Upgrade from R5 1600

[joelk2]

What would be a good upgrade for me from the R5 1600

Looking at benchmarks the 3600 doesn’t seem like it’s that much of a bump unless really cheap.

Obviously 2nd hand is fine but looking for bang for the buck.

 

[joelk2]

What's your main use ?


If gaming 5700x3d is the gaming price to performance king .

Seems smart to go 5000 of some sort but you'll likely need a BIOS update to do so.

Gaming really. Pairing with a 3060ti.

Will take a look at the 5000 series cpus pricing.

Bios update is no issue as I’m pretty sure that’s just whack in a usb and flash in the uefi. MSI Mortar Max MATX.

 

[joelk2]

And if wanting something sub £100 what would be the best to go for?

 

[joelk2]

cheers guys. Deffo good for thought anyways.

I don’t play any super high demanding games so the 5600 looks like it would be a massive jump and under £100 too which is ideal.

as much as the 5700x3d sounds appealing it’s quite a lot more than I’m looking to pay.

 

[joelk2]

Looking around I can get the 5700x3d for £138 (from overseas) and looking at the bay I can get £30 for my 1600AF.

Anyone bought the one from overseas before? They all good?

 

[joelk2]

Pick a seller with good reviews on the item.
Bear in mind import duty above £135 (?)

Is import duty on top of the 20% they add?

 

[joelk2]

Ordered the 5700x3d

 

[joelk2]

Nice, let us know how you get on with it and if your happy with the giant performance increase.
What cooler are you using?

will do,

Using a cryorig H7 which I’m hoping should be all good.

Just need to flash my bios ready for it now.

 

[joelk2]

just read the website carefully as some bios upgrades might need to be flashed in the correct sequence

I’m going to have a look over the weekend as should have a few hours free.

 

[joelk2]

The shipping takes a while if you ordered from the same place as me, ordered mine on 30th sept and its out for delivery with royal mail today.

I’m in no rush anyways. Been rocking the 1600 a few years so a few more weeks won’t hurt

 

[joelk2]

be careful when you upgrade the bios and make sure you follow all the steps recommended by the motherboard model which usually are a few bios updates (don't jump to the latest bios!)

Edit: sorry, I posted this after reading only the first page!

i read through all the instructions and it didnt mention anything about doing incremental updates so just jumped in with the lastest one and it all updated fine. just waiting on the cpu now. need to grab myself some thermal paste too

 

[joelk2]

what cooler do you have at present?
it may be more worthwhile to get a better cooler (which will come with thermal paste)

the £16 thermalright assassin king ak120se springs to mind immediately, and it comes with high quality paste...and rgb if that's your cup of tea too lol
no point getting a beast cpu and hamstringing it with a wraith stealth lol

i have the cryorig H7 so should be all good

 

[joelk2]

You can also get a 5600 for cheap, brilliant little chips

My 5700x3d came on Friday so has been installed.
Haven’t had a chance to test it yet though.

 

[joelk2]

Let me know how you get on with it, as I've been looking at one but the price is just a little too high at the moment

seems really good to be fair, i mean i dont really play anything super intensive that would require such a cpu at the moment but the future proofing is there. i paid around £130 delivered so it was a bargain.

 

[joelk2]

they seem reasonable if you buy them from china...

That’s what I did

 

[joelk2]

The problem I have with it being that price is that the 9600x is about £140-150, so it doesn't really make sense to go for the 5700x3d

you can’t compare the two.

If you’re buying a new system you go am5. If you have an am4 system which you want to extend the life of then you go 5700x3d

£140 + mobo + ram = a lot more than £130