Which CPU to keep...

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Here's my 1st world problem.

 

I trying to decide which Ryzen CPU to keep between a 1700 and 2700. I got them so cheap ($129.00 and $139.00 USD, coupons etc... long story) I couldn't pass them up.

 

This my secondary/audio/living room/light gaming/wife doing annoying things with/ unit. It does have a 1070ti and 32gb 3200 memory on a 450 Tomahawk (originally had a 2600x) though so it's a good backup unit for any of my needs. I've got the 1700 in it right now working fine with the memory at 3200 -fearing that wasn't going to work is one of the reasons I bought the 2700.

 

I didn't expect the 1700 to be as good as it is. it runs at 3700Mhz simply by setting the multiplier. It also boosts to 3750Mhz on all cores at stock settings (eventually lol) without issue. That cpu is really under rated. I've have a 3900x system also, and I wish it behaved like the 1700 does..., more old school I guess...

 

Anyway..., I still have the 2700 in the box and I should sell one of these.

 

Is there enough gain to switch to the 2700? The 1700 does bottleneck the 1070ti some, a lot at times in some games (running a 4k tv @1080p for most games), but it's a 60hz screen so not really seeing that anyway.

 

I don't like running an all core overclock, went with the 65w cpu's because that thing is on most all the time. Thinking maybe the 2700 might stretch its legs better at stock?

 

Is there anything I'm missing? Really kinda stumped here. Leaning towards keeping the 2700 just because it's newer and supposedly a bit better.

 

I'm only going to get away with tearing the living room apart one more time for a good long while so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[zephyr_]

the 2700 is a better cpu all round. i dont really see how a 1700 is bottleneck a 1070 ti or even a 1080ti though bottlenecks are subjective.

 

anyway id def go 2700 here if i was you.

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21 minutes ago, zephyr_ said:

i dont really see how a 1700 is bottleneck a 1070 ti or even a 1080ti though bottlenecks are subjective.

The 1070ti drops down to 80% usage or less at times, with cpu usage way up,  in Shadow of the Tomb Raider for example. FPS will drop below 60 @ 1080p as well when that happens.

 

I guess that's what I consider a bottleneck.

 

Not a big deal in titles like that though.

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3 minutes ago, Drawbar said:

I guess that's what I consider a bottleneck.

neither 1700 or 2700 is a bottleneck to your GPU, just that 2700 can pull a bit more (say 10%) avg fps than 1700

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Guess I don't understand bottlenecking very well, have to school up.

 

Thanks.

 

Edit; Just ran the Shadow of the Tomb Raider bench.  Says 38% GPU bound. Not a cpu bottleneck there.

 

@ dgsddfgdfhgs, Keep your head down over there!