Processor change

[woody31]

My current setup is 

 

cpu: amd Ryzen 7 105wtdp

ram: 32gb Corsair vengeance 

ssd: 2 m.2 SSD drives

graphics: 8gb nvidia 2060

psu: 850w

cpu cooler: noctua chromax cpu cooler 

 

i was considering downgrading to a amd Ryzen 7 65wtdp to make it easier on the system. Would doing so would I be able to still play games like iRacing and X plane 11 just fine without it using 100% of cpu or overheating it? Thanks for help I’m starting this as research before I make a decision. 

[Moonzy]

what specific cpu model to what model?

 

like R7 3800x to 3700x or?

[Kilrah]

36 minutes ago, woody31 said:

to make it easier on the system

What does that mean?

[woody31]

8 hours ago, Moonzy said:

what specific cpu model to what model?

 

like R7 3800x to 3700x or?

I was looking at this one

[Moonzy]

Just now, woody31 said:

I was looking at this one

What's your old cpu?

What specific motherboard do you have

[Mister Woof]

What uses?

 

For $300, you're probably better off upgrading from whatever you have (guessing 1st or 2nd gen Ryzen) to a 5600x for $299.

 

In games, the 5600x will blow away all Zen 2 

[woody31]

2 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

What uses?

 

For $300, you're probably better off upgrading from whatever you have (guessing 1st or 2nd gen Ryzen) to a 5600x for $299.

 

In games, the 5600x will blow away all Zen 2 

 

3 hours ago, Moonzy said:

What's your old cpu?

What specific motherboard do you have

My current motherboard is a ATX Asus ROG Strix B550 F-Gaming with Wi-Fi and my current processor is an AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 105w TDP I was looking into a lower wattage processor maybe I don't need all that wattage I have now, I only play iRacing at 60FPS and occasionally Xplane 11 but I need it to be able to handle 100 lap races with ease that what my league runs.

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, woody31 said:

 

My current motherboard is a ATX Asus ROG Strix B550 F-Gaming with Wi-Fi and my current processor is an AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 105w TDP I was looking into a lower wattage processor maybe I don't need all that wattage I have now, I only play iRacing at 60FPS and occasionally Xplane 11 but I need it to be able to handle 100 lap races with ease that what my league runs.

5600x will do that nicely ; 65w

[Kilrah]

Don't see the point of going through the hassle, it's merely a sidegrade...

[IkeaGnome]

13 hours ago, woody31 said:

noctua chromax cpu cooler 

Which Chormax? There's a few. Are your fan curves set up? Does your 2060 also run hot? 

[Moonzy]

5 hours ago, woody31 said:

 

My current motherboard is a ATX Asus ROG Strix B550 F-Gaming with Wi-Fi and my current processor is an AMD Ryzen 7 3800x 105w TDP I was looking into a lower wattage processor maybe I don't need all that wattage I have now, I only play iRacing at 60FPS and occasionally Xplane 11 but I need it to be able to handle 100 lap races with ease that what my league runs.

You can, but I personally wouldn't bother doing it

You can try manually undervolting it, that's a free way to reduce wattage

[CerealExperimentsLain]

25 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

You can, but I personally wouldn't bother doing it

You can try manually undervolting it, that's a free way to reduce wattage

Underclock, undervolt, cap the TDP (I guess that depends on mobo), all good ways to make your 8 core CPU into a slower, less hot 8 core CPU and all free.

[woody31]

Ok thank you, some help would be much appreciated I have no idea how to do I put it all together but don’t know if I got fans right bios I did the calibration thing and it seems fine it ramps up quite a bit though on like opening chrome or iRacing