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3 minutes ago, Deichking said:

Okay thank you. And for the 2600x still the GPU‘s you mentioned?

A 1070Ti or RTX 2060 would be a good option. The Radeon VII (if it ends up being good) or a 2080 would be even better, if you can afford them

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Hey LTT Community,

I am planning to upgrade my old pc system and now there is the question which GPU I should take for a Ryzen 5 1600x. Mainboard will be Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero and Ram 16gb G.SKILL Aegis 3000. I have a Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P for CPU cooling and I am planning to OC the CPU. Btw my GPU right now is a GTX 1050ti from gigabyte.

Budget for GPU is not important. I live in germany and I want to only game with this system. My monitor ist 144hz.

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Uh, the title does not match the contents of your topic o.o

Depends on your budget, location, what resolution/refresh rate you want

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1 minute ago, Deichking said:

which GPU I should take for a Ryzen 5 1600x.

The simple answer is to buy the best graphics card within your budget. You'll have to be more specific if you want good answers.

 

What resolution/refresh rate is your monitor? What games are you playing (I'm assuming your graphics card will be for gaming)? What's your budget/location?

 

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You should also mentioned your monitor settings, since there's 2 ways to go about this, full eye candy prioritizing image quality at a lower refresh rate or go e-sports route where refresh rate is all that matters.

 

For instance if you want 1920x1080p144hz the GPU matters less as you'll be CPU limited more easily, but if you want 4k60hz then GPU is all that mattares.

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The 1600x (especially with an OC) is a pretty good CPU; though the 2600x is much better. 

 

I'd get an RTX 2060 (it is slightly better, if not equal to the 1070 Ti), or hold out for a little while and see how the Radeon VII turns out.

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1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

You should also mentioned your monitor settings, since there's 2 ways to go about this, full eye candy prioritizing image quality at a lower refresh rate or go e-sports route where refresh rate is all that matters.

 

For instance if you want 1920x1080p144hz the GPU matters less as you'll be CPU limited more easily, but if you want 4k60hz then GPU is all that mattares.

I just want to game with this so e-sport will be the route.

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2 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

The 1600x (especially with an OC) is a pretty good CPU; though the 2600x is much better. 

 

I'd get an RTX 2060 (it is slightly better, if not equal to the 1070 Ti), or hold out for a little while and see how the Radeon VII turns out.

Okay but then a X470 will be better because its 2nd Ryzen generation right?

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1 minute ago, Deichking said:

Okay but then a X470 will be better because its 2nd Ryzen generation right?

X370 will still be ok. I run a 2600x off a B350 board. X470 would be ideal, but its not completely necessary

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3 minutes ago, Deichking said:

Okay thank you. And for the 2600x still the GPU‘s you mentioned?

A 1070Ti or RTX 2060 would be a good option. The Radeon VII (if it ends up being good) or a 2080 would be even better, if you can afford them

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13 minutes ago, Eastman51 said:

The 1600x (especially with an OC) is a pretty good CPU; though the 2600x is much better. 

Across the board, i don't think a single digit % difference classifies as much better.

 

If you already own a 1600x it is definitely not worth the upgrade, however if you are buying now it makes sense to go with the 2600/2600x.

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1 minute ago, glenalz81 said:

Across the board, i don't think a single digit % difference classifies as much better.

 

If you already own a 1600x it is definitely not worth the upgrade, however if you are buying now it makes sense to go with the 2600/2600x.

Newer, higher base clocks, higher turbo. If he already has a 1600x, then yea, no reason to upgrade; just OC it

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17 minutes ago, glenalz81 said:

Across the board, i don't think a single digit % difference classifies as much better.

 

If you already own a 1600x it is definitely not worth the upgrade, however if you are buying now it makes sense to go with the 2600/2600x.

 

17 minutes ago, glenalz81 said:

Across the board, i don't think a single digit % difference classifies as much better.

 

If you already own a 1600x it is definitely not worth the upgrade, however if you are buying now it makes sense to go with the 2600/2600x.

Okay and I am about to buy the CPU so right now I could change everything except for the RAM. Is there a big difference between 2600 an 2600x?

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