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Will my i5-6500 bottleneck an RX 5700?

SereneMango
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I want to use VR.

 

I won't be able to buy the card soon, but it's the budget I'm willing to spend on.

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yes even my 6600k oc at 4.7ghz will

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Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

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Wait for ampere and big Navi and zen 3. Save up more and consider moving to a different platform. If you couldn't a 6700/7700 will be a nice upgrade over this. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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4 minutes ago, SereneMango said:

I want to use VR.

 

I won't be able to buy the card soon, but it's the budget I'm willing to spend on.

 

If you run workloads that aren't as CPU intensive then you may not notice much performance difference with the RX 5700 run with a better CPU, although if the workloads are equally or more CPU intensive then your i5 6500 is likely going to be a bottleneck to the RX 5700. 

 

For more specific upgrade recommendations, what are the other specs of your system and what programs/games are you planning to run on the PC, if you get a used i7 6700/6700K/7700/7700K at a good deal then it may be a worthy upgrade, otherwise it may be worth considering upgrading to an socket AM4 motherboard (compatible B450 would be the least I would go with) and current-gen Ryzen CPU?

Hope this information post was helpful  ?,

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11 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Yes. It's slower than a Ryzen 3 3100

I'm speechless. Then again, it's been years...

10 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Wait for ampere and big Navi and zen 3. Save up more and consider moving to a different platform. If you couldn't a 6700/7700 will be a nice upgrade over this. 

In fact after researching about current CPUs, I just wanted make sure if upgrading only the GPU would be enough. The Ryzen 7 3700X looks tempting, but I don't need it badly.

6 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

If you run workloads that aren't as CPU intensive then you may not notice much performance difference with the RX 5700 run with a better CPU, although if the workloads are equally or more CPU intensive then your i5 6500 is likely going to be a bottleneck to the RX 5700. 

 

For more specific upgrade recommendations, what are the other specs of your system and what programs/games are you planning to run on the PC, if you get a used i7 6700/6700K/7700/7700K at a good deal then it may be a worthy upgrade, otherwise it may be worth considering upgrading to an socket AM4 motherboard (compatible B450 would be the least I would go with) and current-gen Ryzen CPU?

Well I would love to sculpt in VR, although that can wait. It would be complementary to my main workflow on Blender (3D modeling, rigging and texturing). So it would be for games that don't require a large space irl.

 

I have 16GB of ram btw... I can't check the speed now, if that's relevant.

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Just now, SereneMango said:

I'm speechless. Then again, it's been years...

In fact after researching about current CPUs, I just wanted make sure if upgrading only the GPU would be enough. The Ryzen 7 3700X looks tempting, but I don't need it badly.

Well I would love to sculpt in VR, although that can wait. It would be complementary to my main workflow on Blender (3D modeling, rigging and texturing). So it would be for games that don't require a large space irl.

 

I have 16GB of ram btw... I can't check the speed now, if that's relevant.

Wait for Zen3

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12 minutes ago, SereneMango said:

Well I would love to sculpt in VR, although that can wait. It would be complementary to my main workflow on Blender (3D modeling, rigging and texturing). So it would be for games that don't require a large space irl.

 

I have 16GB of ram btw... I can't check the speed now, if that's relevant.

 

Thanks for the additional information @SereneMango, I would recommend making upgrades only that you would be able to move to a new build later without losing much if any performance due to newer launches such as adding an SSD for the boot drive at least if you don't have one already, upgrading the amount of DDR4 RAM in your system, etc. Wait to upgrade on components that are proprietary to you current system platform such as the CPU and components that you can get better of if you wait on buying such as the graphics card.

Hope this information post was helpful  ?,

        @Boomwebsearch 

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