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Old i7 5820K to to Ryzen 5700X - worth it?

Phemo

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Hi guys,

I've had a couple of Ryzen systems in the past but gave parts away/sold parts off a couple of years back because I just wasn't using my PC at the time. I've since been using my older system which is an i7 5820K overclocked to 4.4GHz and it's been alright but I've got the opportunity to go up to something a bit better for not a whole lot of money and I just kind of feel like it's time to move to something that can at least officially run Windows 11 if I wanted to. I did price up a nice new i7 13700 system but mobo/cpu/RAM alone are the best part of a grand. I don't mind spending that money and then some when the time is right, but right now I'm not really gaming on my PC until I can pick up a half decent GPU at sensible money so I don't think it's worth that to me right now.

So, I've got the option of an MSI B550 board and 32GB of RAM from a mate for £150 and then I can buy a Ryzen 5700X for £200 or so. Is it worth moving from an overclocked i7 5820K to a Ryzen 5700X for £350? I'm thinking it should be a fair upgrade but it'd also free up my old parts that I can use to knock another PC together for my kids so that's a bonus too.

Any thoughts appreciated :)
 
I thought as much, thanks guys. Just seems a relatively small amount of money to fork out for what I suspect is a decent upgrade with the bonus freeing up almost all the guts for another PC too.

I wouldn't mind doing a new 13700K or 7700X system but this will do me for a while for not a lot of money.
 
Phemo said:
I thought as much, thanks guys. Just seems a relatively small amount of money to fork out for what I suspect is a decent upgrade with the bonus freeing up almost all the guts for another PC too.

I wouldn't mind doing a new 13700K or 7700X system but this will do me for a while for not a lot of money.
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Yer its night and day difference. a hell of a lot faster.
depending on what you use the system for 5700 is all you need for a good few years. right now for most use cases the 13700K or 7700X are just show off chips.

all i do is game i upgraded from a 3600x to a 5600 just because it was cheap on offer. @1440p 144hz my 3600 @ 4.35Ghz did everything that was needed.
the upgrade only cost £40 after setting my old chip and it should last a year or 2 longer. by that time a ddr5 will be a lot cheaper to build.
 
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Phemo said:
Hi guys,

I've had a couple of Ryzen systems in the past but gave parts away/sold parts off a couple of years back because I just wasn't using my PC at the time. I've since been using my older system which is an i7 5820K overclocked to 4.4GHz and it's been alright but I've got the opportunity to go up to something a bit better for not a whole lot of money and I just kind of feel like it's time to move to something that can at least officially run Windows 11 if I wanted to. I did price up a nice new i7 13700 system but mobo/cpu/RAM alone are the best part of a grand. I don't mind spending that money and then some when the time is right, but right now I'm not really gaming on my PC until I can pick up a half decent GPU at sensible money so I don't think it's worth that to me right now.

So, I've got the option of an MSI B550 board and 32GB of RAM from a mate for £150 and then I can buy a Ryzen 5700X for £200 or so. Is it worth moving from an overclocked i7 5820K to a Ryzen 5700X for £350? I'm thinking it should be a fair upgrade but it'd also free up my old parts that I can use to knock another PC together for my kids so that's a bonus too.

Any thoughts appreciated :)
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That's a great use of £350. That will keep you gaming for years, there's need to shell out stupid money for AM5.

;)
 
The 5820K is similar in performance to a Ryzen 1600 but pulls significantly more power. IIRC the 5820k at 4.2 was pulling about twice what my 1600 was. I’d say an upgrade is worth it for the power saving alone. A 5700X system will be miles faster and massively more power efficient.
 
I went ahead and got a 5700X so it's all up and running now. Haven't really done anything much with it yet but all is good.

The power saving did cross my mind too. 5700X is a 65w TDP chip and the 5820K at stock is 140w TDP so even with the 5700X doing its overdrive thing it's got to be way more efficient than the 5820K overclocked to 4.4.
 
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