Upgrade advice

Pauljb · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:02

Hi am fairly new to upgrading so after some advice.

I have an i5 3500, Z77 mainboard, 8gb ddr3 ram and a 1060 6gb

The system is about a year old.

Its fine for the most part 1080p gaming, however some titles are stuttering a bit.

Not sure if the CPU is showing its age.

Ive considered overclocking but its a non k version of the cpu.

Am i better putting an extra 8gb of ram in or biting the bullet and changing the mainboard and cpu to a ryzen 5 or something?

I am wary of spending more now on ddr3 ram when it will be redundant in any future build I have.

Not sure how long this system will last in terms of gaming?

Many thanks

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:04

Hang till July - though GPU isn;t a heavy bottleneck for your CPU or any recent ones at 1080p but 4 cores 8 threads are now the Standard for gaming with AAA titles .

as you can see below regardless if running dx11 or dx12

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/software/the_division_2_pc_performance_review/6

even if you didn;t want to spend a lot of cash, should see a lot of 4 core i7 k's hit the second hand market by then! not sure how muhc another 8gb would cost as 16gb is what we normally spec if we can get it in budget

Pauljb · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:10

Thankyou, it was the division 2 that started to splutter a bit. I was wondering how much life was in the cpu. Spend money now, more ram etc, or upgrade with a new motherboard, processor in the near future

Plec · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:14

Pauljb said:
Thankyou, it was the division 2 that started to splutter a bit. I was wondering how much life was in the cpu. Spend money now, more ram etc, or upgrade with a new motherboard, processor in the near future

Yes, wait until the release of Ryzen 2 (July hopefully) - this will be the optimal time to upgrade if you change CPU/chipset - fiscally and speed.

You would benefit with 16Gb but I wouldn't even waste money on an extra 8GB if you plan to update so soon to a new platform.

EDIT: Although, @orbitalwalsh i7 route is a valid choice - as they will be saturating the MM very soon - depends on your budget.

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2019 at 10:31

if Ryzen 6 core can hold same price tag , 5-5.2ghz would be a stunning upgrade and has double the thread count of 6 core 6 thread intel i5

Pauljb · 24 Apr 2019 at 11:15

Would that be a 2600x? Im Im hoping the prices will drop if they have a nee line coming out soon

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2019 at 11:18

Pauljb said:
Would that be a 2600x? Im Im hoping the prices will drop if they have a nee line coming out soon

wouldn't even touch older line if new line is out personally .

as you can see with the above link, intel 4 core 8 thread can beat ryzen 6 core 12 thread at 1080p . hold guns and go with ryzen 3000 6 core

or see if intel drops prices on 9600k after the release

EsaT · 24 Apr 2019 at 12:14

orbitalwalsh said:
or see if intel drops prices on 9600k after the release

Just can't see Intel dropping prices enough for real value position and lack of upgrade path in platform.

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2019 at 13:13

EsaT said:
Just can't see Intel dropping prices enough for real value position and lack of upgrade path in platform.

both intel and amd upgrade path ends at ddr5 so not that long . 10 core should use same LGA socket . LGA 1151 v2 3 gens ( if you can all them that ) and AM4 3 gens ( Zen 1 ,2 and 3)
also wouldn't run a b350/b450 board with 16 core ryzen - but thats not AMDs fault but Board vendors , but have to keep costs down

but yeah, most likely right, intel wouldn't drop prices but Resellers might and are able to , seen OCUK can dip 9700k to £350 pricing easily enough