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Worth going from AMD Ryzen 3 1200 to Ryzen 5 2600?
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Unless you are going to upgrade to a 1080ti and game at 4k on a 4k screen, moving from a 1200 to a 2600 is a waste and you will notice no difference.
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Agree with above, upgrade your GPU first
Then yes, it is worth it, but GPU first.
Then upgrade your CPU then.
Legendary chips, starting to struggle big time now with AAA games or multitasking but with DDR4 pricing being so insane it makes sense to try and hold on.
Agreed, I'm not doing a massive amount on my desktop at the moment, got far too much gardening and DIY to do! Holding out for Zen2 which should be a huge increase for me.
AMD's upcoming 7nm CPU's sure seems to be on a lot of Sandy/Ivy Bridge owners sights for a worthy upgrade.
I'm using a 1440p Gsync monitor on a GTX 1070 with an old 3570k CPU, and even games like AC Origins runs great, so I'm skipping the 14/12nm CPU generation.
I can see AMD having a possible gold mine ready in 2019 if they can live up to our expectations and deliver on time.
I'm using a 1440p Gsync monitor on a GTX 1070 with an old 3570k CPU, and even games like AC Origins runs great, so I'm skipping the 14/12nm CPU generation.
I can see AMD having a possible gold mine ready in 2019 if they can live up to our expectations and deliver on time.
Hi,
12 threads on the Ryzen 5 vs 4 threads on your Ryzen 3.
If you play games which utilise these 4 threads, yes, you will remove the bottleneck. In these days, 4 threads is the entry-level itself and unless you are on a severely contsrained budget, don't remain for long torturing yourself.
Exactly my thinking. I have been tempted to buy an i7 and 2133MHz RAM for a boost in the short term but that would be daft at this point. Just saving the cash for a decent upgrade. At least an 8 core CPU, 16GB DDR4 3200-3600MHz, an NVME drive and a really good motherboard( I tend to upgrade infrequently). I think my AX750 should be good for a few more years is not had a particularly hard life.
My NorthQ 850W is from my previous PC, a Core i7 920 that I got in 2009, so it's been running for 9 years now!
I will probably replace it for my next build but I sure got my monies worth from it
The situation this year pretty much resembles to 2008-2009. In the summer of 2008, I was forced to buy a Core 2 Quad Q9450 and just a few months later, Intel released the superior Nehalem but which wasn't available for my motherboard.
The difference now is that when you buy a Ryzen 2 platform, you will be able to stick inside a future Ryzen 3, which by the looks of it, will be a noticeable improvement in multiple dimensions, as per AMD themselves
The difference now is that when you buy a Ryzen 2 platform, you will be able to stick inside a future Ryzen 3, which by the looks of it, will be a noticeable improvement in multiple dimensions, as per AMD themselves
Interested in seeing what 8 core Intel bring to the table, I'd like to buy AMD to support competition and get that soldered IHS, AMD will release a 10 core for X470 chipset when Intel go mainstream with 8 cores, if we look at the VRM's on most board like the Crosshair you'll see they are massively overkill, which feeds my thoughts on this.
Months ago, I was thinking AMD and Intel would release their next gen CPU’s around the same time. I was hoping AMD might sneak theirs out a month or two earlier, since they needs all the help they can get battling a giant like Intel.
Since then Intel announced yet another delay stating that their 10nm volume production is moving from the second half of 2018 into 2019!
I am also excited about Intel’s 10nm Icelake but AMD is already in 7nm volume production. This will mean AMD takes the performance crown in 2019 for the first time in over a decade while Intel’s 10nm Icelake might be months away from even joining the party.
If AMD can deliver the goods, just imagine all those people that have been waiting to upgrade their old CPU’s. They will be reading and watching videos of excited reviewers talking about how AMD has taken back the Performance Crown, Best Gaming CPU, Best Productivity CPU, More Cores and so on.
AMD can have all this if they just give us a good CPU and do it on time. Early 2019 would be ideal and remember competition is key, so a stronger AMD means lower prices for all of us, including on Intel products
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