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I7 3770k Dinosaur upgrade to Amd darkside.

EsaT said:
There better be II in end.
Because original is branded scam garbage with worser VRM than in lowly Asrock B450 Pro4.
That outdated 2700X at stock could literally overheat that VRM good only for max 65W TDP CPUs.
Unless just wanting old hardware when bought, Zen2 architecture CPU should be starting point.
That's important especially for gaming.
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Not sure I would fully agree with this, I ran a 2700x in the lowest end asrock b450 hdv board with the junkest vrm of any b450. It was absolutely fine, sure no headroom etc for OC but it hit all its advertised specs no issue at all. It would hit up against the boards power limits on boost but that was above rated spec.

For what it is worth I swapped the wife's machine from 2700x to the 3600x and the 3600x matches the 2700x multi while taking a good lead in single thread and overall system responsiveness. The 3000 series is really where AMD nailed the design.
 
i just recently got rid of my 3770k build with a gtx 1080ti
i got a 5600x and a 6800xt gpu
i have to say the performance gains are huge its butter smooth fast and im so happy with it.
 
aachil said:
i just recently got rid of my 3770k build with a gtx 1080ti
i got a 5600x and a 6800xt gpu
i have to say the performance gains are huge its butter smooth fast and im so happy with it.
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Interesting, I have a 3700x and a 1080Ti FTW3 and looking to pop a 5800x in, I suppose you didn't test the 1080Ti with the 5600x? I am hoping to keep hold of the 1080Ti for a little longer so curious to see how much the newer 6800XT dominated the older 1080Ti
 
Steven Rimmington said:
is it really worth the upgrade though
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depends on what games you play and whether you demand the highest fps/quality settings of course.
personally, i upgraded to a 3070ti FE and sold my 1080ti for the same price, so for myself, i got a free performance upgrade which was a no brainer
 
Steven Rimmington said:
Interesting, I have a 3700x and a 1080Ti FTW3 and looking to pop a 5800x in, I suppose you didn't test the 1080Ti with the 5600x? I am hoping to keep hold of the 1080Ti for a little longer so curious to see how much the newer 6800XT dominated the older 1080Ti
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i actually did use my aorus 1080ti for about 2 weeks with the 5600x and being honest it actually boosted my fps in games i was really happy with it.
but i got really lucky finding my msi 6800 xt gaming trio and on top got nearly £500 for my 1080ti so it was a no brainer..
but i have to also say performance wise the 6800 xt is a massive upgrade the performance is immense.
ive not had a single game yet at 4k ultra where im getting lower then 60fps.
apart from cyberpunk really
 
aachil said:
i actually did use my aorus 1080ti for about 2 weeks with the 5600x and being honest it actually boosted my fps in games i was really happy with it.
but i got really lucky finding my msi 6800 xt gaming trio and on top got nearly £500 for my 1080ti so it was a no brainer..
but i have to also say performance wise the 6800 xt is a massive upgrade the performance is immense.
ive not had a single game yet at 4k ultra where im getting lower then 60fps.
apart from cyberpunk really
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Thanks for that. I will definitely go for a CPU upgrade first, if I can get an extra 10-20FPS that would be perfect! I can imagine the difference is huge at 4k! Hopefully the 1080Ti is still worth decent money in the summer :o
 
Steven Rimmington said:
Yeah from what I have seen from review sites and a few youtube videos it seems nearly double the performance, is it really worth the upgrade though. it's probably £500 plus the 1080ti to upgrade. I might hold on a little while :D
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I came from a 1080 Ti and 8700K to the spec in my sig and the performance gain was massive. The CPU upgrade alone would make a noticeable impact at 1080p and to minimum FPS at higher resolutions. Obviously depends on what you play and whether you're happy to stick it out for longer, I did it back in February so nearly a year later we're a lot closer to new hardware releases.
 
therealdippy said:
I'm not sure if I'm too late to the dinosaur competition, but I recently upgraded from air-cooled i7 2600K + 980ti SLI to water-cooled 5900X + RTX3900.
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Great upgrade. I went from a 2600k + AMD 470 4GB to a 3700x + 3060Ti FE. Not as big of an upgrade as you but still a massive jump and I'm really happy with everything.

I got the 3700x second hand on this forum for £160 about 6 months ago, can't remember if that was including or excluding p&p though.
 
sorry guys missed the last few posts for some reason i didnt get notifications....

was looking at corsaier cmk32gx4m2 2 x 16gb ram?
 
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