Which Mobo/CPU/Memory ?[Upgrading]

Rob_brum · 2 Dec 2018 at 22:12

Was thinking of going for

MSI X470 gaming plus motherboard £128
HyperX Predator RGB 16GB 3200 memory £150
AMD 2600X CPU £195

However is the 2600X worth it over the 2600 at £150?

Was looking at spending £500, PC will mainly be used for gaming..happy for any suggestions

Regards
Rob

tamzzy · 2 Dec 2018 at 22:55

what's the rest of the system looking like?

Rob_brum · 2 Dec 2018 at 23:05

Win 10 on SSD
gigabyte 980 ti GPU
Fractal design case

tamzzy · 2 Dec 2018 at 23:13

Rob_brum said:
However is the 2600X worth it over the 2600 at £150?

2600x has better clockspeed out of the box (and possibly better silicon), but with PBO and XFR2, the difference in overall clockspeed should be within 100mhz of each other.
all based on the #siliconlottery of course, which is what you're paying the extra £50 for (and also you get a better stock cooler with the 2600x)

https://www.techspot.com/article/1618-ryzen-2600x-vs-2600/