So is it worth the upgrade?

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So I have an ageing 3570K still at stock, Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, with Corsair XMS3 16GB ram, and an R9 390X, an SSD (o/s drive) and a couple WD blacks in Raid 0.

Looking for some advise, is it worth the upgrade to possibly the following?

AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600X
Gigabyte GA-AX370
Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB

Or Just sticking with the 3570K build?

CBA with overclocking the 3570K, its still on stock cooler.

Maybe this needs to goto General Hardware.

 

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I went from a 2500k @ 4.3 (which will be noticeably faster than you 3570k) to a 1600X.

In things that are capped by single thread performance (e.g. Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program), the 1600X is very slightly better, maybe 10%. In multi threaded (e.g. Cities Skylines, Ark Survival) it utterly and totally blows it out of the water. Things that maxed the 2500K run in 35-40% of the Ryzen. Also runs 20 degrees cooler under high load, and 30 degrees cooler under gaming load.

Friendly advice; double check that the board you have chosen can properly OC an X chip. Some Gigabyte boards, such as mine, have terrible bioses that ramp the volts up for an X, even with a teeny tiny OC that doesn't need anything like as much.

Looked at the ASUS mobo and lack of dual bios kind of put me off. But from what @andy_mk3 said this one seems ok.

I have a Gigabyte Z77 mobo and see no reason to upgrade from my i7-3770S.

That's maybe because you have an extra 4 threads than me?

 

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Is your rig just for gaming? If so what do you play?

You could pick up a used i7 plus a reasonable aftermarket cooler, get a reasonable overclock and it would be a fair upgrade for not a lot of money.

Sell the i5 and buy a used 3770k or 2700/2600k, a half decent cooler and overclock.

as people say in here what is the main use of your pc and what do you want to achieve ?

also budget. if you have spare cash and dont mind spending it depends on what games you play.some games will be massive differences.id also ask what monitor you have.if you on a 60hz wouldnt bother just get a older i7 or oc the i5.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.
It does seem like the viable alternative is to just stick in a 3770k, shame they go so quickly in MM.

Main monitor is a 32" AOC 1440. The other 2 are 24" Asus 1080. I play a variety of games. I suppose AC:O kind of put it to light that I needed moarrrr cpu grunt though.

 

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Fellow 3570K user here and the Ryzen 1600 do look nice but you should know that in February/March, the Ryzen refresh CPU's on 12nm comes out and they should be at least +10% faster.

New motherboards (same socket) are also coming out in March.
If you are in no hurry to upgrade, maybe waiting 3 months is not a bad idea.

That's another good shout, cheers.

 

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So i've managed to order a 3770k at a reasonable price. Now will the stock HSF from the 3570k be good enough for the 3770k, or am I going to have to get a new HSF too?

 

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Where is best place to source a 3770k these days. Ebay? Some place else?

Got it from cex in the end, ebay sellers wanted way more than what they are worth.

 

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I have my computer in bits, or at least fitting a new SSD and a fresh copy of Win 10. Just bought a new monitor as has been overdue something better - a Dell Ultrasharp U2715H. I have an i5-3570K and Asus HD 7950 graphics card. I do a little gaming though in recent months been too busy. This system has been down for nearly 2 months Not really ready for a major upgrade and current system is good enough though maybe a little long in the tooth for modern games. If I could pick a 3770k for not too much then maybe give one a spin. I'd been looking on Ebay but don't look cheap. Doesn't look a good time to do a big upgrade currently.

I'll have a look at CEX - thanks.

I had to wait a while before one would pop up on cex, but when they do just grab it as they tend to go quickly.