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Upgrade from 6600k

Bergkamp

Bergkamp

Bergkamp

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Getting the upgrade bug and looks like the CPU and motherboard are in line for a change. Running an i5 6600k @ 4.5GHz so it's still a fairly decent setup and I've been considering going down the 10700k route with those high clock speeds as prices are that bit lower now, is that likely to be worthwhile when gaming is my main usage?

Running a 6800XT and it feels very CPU bound a lot of the time (especially MSFS (when it actually works at all)) so would a 10700k unleash much more of that potential? Would I be better going down a full AMD setup?

Very open ended question I know, but all opinions welcome!
 
Depends how much you want to spend and how long you want to keep the system for.

AMD is the better option if you want to spend a bit more and keep the system for 5 years+ as you can go with higher core count CPUs.

Intel offer great budget options like the 11400F + B560 for just over £250 in total although it lacks the upgradablity of AMD but would make an exellent stopgap combo for a couple of years before jumping to a DDR5 platform.
 
Could probably run to about £500 for CPU and motherboard, but cheaper is obviously better as I don't like spending money for the sake of it or to enlarge my e-peen. Hard to say how long I need it to last, as things stand I could easily upgrade again in a year or 2, but the new wife is melting my head about babies so then again I might never be upgrading again :eek:
 
5600X & X570 board and some DDR4 Ram should be easily doable for your budget. That would be my reccomendation you'd then be able to take avantage of SAM for your GPU.

Edit: or 5800X if you can keep it within budget
 
if the baby talk realistically impacts future upgradeability, I'd pull the trigger now on a decent B550 board and 5800X. That'll easily last the lifetime of your 6800XT, and still have the option of the 12 and 16 core CPUs later on, as well as the new models with 3D cache coming early next year. I doubt you could reuse the DDR4 from your Skylake setup, but it's worth a punt - what is it?

Otherwise you could recoup some money by selling off the Skylake as a bundle, I've seen similar go on the MM for not exactly pocket change, and fleabay is full of suckers and idiots :p
 
Currently running 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3000MHz which I understand is a touch slow but is that unusable for the new Ryzen chips? I had just assumed it wouldn't be ideal and I'd change that down the line.
 
That'll do nicely. It's a little slow but it might oc a little even if it doesn't you won't lose much performance compared to really slow DDR4
 
I upgraded my 6600k (with Vega 64) to a 5800X and the difference was night and day.

All the stuttering from almost all the games I play was gone, and literally 4x the performance in simulations I do for work.

In terms of RAM, I have an ooolllldddd DDR4 3200 kit that I'm still using and it's doing a decent job. Didn't feel it was worth buying into properly expensive RAM with DDR5 around the corner and <10% gains in any workload to be had.
 
0h_no_not_again said:
I upgraded my 6600k (with Vega 64) to a 5800X and the difference was night and day.

All the stuttering from almost all the games I play was gone, and literally 4x the performance in simulations I do for work.

In terms of RAM, I have an ooolllldddd DDR4 3200 kit that I'm still using and it's doing a decent job. Didn't feel it was worth buying into properly expensive RAM with DDR5 around the corner and <10% gains in any workload to be had.
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DDR5 don't look to bad considering OCUK have a 4800mhz 32gb showing at £200 which isn't much more than DDR4.
 
0h_no_not_again said:
It was more that if I was going to buy RAM, I'd probably wait for DDR5 platforms to drop, because I'm a stingy *******.

Good to see DDR5 is going to be relatively affordable though! That is a real surprise.
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£200 is about 200x what DDR5 is currently worth. We have to wait until AM5 arrives and even then adoption will be slow and the performance benefits dependant on core counts.
 
Bergkamp said:
I think I have reached the same conclusion. Would need a new cpu cooler too so I need to look into that and see how that'll impact total cost.
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Definitely. The 5800x spikes in temperature very quickly - see the multiple threads about it on here. I'd recommend factoring a 240mm AIO into the cost.
 
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