CPU upgrade

[alca]

Currently have an i7-2600 which is 100% maxed all the time on new AAA games (BFV, SoTTR, etc.) and getting really tired of it.

 

I thought about upgrading to Ryzen 5 1600, is it a worthy upgrade from the i7 for gaming?

I don't have an infinite budget. Should I maybe get the R7 1700... something else?

(The i5-8400 is way too expensive to get rn)

[Emanbaird]

1 minute ago, alca said:

Currently have an i7-2600 which is 100% maxed all the time on new AAA games (BFV, SoTTR, etc.) and getting really tired of it.

 

I thought about upgrading to Ryzen 5 1600, is it a worthy upgrade from the i7 for gaming?

I don't have an infinite budget. Should I maybe get the R7 1700... something else?

 (The i5-8400 is way too expensive to get rn)

tbh, the r5 1600, would actually be more of a sidegrade, are you on a 2600k or a 2600? you wouldn't notice much of a difference if any difference from a 2600-> 1600 since the single threaded performance is around the same 

 

[alca]

Just now, Emanbaird said:

tbh, the r5 1600, would actually be more of a sidegrade, are you on a 2600k or a 2600? you wouldn't notice much of a difference if any difference from a 2600-> 1600 since the single threaded performance is around the same 

 

I'm on 2600.

My CPU performance in BFV is ~60FPS avg. while his (R5 1600) is ~120FPS avg. so yeah

[TH3R34P3R]

for single threaded... intel would beat ryzen solely for gaming. an i3-8350k would most likely improve for single threaded games, as you can OC it to a faster speed. HOWEVER, the lower thread count would not be good for things that use multi threads. 

[Emanbaird]

1 minute ago, alca said:

I'm on 2600.

My CPU performance in BFV is ~60FPS avg. while his (R5 1600) is ~120FPS avg. so yeah

that's odd, i have a friend on a 2600k, and he is getting around 100~ fps, with a 1060, what does your CPU utilization end around?

[Emanbaird]

also i guess it does depend on the games, im kind of behind on new games right now, i have a 2700x and a 1080 and all i play is league of legends 

[alca]

1 minute ago, Emanbaird said:

that's odd, i have a friend on a 2600k, and he is getting around 100~ fps, with a 1060, what does your CPU utilization end around?

what do you mean by "end around"? It's 100% maxed all the time.

[Emanbaird]

7 minutes ago, alca said:

what do you mean by "end around"? It's 100% maxed all the time.

Windows 7? if you OC the 1600 i've heard it's pretty gucci, I didn't realize BFV utilizes the CPU so much, when i played the beta i had a 7500 and i was easily getting 80-100fps, but i don't recall the settings i was on.

 

EDIT: Are you playing on a monitor capable of more than 60hz?

[alca]

6 minutes ago, Emanbaird said:

Windows 7? if you OC the 1600 i've heard it's pretty gucci, I didn't realize BFV utilizes the CPU so much, when i played the beta i had a 7500 and i was easily getting 80-100fps, but i don't recall the settings i was on

Who still uses Windows 7?

I guess I'll get either the R5 1600/1700 or 8350k

[Emanbaird]

4 minutes ago, alca said:

Who still uses Windows 7?

 I guess I'll get either the R5 1600 or 8350k

They are both great CPU's if you get the 8350k just make sure you get an overclockable board, and last i heard the CPU just runs at the speed you set it at, but its pretty efficient and stays pretty cool even under full load at 5ghz

[xg32]

1 hour ago, alca said:

Who still uses Windows 7?

I guess I'll get either the R5 1600/1700 or 8350k

if you go from sandy bridge to a first gen ryzen you are in for a nasty surprise, r5 2600 would be better, a 8350k has 4 threads so you'll run into bottlenecking right out of the box on AAA games.