I5 8400 upgrade?

[hash70]

lot of ryzen 3600/3700 on the second hand market

 

[Muso]

I'm thinking of splashing the cash on an i5 12600k with DDR 5. Any ideas of how much more performance in games this would give me?

 

[jigger]

I'm thinking of splashing the cash on an i5 12600k with DDR 5. Any ideas of how much more performance in games this would give me?

Looks like it will be up there with highest tier gaming chips. I’d probably hold off until Zen 3D if gaming is the primary use. Alder lake is more focussed on production workloads

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i5-12600k-alder-lake-12th-gen/17.html

 

[g67575]

I'm thinking of splashing the cash on an i5 12600k with DDR 5. Any ideas of how much more performance in games this would give me?

I'd wait for the 12700 (non K) to be released personally, as I think the 8 large cores will come in handy. Or, maybe see if there's much improvement for Zen 3D / whatever they decide to call it.

I'm sure the 12600K will still be a nice improvement though, over your i5 8400, if you don't wanna wait.

Have you managed to find any DDR5 RAM modules that don't cost crazy money, and are in stock?

 

[jigger]

I'd wait for the 12700 (non K) to be released personally, as I think the 8 large cores will come in handy. Or, maybe see if there's much improvement for Zen 3D / whatever they decide to call it.

I'm sure the 12600K will still be a nice improvement though, over your i5 8400, if you don't wanna wait.

A 10900k will probably beat the 8 core parts it for gaming.

 

[g67575]

@jigger - You're at it again, the 10900K has less L3 cache than the 8 core 12700K and almost certainly, the base model 12700. Plus it uses the old Skylake core architecture, so you can ignore this.

He's the king of contradiction...

 

[jigger]

@jigger - You're at it again, the 10900K has less L3 cache than the 8 core 12700K and almost certainly, the base model 12700. Plus it uses the old Skylake core architecture, so you can ignore this.

He's the king of contradiction...

Look at the 10900K gaming performance. It’s one of the highest performance gaming chips available.

 

[Joxeon]

Look at the 10900K gaming performance. It’s one of the highest performance gaming chips available.

It is a good chip but it's slightly behind zen 3 which is slightly behind ADL.

 

[jigger]

It is a good chip but it's slightly behind zen 3 which is slightly behind ADL.

Which will all beat the cut down and locked Alder lake parts. Slightly more.

 

[Joxeon]

Which will all beat the cut down and locked Alder lake parts. Slightly more.

Not necessarily as gaming doesnt really need the high power limits.

 

[jigger]

Not necessarily as gaming doesnt really need the high power limits.

I think a 10900K will be faster.

 

[g67575]

@jigger - I don't think he's remotely interested in buying a 10th gen CPU, but you don't care do you lol. But thanks, suggestion boy.

 

[jigger]

@jigger - I don't think he's remotely interested in buying a 10th gen CPU, but you don't care do you lol. But thanks, suggestion boy.

I was talking to you. The OP should wait for Zen 3D if gaming is important.

 

[g67575]

Do you mean upgrade from a 10700K to a 10900K? It's an OK upgrade (bit expensive and I'd need a better cooler) , but anyone with this CPU would get more bang for buck from a full system upgrade.

 

[Game]

Do you mean upgrade from a 10700K to a 10900K? It's an OK upgrade (bit expensive and I'd need a better cooler) , but anyone with this CPU would get more bang for buck from a full system upgrade.

wouldnt be worth it minimal gain for extra headache