R7 2700 in 2020?

[nootnoot1277]

Hey guys

So I've found myself with that temptation to upgrade, I currently run an X58 W3680 6 core at 4ghz with a Vega 56 (64 bios). It runs well and I always seem to be GPU limited as I play at 1440p however I have the chance to buy an R7 2700 and 8gb DDR4 2400 rather well priced. Now I have a Ryzen system already with an R3 1200 and 8GB DDR4 2400 that's doing really nothing so I already have everything else to go to Ryzen if I buy the R7 and ram, Im just trying to decide whether I'm really gonna see any difference. Obviously I'm gaining a much better IPC and two more cores and yes I could go r5 3600 and get even better IPC but they're way more than its gonna cost me to get the R7 and the ram so I'm not even going there. Aside from the IPC gains I'd also be able to use USB 3 which I'll have to add to my case (keeping the OG xps9000 case), obviously M.2 and another x16 slot which would allow me to add a second low power GPU which I've been thinking of doing for a while just to run my 2nd display as I drop alot of frames watching something on my 2nd display while I'm gaming on my main.

 

Anyway what do you think is it worth the effort or just wait till something better comes around?

[dizmo]

Worth is subjective. You also haven't listed a price, so how are we supposed to know?

[nootnoot1277]

10 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Worth is subjective. You also haven't listed a price, so how are we supposed to know?

Listing a price on here is generally pointless since the majority of people are from the US which is a totally different market but fine, $240 AUD

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Listing a price on here is generally pointless since the majority of people are from the US which is a totally different market but fine, $240 AUD

You're asking worth. Price is kind of the main driver of that.

[nootnoot1277]

46 minutes ago, dizmo said:

You're asking worth. Price is kind of the main driver of that.

Worth the effort of upgrading or to just sit and wait.

Forget it.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Hey guys

So I've found myself with that temptation to upgrade, I currently run an X58 W3680 6 core at 4ghz with a Vega 56 (64 bios). It runs well and I always seem to be GPU limited as I play at 1440p however I have the chance to buy an R7 2700 and 8gb DDR4 2400 rather well priced. Now I have a Ryzen system already with an R3 1200 and 8GB DDR4 2400 that's doing really nothing so I already have everything else to go to Ryzen if I buy the R7 and ram, Im just trying to decide whether I'm really gonna see any difference. Obviously I'm gaining a much better IPC and two more cores and yes I could go r5 3600 and get even better IPC but they're way more than its gonna cost me to get the R7 and the ram so I'm not even going there. Aside from the IPC gains I'd also be able to use USB 3 which I'll have to add to my case (keeping the OG xps9000 case), obviously M.2 and another x16 slot which would allow me to add a second low power GPU which I've been thinking of doing for a while just to run my 2nd display as I drop alot of frames watching something on my 2nd display while I'm gaming on my main.

 

Anyway what do you think is it worth the effort or just wait till something better comes around?

I think it's worth it. Why not? Even if the IPC was identical, the AMD will just be more power efficient and run that much cooler. Plus the additional threads. Or keep waiting and saving......

[Haro]

4 hours ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Anyway what do you think is it worth the effort or just wait till something better comes around?

In either situations 

Workloads or gaming 

The 3600 should perform a little bit better than the 2700 

If the 2700 is less expensive than the 3600 go for it 

The ram is a little slow but if you spend a little time ( assuming the ram doesn't use hynix IC's that are known for not overclocking as well ) you can maybe get to 2933

[xg32]

gonna try and keep this to the point, i think the cheapest upgrade you should do is exactly the 2700, the 8c/16t will be good enough for games for awhile at 1440p, personally i'd spend more on ddr3200, or 3600 for zen 2.

[nootnoot1277]

2 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

In either situations 

Workloads or gaming 

The 3600 should perform a little bit better than the 2700 

If the 2700 is less expensive than the 3600 go for it 

The ram is a little slow but if you spend a little time ( assuming the ram doesn't use hynix IC's that are known for not overclocking as well ) you can maybe get to 2933

3600 is just straight up out of the question just to clarify because if I'm gonna spend that much on CPU alone then I'm not going to bother for a while.

 

Ram is just a case of I've already got and identical kit so if I bought this other kit for sale then atleast I'd have a full matching set of 16gb. They're Kingston HyperX Fury 2400 blacks btw.

[Haro]

1 minute ago, nootnoot1277 said:

Ram is just a case of I've already got and identical kit so if I bought this other kit for sale then atleast I'd have a full matching set of 16gb

You can as I said above just manually over clocking it 

It will take some time and effort but at the end you will most likely notice a performance uplift 

Either way if the 2700 is way less expensive than the 3600 go for it