue]

Total £348


CPU R5 3600 £179

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3b9-am.html

Motherboard MSI B450 MAX £99

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-b450-tomahawk-max-socket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-33t-ms.html

RAM Ballistic 3200 CL 16 £70

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

When Ryzen 4000 arrives, then decide if you need to upgrade.

I am going to do this, what PSU would I need, I currently have a 550w Gold, would that be enough?

System currently has i5 6600k
Nvidia GTX 1070
2 x ssd
1 x hdd
4 x 4gb ram

 

[humbug]

I am going to do this, what PSU would I need, I currently have a 550w Gold, would that be enough?

System currently has i5 6600k
Nvidia GTX 1070
2 x ssd
1 x hdd
4 x 4gb ram

It will be yes, the 3600 is a lower power CPU than your 6600K.

 

[Pogue]

It will be yes, the 3600 is a lower power CPU than your 6600K.

Perfect, best get my wallet out and get ordering.

Many thanks

 

[orbitalwalsh]

MSI Toma mATX, save's a few more pennies

 

[Pogue]

Ok, the memory in the link is out of stock

This is the memory I want, also out of stock https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

This is the memory I already have, will it work for now until the correct memory comes in to stock? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...hannel-kit-black-cmk16gx4m2b30-my-445-cs.html

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Ok, the memory in the link is out of stock

This is the memory I want, also out of stock https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

This is the memory I already have, will it work for now until the correct memory comes in to stock? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...hannel-kit-black-cmk16gx4m2b30-my-445-cs.html

Over priced . Check out crucial or steel Viper

 

[Itchytrigg]

Was looking to pull the trigger myself on upgrading from a 6600k, budget around the £350 mark, was eyeing up the R5 3600 but with a x570 board, specifically https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-57x-gi.html

Is there any benefit to doing that over the MSI B450 linked above?

 

[Itchytrigg]

I think I answered the question myself regarding the B450 vs the x570, looks like little benefit for my setup so might as well save the difference there. Should have google'd harder before asking