It’s ok, a lot of people are upset. As I said ANY Ryzen 8 core or above would be a good upgrade.
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It’s ok, a lot of people are upset. As I said ANY Ryzen 8 core or above would be a good upgrade.
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I did have it running at a stable 4.2 for many years, however since I started working from home since March and it's being used all day mostly for Zoom meetings, remote desktop and email, I've returned to stock settings to reduce power consumption, lower temps and near silent operation. The Gigabyte motherboard has an "easytune" option which boosts it instantly to 3.8 on all cores which provides a noticable boost for when I need the extra performance without needing to change bios settings, multiple re-starts etc. I have thought about upgrading the memory a few times in the past, but the overall % gains (single figures) have been hard to justify against the outlay. My next PC will most likely have at least 64Gb, as the Adobe apps can get memory hungry.
I'll wait a few weeks for the reviews on the Ryzen 5000 series processors to come out, and then decide which way to go.
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I went from 2666mhz to 3200 with lower timings as it definitely feels snappier. Benchmarks went up more than I thought too. Think I got a extra 1000 points in timespy
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You're current CPU is i7 and you want an AMD so get the Ryzen 7 since that's your price tier.
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Things do change tho. I used to spend shed loads on my PC. Now I'm a bit older and have more responsibilitys, I can't do that now.
The only real upgrade is a next gen 8 core. Weather that be intel or AMD. Anything else (within reason) is a side grade.
Yeah I know, pleanty of faster CPUs about. But for what it will cost, there's not a night and day difference for gaming. It's not like going from a gtx 970 to a 3070.
That wasn't all aimed at you tomcat, just putting it out there.
I went from a 5820K to overclocked 1600 with a Taichi board and 3200mhz RAM it was actually a downgrade. I don't regret it though because it only cost me around £50 to do by the time I sold off the 5820k, board and RAM.
I've upgraded the CPU several times without having to change the system 2600, 2700X, 3600 and now 3950X it's been a fantastic platform for upgrades!
The 1600X has some performance over the 1600. It will also run the memory a little faster.
Yeah, I wouldn’t upgrade from one to another, but if it was a choice, 1600X 1600 5820K in that order.
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Agreed I didn't notice the difference in day to day use but worth it for the newer platform
if that helps i had an overclocked 5820k @4.5Ghz (4.75 for testing/benching) and i only swapped to 8700k because i bought it really cheap plus i was planning to go ITX... not much of a difference. Other benefits include 2x m.2 slots on newer boards while x99 mostly has just one.
other than that 5820k is still pretty decent when overclocked not so much when stock.
I would change if I wouldn't get my current cpu and I do not recommend you to upgrade to anything less then 8core
other than that 5820k is still pretty decent when overclocked not so much when stock.
I would change if I wouldn't get my current cpu and I do not recommend you to upgrade to anything less then 8core
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I'm in the same predicament I have a i7-5930k clocked @ 4.3Ghz. Thinking of getting a 5900X had my rig for 4years.
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True I'm also hoping that the X570's mobos again will drop in price after the launch of the 5000 series CPU's tooboth of you can probably benefit in buying some 3000 series cpu's like 3900x when new 5000 series come out
still a good upgrade and much cheaper...
I'm in a similar(ish) position with a 5960X at 4.5. I'd wait until Zen 3 launch and see how it looks and I'll probably go 5900X as I want at least 50% more cores plus a significant boost in games ( AMD has to be better than Intel's best in games).
Considering you can make use of the extra cores if I were you I'd also be looking at 5900X assuming it bests the 10900K in games AND productivity.
Considering you can make use of the extra cores if I were you I'd also be looking at 5900X assuming it bests the 10900K in games AND productivity.
Nah, has to be Zen 3, none of the others are much faster than an overclocked 5820K in games if at all. An 1800X would be about as daft a non-upgrade as the OP could go for and a 3700/3800X wouldn't be much better.
Well yes they have 2 more cores but still an underwhelming CPU compared to what will be on offer with Zen 3. You'll be recommending FX8150 next...8 cores of Bulldozer goodness...
Also 5820k here. Want to go 5800X and a decent b550 board. No rush though, will wait for proper reviews and then wait out the inevitable price gouging because of supply, exchange rate, container ship had to use more fuel because of wind etc.