Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 2700

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Looks like there's about a £100 difference between these two. I'm wondering if the 2700 is worth it for gaming? After seeing Shadow of The Tomb Raider utilise my FX-8350's 4 cores/8 threads with DX12 at ~100% (and getting 32-45 fps in the process), I'm wondering if the 2700 will offer some future proofing that the 2600 won't.

I game at 3440x1440 and am aiming for a steady 60 fps, so don't need to reach for the sky with single core performance. I'll be using a Corsair Hydro H90 watercooler, so I'd like to think OCing would be possible with that if necessary. Graphics card is a 1070 Ti.

I know the Ryzen 3000 series is set to be announced tomorrow, but it's unlikely I'm going to be able to hold out for it to hit the market as my current CPU bottleneck is annoying the heck out of me.

If I did go for the 2700, I'd be hoping it'd last for the rest of the AM4/DDR4 generation for 60 fps gaming... or is it likely the Ryzen 2600 will also last the distance?

 

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From the benchmarks I've seen they aren't currently making use of 2700s extra threads/cores at all over the 2600. So you currently don't get any benefit

That seemed to be the case when I looked into it, though there is one video with a set of benchmarks that seems to consistently show the 2700 significantly outperforming the 2600 in games:

Seems they're using the Oculus Rift for the benchmarks in a lot of them though - not sure if that somehow changes things.

Sadly my FX 8350 doesn't seem to want to overclock. The motherboard has a reputation for being an OCing dud (an MSI 990FXA-GD65) and I've never been able to get the CPU over its boost clock of 4.2 GHz, which didn't seem worth it so dialled it back to stock. I suspect I'll never know if this CPU is capable of more.

 

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I'll certainly be holding out for one more day to hear what's happening at CES. I'd be delighted if the 2000 series drops in price just from tomorrow's announcement, but I have a feeling it won't work like that.

Looks like fairly mixed opinions on here on the 2700 vs 2600, but slightly in favour of the 2600 overall. Cheers for your thoughts folks.

 

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Wow, up to nearly 70% CPU utilization on 8 cores/16 threads in this SOTTR benchmark with the 2700 in crowded scenes at ~70 fps:

Shame I can't find a comparison video with the 2600. Only ones out there I've seen are with ~GTX 1060 level graphics cards and/or at higher resolutions, so too GPU bottlenecked to read much in to.

 

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I've pulled the trigger and gone for the slightly less recommended option of the 2700, hoping it'll last a good while as I don't tend to upgrade very often (hence why I'm still on an FX-8350). Hopefully it'll have some good OCing headroom too for when the day comes that stock speeds don't quite cut it.

Cheers for the input.

 

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Post asking advice , then ignore it...hmmmm

I listened to the advice and did my own research/guess work. It was a close call, but going by the track record of my upgrade cycles, I'll probably next get the itch around 2023+. Hopping on 8 cores now therefore seems reasonable.

Going by the rather pricey Radeon VII reveal, I'm also not convinced AMD will keep prices all that low for the Ryzen 3000 series, especially given the likelihood it's going to take Intel's crown for gaming performance. If that was the case, then I think I'd prefer not to risk being stranded on the 2600 as games start recommending 8c/16t. With the next gen consoles not being all that far off, I suspect development to take advantage of that many cores may start accelerating. Time will tell.

 

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Another 6 months on an FX-8350? No thank you

Now got the 2700 up and running. Still got some more games to test, but so far it looks like it's got ludicrous amounts of power to spare compared with the 8350, and I'm back to being healthily GPU bottlenecked for 3440x1440 gaming, like the way it should be Have to smile that it's only using about half the power and all

 

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It's a bit late now, but I get where you're coming from. I'm following similar logic with the 2700 vs 2700x, though not O/Cing yet as there's no need.

Having been through a lot of reviews on the 2700, they've kept saying for $30 more just get the 2700x. Obviously out of date as the 2700x is more like £100 more these days.