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i59400f what to upgrade too

Bewsher88

Bewsher88

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i currently running the i59400f with my rtx 2070 i have been told that my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu can anyone suggest a good upgrade that will pair well with my 2070
 
Bewsher88 said:
i currently running the i59400f with my rtx 2070 i have been told that my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu can anyone suggest a good upgrade that will pair well with my 2070
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I7 9700k should be a decent upgrade, or switch to a ryzen 3700x though that would mean a new motherboard too.
 
Intel doesn't have anything which would give any kind sense making upgrade for the cost.
Prices are simply too high for small number of extra cores.
 
Bewsher88 said:
i currently running the i59400f with my rtx 2070 i have been told that my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu can anyone suggest a good upgrade that will pair well with my 2070
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You've been told?

Are you experiencing it for yourself?

Have you monitored CPU/GPU usage whilst gaming using something like Afterburner?
 
Kelt said:
You've been told?

Are you experiencing it for yourself?

Have you monitored CPU/GPU usage whilst gaming using something like Afterburner?
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This.

What's the problem exactly (describe it?)? It's hard to recommend something without knowing what you're wanting to fix. You could spend a lot of money on this upgrade and gain very little.
 
greatash said:
Waste of money, nothing worth upgrading to for the cost on that platform. Now if you went ryzen on the other hand.... :cool:
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If he went ryzen what? My 9400f out performs ryzen.. same as the 3500 out performs the 3600

Dont forget Intel core speed still trumps AMD. Most games still only used 6 or less cores and the one that use more like real cores not hyper threads
 
MaXxBoulton said:
If he went ryzen what? My 9400f out performs ryzen.. same as the 3500 out performs the 3600

Dont forget Intel core speed still trumps AMD. Most games still only used 6 or less cores and the one that use more like real cores not hyper threads
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The 9400f doesn't out perform the ryzen 5 3600 nor does the 3500.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EwONJYtX-5Y
 
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Bewsher88 said:
i currently running the i59400f with my rtx 2070 i have been told that my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu can anyone suggest a good upgrade that will pair well with my 2070
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Stick with what you have until Intel drop their prices (slim chance) or people start selling off the 9700K/9900K CPU's when they've moved to a newer platform. The only other option is sell your motherboard/CPU/RAM and then replace it, some good deals on 3700X/B450/16GB DDR4 3200.
 
Unless you are using core intensive applications and are heavy into playing games like Ashes of the Singularity, Star Citizens, Cities: Skylines (Big Cities), Stellaris (Huge Galaxy), Battlefield V (MP with 64 players), I would just keep that 9400F for now.
Intel is launching their Comet Lake-S CPU's in a few months (requires new MB), and some months after that the Ryzen 4000 from AMD will arrive, so you might be able to catch some cheaper 9700K/9900K deals by then.
 
MaXxBoulton said:
If he went ryzen what? My 9400f out performs ryzen.. same as the 3500 out performs the 3600

Dont forget Intel core speed still trumps AMD. Most games still only used 6 or less cores and the one that use more like real cores not hyper threads
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You're a bit behind the times there. Older games or not well threaded, yes this can be true, but not anymore. Though it's not so much max FPS that is the problem. I do agree though, I wouldn't be switching to Ryzen from a 9400F and certainly not to a 3600.
 
MaXxBoulton said:
If he went ryzen what? My 9400f out performs ryzen.. same as the 3500 out performs the 3600

Dont forget Intel core speed still trumps AMD. Most games still only used 6 or less cores and the one that use more like real cores not hyper threads
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The 9600K doesn't even out perform a 3600 so a 9400F has no chance...

The Intel Core i5 was a little faster in a few of the games tested, but the R5 3600 was miles faster where you’ll notice it. So this one's pretty cut and dry unless Intel decides to cut pricing heavily.
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https://www.techspot.com/review/1871-amd-ryzen-3600/

The Ryzen 3600 is better than the 9600K, even for gaming. The only thing from Intel that's better than a Ryzen 3600 is an 8700K, 9700K and a 9900K and that's a pretty damming.
 
humbug said:
The 9600K doesn't even out perform a 3600 so a 9400F has no chance...
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all the bench marks show the 9600k at stock speeds.
And just to be clear the 9600k won all but a few gaming bench's.... or am i missing something?
out of 18 tests(games) the 9600k was better in 12 and the others was withing a few FPS(margin of error)

i am not saying Ryzen is the wrong choice because its not, i know i got the wrong CPU when i did but as a student it was the right choice on the pocket(at the time of buying)
BUT ever Ryzen buyer say am buying this so i can upgrade to 4XXX when the land, this is assuming (1) work on said chip set you opted for.. (2) are better than say a 3% step

because if not, i have the better upgrade option as i know my board WILL support 9900ks. or are you going to tell me the 9900ks is not the best gaming CPU right now?

But i like you spend all day running win zip and cine bench.


EDIT: just seen all the gaming benchmarks have PBO turned on, why no tests with the 9600k at 5.2ghz?
 
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