Upgrade from 2500k Platform?

painter24

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Hi all,

As per thread title, I'm looking to upgrade from my aging 2500k Platform. Except my GFX card, MSI 1060 6GB, my system is as it was when I built it in 2011. I only use it for gaming, at 1080/60hz, but have a 120hz capable monitor.

Given the above, and a budget of around 800 to 1k£ I'm seeking advice on the best upgrade path on my current rig, including a new case. (PSU is still good).

I've overclocked with my current rig, but these days I'm happy just to build and forget/play so oc-ing is not a must. So based on these factors, please could you give me some suggestions on the path I should take. Ryzen isn't out of the question either, happy to consider.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Lyndon
 
@painter24

intel holds the lead over ryzen at 1080p , specially if your wanting every possible frame rate for your 120hz monitor ! speed and IPC are on intels side

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you'll be doubling your cores from 4 to 8 along with increase in speed - havent chosen Gigabytes Flagship brand to keep costs down and dont think theres need for it unless you want to spend the extra

seeing your 2500k is overclocked ryzen 2600 would be a side grade with a food forward. more cores for newer games would be handle but the speed of your current i5 is prob quicker and will perform equal to the ryzen 5 in most of your games library im guessing. Though new games like BFV does like cores .
Personally i7 8 core or ryzen 2700x to get another long life span out of your core components

GTX 1660/RTX 2060 Could be added to your list for £1k budget and really push your screen to its max performance . GTX 1660Ti sits just under GTX 1070 and 2060 is above it ... food for thought.

selling mobo/ram/cpu and gpu would be a nice bundle

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painter24 said:
I've overclocked with my current rig, but these days I'm happy just to build and forget/play so oc-ing is not a must. So based on these factors, please could you give me some suggestions on the path I should take. Ryzen isn't out of the question either, happy to consider.
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I would recommend waiting for summer if you can.
That Sandy Bridge isn't going to get suddenly any slower in those few months, while there's likely going to pretty huge improvement in bang per buck of available CPUs.

Intel may have increased core count compared to decade long stalling period, but that's all what can be said and it certainly won't stay as high end for long.
For comparison next-gen consoles will likely have 8 core/16 thread Zen2.
Whose engineering sample AMD demoed matching 9900K's performance at lot lower power consumption.
So it won't require extreme underclocking to fit into power budget of consoles.
With coding for fixed hardware and lot less bloatware/overhead than in Wintoys-PC, that's pretty darn huge CPU power available for next-gen multiplatter games.
And only 8 cores without even extra threads wouldn't be that much for running those games and all background junk of PC.
12c/24t likely coming for around £300 level would be something I would consider as having proper CPU power reserve to last longer time.
 
Thanks for all the advice. After reading what's out there, and if the leaks have any truth to them I think I'll wait to see what the Ryzen 3000 chips have to offer before taking the plunge. Thanks again

Regards

Lyndon
 
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