PC Upgrade

[DeeJax71]

Im contemplating upgrading my CPU to a Ryzen 7 3700x.

 

Current system specs are as follows:

CPU:Ryzen 5 2600

RAM: 2 x

Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB RAM 2x4GB, DDR4, 2666MHz, Unbuffered, 16-18-18-35

Motherboard:

Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX Motherboard

Graphics Card: Gigabyte RTX 2060 6gb

 

Just wondering if I should get a new motherboard and ram with the ryzen 7 or if i could keep the current motherboard and ram and just upgrade to the ryzen 7.

 

Mainly use the computer to play Black Desert Online/COD MW warzopne and other games that I feel like playing - most times its just these 2 games though.

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by DeeJax71
put in wrong cpu

[Neutraliz]

I don't know if the 2700X would be your best choice. It's not gonna improve much on gaming performances. It still Zen+ cores. I would suggest more a 3600, because of IPC & single core performances improvement. Even if it's a bit pricier, and you would have to update your bios before removing your 2600.  

But if you want it for multi-threaded taskes, then, I guess yeah go for it.

If you can, I would also get faster ram. 2666mhz is not bad, but not that fast for today's standard. And Ryzen gonna thank you with more performances. ( 2000 & 3000 series )

For Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7, 2000 or 3000, your motherboard should be totally fine.

[DeeJax71]

1 hour ago, Neutraliz said:

I don't know if the 2700X would be your best choice. It's not gonna improve much on gaming performances. It still Zen+ cores. I would suggest more a 3600, because of IPC & single core performances improvement. Even if it's a bit pricier, and you would have to update your bios before removing your 2600.  

But if you want it for multi-threaded taskes, then, I guess yeah go for it.

If you can, I would also get faster ram. 2666mhz is not bad, but not that fast for today's standard. And Ryzen gonna thank you with more performances. ( 2000 & 3000 series )

For Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7, 2000 or 3000, your motherboard should be totally fine.

Just realised I put in 2700x instead of the 3700x if that makes any difference.

[Neutraliz]

41 minutes ago, DeeJax71 said:

Just realised I put in 2700x instead of the 3700x if that makes any difference.

Ah, then, yeah, that make all the difference. It's Zen 2 cores vs Zen + cores : And that's pretty good upgrade.
If you need the extra multi-threaded capabilities of the 3700X over the 3600 for any kind of productivity, then, yeah, go for the 3700X. But for gaming, really, the 3600 is more than enough. So my speech is not really changing, it's just that the 3700X gonna do as well as the 3600 in pure gaming, if not a little better because of slight advantages on frenquencies ( mainly ). But this difference is not worth the extra ammount of money if you are just gaming.