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iTek

iTek

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Hi All,

Long time no speak. My son wants an Xmas upgrade.

I think he really wants to change the monitor and game on 1440p.

Currently he's using the RTX2060 on a Ryzen 5.

what options do I have open, I was hoping to possibly throw a 6750 XT in? would the next step be a Ryzen 7 5700?

PS I've been away from the scene a while so really don't know the modern kit. So if you guys can help bounce some options please
 
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As mentioned above, the 5700X3D would be good, the extra money for the 5800X3D is not worth it for not much more performance.

What games does your son play and do you have a budget?
 
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he's using an itx motherboard with Rm650 PSU.

think the memory is 24gb I'm not sure on the board, I'll grab the details when I'm home because I really need to know what's best options.

In terms of games, he's playing the standard fps games and nothing really demanding. certainly at the moment on a 1080p monitor.
 
iTek said:
would the next step be a Ryzen 7 5700?
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FYI: don't buy the 5700, it is a pile of misnamed poop. Buy a 5700X, but you'd only get that if you have an old Ryzen 5, e.g. little point replacing a 5600 with a 5700X.

The 5700X3D is a better gaming CPU than the 5700X, but if you're on a budget then needs must.

iTek said:
what options do I have open, I was hoping to possibly throw a 6750 XT in?
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Yeah, £300 is a good price. TPU's GPU database has it as 63% faster, which isn't huge, but I doubt you want to spend £500 on a Christmas present.
 
Tetras said:
FYI: don't buy the 5700, it is a pile of misnamed poop. Buy a 5700X, but you'd only get that if you have an old Ryzen 5, e.g. little point replacing a 5600 with a 5700X.

The 5700X3D is a better gaming CPU than the 5700X, but if you're on a budget then needs must.


Yeah, £300 is a good price. TPU's GPU database has it as 63% faster, which isn't huge, but I doubt you want to spend £500 on a Christmas present.
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thank you.

what 63% faster then the rtx2600?
 
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What's the model number of the 1440p monitor you plan to buy?
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I'm not sure I can link it as it's from a competitor.

that said I think I may have got this wrong freesync is AMD. but it's 165 hz so I'm assuming I'll need to use DP and not hdmi?

32" Curved 165Hz QHD 1440P 1500R Computer Monitor, 99% sRGB,1ms GTG with FreeSync
 
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So the monitor was purchased, thats fine, we are going to need to move forward on a card soon.

The processor he currently has is the R7 2700X
 
ive seen the 5700X at £130 recently, wondered if it was worth a punt? im hoping i wont need a BIOS update, i need to find this out still.
 
iTek said:
ive seen the 5700X at £130 recently, wondered if it was worth a punt?
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Sure, not a bad price. FYI: the 5700X does not come with a cooler (the 5600/5600X do).

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im hoping i wont need a BIOS update, i need to find this out still.
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If you're using a system with a 2700X it probably will, but you can tell us what CPU-Z's mainboard tab says and we'll tell you.
 
Tetras said:
Sure, not a bad price. FYI: the 5700X does not come with a cooler (the 5600/5600X do).


If you're using a system with a 2700X it probably will, but you can tell us what CPU-Z's mainboard tab says and we'll tell you.
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Would you recommend holding out for the X3d over the 5700, itll be £40 difference.

I have a fairly decent cooler on the CPU at the moment and I expect these to run a little cooler than the 2700X
 
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That seems quite certain, i briefly looked at some benchmarks and didnt show lots in it, barring the cache and lower clock speeds.
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It is waaaaay better CPU at gaming, better averages/lows and in games which use the cache it'll leave the 5700X in the dust.

Is the 5700X a bad gaming CPU? No. It is much better than the 2700X.
 
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