Looking for new CPU / MOBO

[Panthastic]

Hello there guys,

 

so it’s been about a year and a half since I put together my PC. When I first got it I was currently playing at 1080p 60hz and my PC was equipped with a GTX 1060 combined with a Ryzen 5 1600x. As of recently, I have upgraded to a 144hz monitor aswell as my GPU to a RTX 2070. However, with the higher refresh rate of my monitor I am not quite happy with the performance that the Ryzen provides me with. Note that I mainly use the PC for gaming. I am now looking to upgrade my CPU to get higher frame rates to match with the refresh rate of my monitor. I’ve been told that intel will perform better than a Ryzen for what i need it for so I guess that I’ll have to upgrade my motherboard aswell, so if you guys could recommend one of those too it would be great. So what do you guys think? What’s a good CPU for 1080p 144hz gaming that will go well with my 2070 card. 

 

[Thomas_nerd]

I think that you should get a i9 9900k on a high end budget, a i7 7700k on the mid range budget, or overclock your current cpu and put a better cooler on it

[star_pilot475]

5 minutes ago, Panthastic said:

Hello there guys,

 

so it’s been about a year and a half since I put together my PC. When I first got it I was currently playing at 1080p 60hz and my PC was equipped with a GTX 1060 combined with a Ryzen 5 1600x. As of recently, I have upgraded to a 144hz monitor aswell as my GPU to a RTX 2070. However, with the higher refresh rate of my monitor I am not quite happy with the performance that the Ryzen provides me with. Note that I mainly use the PC for gaming. I am now looking to upgrade my CPU to get higher frame rates to match with the refresh rate of my monitor. I’ve been told that intel will perform better than a Ryzen for what i need it for so I guess that I’ll have to upgrade my motherboard aswell, so if you guys could recommend one of those too it would be great. So what do you guys think? What’s a good CPU for 1080p 144hz gaming that will go well with my 2070 card. 

 

Maybe wait until July 7th and get a new Ryzen 3000 chip. New motherboards will be released then too. 

[Panthastic]

13 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

Maybe wait until July 7th and get a new Ryzen 3000 chip. New motherboards will be released then too. 

Do you believe this chip will perform better at single thread, more like a Intel Chip would? 

[Panthastic]

27 minutes ago, Thomas_nerd said:

I think that you should get a i9 9900k on a high end budget, a i7 7700k on the mid range budget, or overclock your current cpu and put a better cooler on it

Thank you, I’ll look into those! I have been considering overclocking my current CPU.  Although I don’t know much about it and I feel like guides just tell you to play around with the settings, which I do not feel comfortable with. The current cooler I have is a NZXT Kraken X42 140mm, which is watercooled. I don’t know if this cooler is enough for OC

[MeatFeastMan]

24 minutes ago, Thomas_nerd said:

I think that you should get a i9 9900k on a high end budget, a i7 7700k on the mid range budget, or overclock your current cpu and put a better cooler on it

Or we could consider AMD which offers more cores at all the price points, with pretty much the same performance. Why on earth would anyone pick a 7700k? 4 cores 8 thread flagships are yesterday's processors. 6 core is now the minimum for smooth gaming. Just look at games like Battlefield V. 4 cores 8 threads can struggle on that game with horrible stuttery lows.

 

And the 9900k costs an arm and a leg, and makes no sense considering AMD is about to offer a processor with pretty much the same performance at over $100 less.

 

Wait for Ryzen 3000, and get the ryzen 5 3600. That will give you the single-threaded performance you are after for 144hz.

[Panthastic]

14 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

Or we could consider AMD which offers more cores at all the price points, with pretty much the same performance. Why on earth would anyone pick a 7700k? 4 cores 8 thread flagships are yesterday's processors. 6 core is now the minimum for smooth gaming. Just look at games like Battlefield V. 4 cores 8 threads can struggle on that game with horrible stuttery lows.

 

And the 9900k costs an arm and a leg, and makes no sense considering AMD is about to offer a processor with pretty much the same performance at over $100 less.

 

Wait for Ryzen 3000, and get the ryzen 5 3600. That will give you the single-threaded performance you are after for 144hz.

I’ll do just that! Thank you very much!

[StareX]

7 minutes ago, Panthastic said:

I’ll do just that! Thank you very much!

Yeah, wait for Ryzen 3000.

 

Currently Intel is giving me the "meh" feeling.

 

Even tho I got an i9 9900k, I will be upgrading to a Ryzen 3000.

[Jurrunio]

I'd just wait for Ryzen 3rd gen's benchmarks. Dont Intel stuff will go out of stock anytime soon after that