11400F+B560M+3200MHz RAM the price-performance sweetspot?

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Is this the current sweet spot for price-performance at the moment?

My [email protected] is getting on a bit and feel after 10 years, it's time to bite the bullet.

Did a little research and the 11400F power limits can be turned off, so I want to pair it what an Asus TUF B560M Wifi motherboard. I've read this motherboard has decent VRM.

I'm also thinking of the Corsair Vengeance LPX C16 3200MHz RAM (2x8GB) which I think runs at 3200MHz default in the BIOS.

I'll pretty much be using all the other parts from my current PC, Corsair 520W Modular PSU, NZXT M22 AIO and SSDs.

Just not sure if I need an NVME drive for Windows and if there is a big real-time difference with my Crucial MX500 SSD SATA?

I've got a GTX1050 but it's all I need at the moment as I don't game and GPU prices are mental.
 
mickyflinn said:
The MSI B560M PRO-VDH WIFI for £50 less than the Asus is better value .

As long as your on a ssd general use there not a big diffrence but it's up to you if you want a m2, I've just saved you £50 so you can afford one :D
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Thanks! :)

The issue is the TUF mobo is less than a tenner more expensive in Hong Kong where I live.

I did some more bench comparisons of SSD vs NVME and it's only a few second differences in loading, but I think the lack of cables means better airflow, so I'll probably get the WD S750 250GB.
 
ZXSpectrum said:
Should make a good little system which would be significantly faster at stock than yours.

A youtuber did a comparison which showed that the 10400F is at least 50% faster in most games.

i5 2500K vs i5 11400F - 10 Years Difference - YouTube

Hope that helps :)
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Trouble is I don't game anymore, so is there really a difference in day to day tasks like web browsing and using Windows Explorer? Hmmmm.....

I'm kind of more interested in the motherboard, better connectivity but again is it really worth the upgrade if I still have all the connectivity I need now. I guess I'm just itching for some new tech after 10 years hahaha.
 
Thanks everyone for the heads up, I think I'll wait out the 12400F and B660M and see what they bring to the table.

Any ideas what the B660 will bring over the B560?
 
Journey said:
DDR5 on some boards, not that you want that in a bargain system, better USB support e.g. more of the faster ports, and maybe better use of the DMI 4.0 lanes.
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So not a huge generational gap then.

When do we get anything in the future that actually has significant real work benefits?
 
Journey said:
It's a motherboard, it can only really offer what the CPU allows, or parts that are shrunk over time and integrated, which you've seen in the past, e.g. Wi-Fi, on-board sound, Ethernet, etc.

Motherboards do not offer extra performance 99% of the time, and if they do it is usually down to better power control, and better cooling of that power control, your system only benefits in performance from the parts you install into it, so faster RAM, a better CPU and GPU, or 40Gb Ethernet, you get the idea. The biggest jump we've seen in the past two years is PCI-E 4.0 and now 5.0, this allows more data to be transferred across the same number of lanes, 1x PCI-E 5.0 is equivalent to 4x PCI-E 3.0 in MT/s, which means a previously high end M.2 SSD on 3.0 doesn't need as many board/CPU resources assigning to it to operate at that same speed, and thus the lower end benefits more than the high end kit, unless you are making a workstation or something were you need all the bandwidth you can get.
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Thanks for the information!

Yes, when I actually looked at the B560M mobo specs, the only things that I will really see a difference with is having an NVME drive that can load Windows and apps faster by a few seconds.

I think all the benefits since the 2500K was released are for gaming and to pump out at higher resolutions.

As a non-gamer and with my [email protected] still loading things fast, the lure of a new computer doesn't seem that grand anymore. :(
 
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