I'm thinking of upgrading to a threadripper with water cooling and upgrading my gpu to a nvidia geforce gtx 1060

[Jackb]

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[Jackb]

My current cpu is a amd ryzen 5 2600x and my gpu is a gigabyte radeon 580

[bmx6454]

whats the question?

[Arika]

GTX 1060 and threadripper is a terrible pairing

 

that and the RX580 is equivalent to the 1060 anyway.

[Jackb]

8 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

whats the question?

Should I upgrade from a ryzen 5 2600 to a amd threadripper 1600x and should i upgrade from a gigabyte radeon 580 4gb to a nvidia geforce gtx 1060 6gb

[Jackb]

9 minutes ago, Arika S said:

GTX 1060 and threadripper is a terrible pairing

 

that and the RX580 is equivalent to the 1060 anyway.

What about having the threadripper and the 580

[skiibii]

why would you want to do that? the 580 and 1060 are basically equal, and that it a really bad combo. a waste of money.

[Jackb]

8 minutes ago, Jackb said:

What about having the threadripper and the 580

Because I'm thinking of getting vr and I want the best parts for under 300AUS$ each

[skiibii]

1 minute ago, Jackb said:

What about having the threadripper and the 580

the fact that your upgrading to a 1060, what are you even using the threadripper for? you didn't tell us

[Jackb]

9 minutes ago, skiibii said:

why would you want to do that? the 580 and 1060 are basically equal, and that it a really bad combo. a waste of money.

Ok

[Jackb]

8 minutes ago, skiibii said:

the fact that your upgrading to a 1060, what are you even using the threadripper for? you didn't tell us

I'm using it for virtual reality an htc vive on games like pavlov and onward

[Shimejii]

Just now, Jackb said:

I'm using it for virtual reality an htc vive on games like pavlov and onward

VR sucks on Threadripper 1st and 2nd gen. Threadripper 3000 series is the only somewhat decent, but there really isnt going to be an good system for cheap for vr. VR requires Pretty damn good hardware to run well enough

[skiibii]

2 minutes ago, Jackb said:

I'm using it for virtual reality an htc vive on games like pavlov and onward

get a nice ryzen 3600 and an rtx model. that would kinda be the same price, and a much better combination. don't just buy things because they're expensive.

Just now, Shimejii said:

 VR requires Pretty damn good hardware to run well enough

yup. You should look at the parts, see the review, and ask for help.

[bmx6454]

Just now, Jackb said:

I'm using it for virtual reality an htc vive on games like pavlov and onward

you would be better served with an upgraded gpu. my gtx1070 does OK on low settings with vr, so i would shoot for gtx1070 at the minimum, better than a 1070 would be ideal.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Jackb said:

amd threadripper 1600x

This is very not a thing.

[Arika]

6 minutes ago, Jackb said:

What about having the threadripper and the 580

still terrible. especially for your use case

[Jackb]

8 minutes ago, skiibii said:

get a nice ryzen 3600 and an rtx model. that would kinda be the same price, and a much better combination. don't just buy things because they're expensive.

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Jackb said:

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

Your current system should be able to do vr ok

 

You can't overclock to a 3600, but id keep your current cpu for now. Your will probably be more gpu limited, and if you upgrade, id go to a 2060 at a minimum 

[bmx6454]

1 minute ago, Jackb said:

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

im a tad bit confused, you said you already have a 2600x??

[Shimejii]

Just now, Jackb said:

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

Im going to assume you are ESL, This is now how things work. You cannot simply OC a 2600 to a 3600. 2600 is going to be pretty much stuck at 4.0-4.2 ghz, whereas 3600 could get to 4.4-4.6. 3600 Should be enough for the most part but again both parts have to be good enough to run the VR at high enough frames, otherwise you will NOT enjoy what happens.

[skiibii]

3 minutes ago, Jackb said:

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

probably not. it wouldnt be possible, and  i dont think you could bc you'd need better cooling, and that will be more expensive than just buying the 3600.

[Jackb]

10 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

im a tad bit confused, you said you already have a 2600x??

Yeah I mean overclock it too a 3600

[Jackb]

10 minutes ago, skiibii said:

probably, but i dont think you could bc you'd need better cooling, and that will be more expensive than just buying the 3600.

Ok then

[bmx6454]

27 minutes ago, Jackb said:

Ok then

honestly, as said above, a 2600x will likely be just fine for vr. even your current gpu card might run vr on low settings with little issues, but if you want to upgrade for an optimal vr experience, go for a new gpu for now.

[dizmo]

48 minutes ago, Jackb said:

Budget (including currency): 

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Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

Why would you bother posting this? You didn't even fill it in.

41 minutes ago, Jackb said:

Should I upgrade from a ryzen 5 2600 to a amd threadripper 1600x and should i upgrade from a gigabyte radeon 580 4gb to a nvidia geforce gtx 1060 6gb

There's no such thing as a Threadripper 1600x.

34 minutes ago, Jackb said:

Ok I was thinking of buying a ryzen 5 2600 and overclocking to 3600 would that be good enough?

You can't. It's not possible.