Looks like best option. Just seen a bundle deal with 2600 and gigabyte b450 aorus pro for 250 with a random free psu which i could punt. Probably just go for that. Until i talk myself out of it...... Haha
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AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***
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Looks like best option. Just seen a bundle deal with 2600 and gigabyte b450 aorus pro for 250 with a random free psu which i could punt. Probably just go for that. Until i talk myself out of it...... Haha
Yes, as others have said. Get a 2600 and a decent x470. You won't have any issues unless your going extreme overclocking with the 16core ryzen 3000. Its what I did 3 months ago and am so impressed I will wait for ryzen 3000 prices to drop a little before replacing. Seriously good bang for buck and mine replaced a 4790k.
That is what I did: 2600 and a x470 Strix, hopefully enough for a 3700x
My question is, I have an ultrawide AW3418DW, will I see any difference between a 2600 and a 3700x if I play in ultrawide resolutions or it will be bottlenecked by the graphics card 99% of the time?
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Funnily enough i swapped from a 1440p 144hz screen yesterday to a 35" 3440x1440p 100hz screen, i benched Division 2 on both screens and GPU usage on the UW was sat at 98-99% for the entire time, was around 95% on the 1440p iirc. Definitely more GPU bound on an ultrawide id say.
Soldato
I'm happy my B350 motherboard got a bios update for newer CPUs which should mean Zen 2, the only driving force for me getting a new CPU is to make Cities Skylines run better, relly does need a faster 8 core CPU.
Tonnes of RAM too.
Soldato
If I reach 200,000 population probably need 128GB ram lol.
so basically changing from a 260 to a 3700x won't change anything gaming wise?
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Not if you're GPU bottlenecked.
Why 9900k will still be faster for gaming than than Ryzen 3000.God this waiting is killing me, i have even started looking at a 9900K build instead lol... Wifes told me i need to build the kids a PC sooner rather than later, the plan was to get a Zen2 build for myself, and give the kids my Ryzen 1700 build, id keep my Vega 64 and they can have the 1080FE i have spare to pair with my 1440p 144hz screen as i want to upgrade to a 3440x1440p screen (looking at that new MSI).
But with no solid info on Zen2 coming out anytime soon, im tempted just to say sod it and getting a 9900K, but i just know i will regret it down the line
You don't know that, plus an equivalent 8c/16t Ryzen 3000 chip would almost certainly be cheaper (and have fewer security holes).
Caporegime
I think the 9900K will be faster for gaming but the question is by how much? given that the only difference between the 9900K and Ryzen 2700 in gaming performance is down to the clock speed, 15 to 20% i doubt it will be much, probably 5% and is that really a noteworthy difference?
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Are you soft in the head? Or just brainwashed by Intel?
How you can make such an uneducated statement astounds me
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If I paid £479 for an i9 when i could have bought a slightly slower CPU for £179, that would be a huge regret.
I seriously doubt that a budget processor will be as good as a processor that costs near 500 quid mate.
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Just ignore him, anyone basing a processor performance on price is a moron anyhow..
I'd tell him to check out the 1800x Vs 6900k at release but he's probably just trolling for the Lola and if he isn't he's clearly stupid enough that he won't be able to do a basic search to back up his posts
I'd tell him to check out the 1800x Vs 6900k at release but he's probably just trolling for the Lola and if he isn't he's clearly stupid enough that he won't be able to do a basic search to back up his posts
Soldato
and this ladies and gentlemen, is proof if proof were needed that intels marketing machine works. dearer must be gooder.
Caporegime
Yeah there is also this....
The 2080TI is the fastest GPU available right now and the 8700K is in these 4 games at 1080P:
20% faster
18% faster
3% faster
3% slower
You add 15% performance to that for Ryzen 3000, 8 core £200 Ryzen 3000 and what do you have? coffeelake about 5% faster.
The 2080TI is the fastest GPU available right now and the 8700K is in these 4 games at 1080P:
20% faster
18% faster
3% faster
3% slower
You add 15% performance to that for Ryzen 3000, 8 core £200 Ryzen 3000 and what do you have? coffeelake about 5% faster.
Soldato
I was looking at some price list on Forbes and blimey if those prices end up been right some serious bang for buk for a 12c 24t CPU!