Posted January 5, 2020 So I've been rocking a more than decent rig for a few years now, and while it handles most tasks without grudgeworthy issue, I do notice dips in performance on certain games. And with those dips combined with the news on newer hardware, I have been thinking about what upgrade would be sensible. Now before I ask my questions, let me get a few comments and questions out of the way: 1) Yes, the combination of parts is not ideal. I was not tech savvy when I first built the PC, so my uncle just put together a list of parts for a 'low to middle'-budget machine and I ordered the parts trusting him. Later I've done a CPU and GPU upgrade due to a christmas sale some years ago. 2) I don't immediately plan to do any upgrade due to financial inadequacy (on my last year of studying for my certificate, aim to get a job by autumn), so I'm sure new hardware will arrive on the scene before I get to such point. I am merely asking for suggestions and advice on what not to prioritize. So, with that said: My rig is described in detail in my signature and/or my profile, but the gist of it is: i5-6600K MSI B150 PC Mate GTX 1070 FTW Crucial BX200 240GB SATA SSD Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD 7200RPM With the price-performance value of Ryzen, I was pondering whether I should transition to that platform, as it is considerably newer than my Skylake processor. The GPU usage rarely reaches 100%, so I'm led to believe CPU is of higher priority. Hoping for a continuing decline in SSD pricing, I may opt to get a drive of that type (whether SATA or M.2) for the games that load the slowest (like Space Engineers and GTA V). Any input is welcome as long as it's not just 'You're dumb and your PC is dumb' and similar. CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3,5GHz -Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3i Motherboard: MSI B150 PC Mate LGA1151 ATX Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4-2133MHz Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540 White -Fans: 3x Corsair HD120 1x Corsair AF140L GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW PSU: Corsair CX600M Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB SSD (System disk) + Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (Storage) Operating System: Windows 8.1 Partpicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wPhTtJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2020 The GPU may not be running at max performance but is it good enough for now? CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1 Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync Desktop benching: Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2020 Author 1 hour ago, Jurrunio said: The GPU may not be running at max performance but is it good enough for now? I'm pretty sure it is. I haven't tested every single game I own, just did a quick test with an extreme shader on Minecraft and a voxel load test on Space Engineers, the latter being the most intense (occasionally going between 70 and 95%, though most of the time staying in the 60s). From what I remember GPU usage is considerably lower on all other games I play. CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3,5GHz -Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3i Motherboard: MSI B150 PC Mate LGA1151 ATX Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4-2133MHz Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540 White -Fans: 3x Corsair HD120 1x Corsair AF140L GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW PSU: Corsair CX600M Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB SSD (System disk) + Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD (Storage) Operating System: Windows 8.1 Partpicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wPhTtJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2020 Yeah, i think the ryzen 3600 will give you better performance in cpu-heavy hame, so I'd start by upgrading that. If you're not doing it for a while, watch out for the 4000 series announcements. The prices should drop on the 3000 series when those come out. Come back to the forum when ready to upgrade and the community will be able to help you better then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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