Update path for Ryzen 5 2600

[opsidao]

Hello, I recently upgraded my RTX 2060 to an RTX 4070 mostly to improve performance on VR, for flatscreen gaming the 2060 was actually quite enough for me (and before you mention it, the alternative AMD cards everyone recommends are stupidly expensive in my region for some reason as well as the TI variant whereas the 4070 is widely available at MSRP).

 

The issue is that I'm not seeing the updated performance I was expecting and I still get plenty of reprojection in many games so I'm starting to think that I'll also need to upgrade other things in my build.

 

I have an X470 system and my motherboard has the BIOS updates to go to 5xxx. but I'm not sure if it's worth spending the money just on the CPU or I should upgrade the whole thing.

 

You can find a benchmark I ran for my system here and the main components are the following:

 

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Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

MSI RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X 12G OC

2x8 Gb KLEVV Bolt X Kit @3200

Currently, I'm considering getting a Ryzen 7 5800X for €237 which I think is the best bang for the buck from the list of supported CPUs for my motherboard.

 

Considering that my main interest is VR (Quest 2 via Virtual Desktop FWIW), would you go that route and just upgrade the CPU, would you updated to a different one from the list of supported CPUs or would you just ditch the whole thing and build a new system (except the GPU, of course)?

 

Thanks!

[GOTSpectrum]

The 5800x3d is basically the best gaming chip you can get on AM4, so if I were you and looking to upgrade that would be my choice

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Either 5500/5600 (prefer latter if price diff is <20$) or 5800x3d

 

If you are also thinking about a ram upgrade those rams should be hynix djr (confirm by sending thaiphoon burner) so its just a matter of buying another 2x8 set of klevvs

[Agall]

16 minutes ago, opsidao said:

Hello, I recently upgraded my RTX 2060 to an RTX 4070 mostly to improve performance on VR, for flatscreen gaming the 2060 was actually quite enough for me (and before you mention it, the alternative AMD cards everyone recommends are stupidly expensive in my region for some reason as well as the TI variant whereas the 4070 is widely available at MSRP).

 

The issue is that I'm not seeing the updated performance I was expecting and I still get plenty of reprojection in many games so I'm starting to think that I'll also need to upgrade other things in my build.

 

I have an X470 system and my motherboard has the BIOS updates to go to 5xxx. but I'm not sure if it's worth spending the money just on the CPU or I should upgrade the whole thing.

 

You can find a benchmark I ran for my system here and the main components are the following:

 

Currently, I'm considering getting a Ryzen 7 5800X for €237 which I think is the best bang for the buck from the list of supported CPUs for my motherboard.

 

Considering that my main interest is VR (Quest 2 via Virtual Desktop FWIW), would you go that route and just upgrade the CPU, would you updated to a different one from the list of supported CPUs or would you just ditch the whole thing and build a new system (except the GPU, of course)?

 

Thanks!

I'd argue just buying a new AM5 platform with a R5 7600 with a B650 motherboard and 2x16GB RAM. Drop in 5600/5800x3D recommendations from me would usually entail having a PCIe 4.0 capable motherboard and 32GB of decent RAM already. Otherwise you're just putting money into a obsolescent platform.

[opsidao]

On 5/8/2023 at 4:56 PM, Agall said:

I'd argue just buying a new AM5 platform with a R5 7600 with a B650 motherboard and 2x16GB RAM. Drop in 5600/5800x3D recommendations from me would usually entail having a PCIe 4.0 capable motherboard and 32GB of decent RAM already. Otherwise you're just putting money into a obsolescent platform.

At first I was fully against this as it means spending like three times the money but, after a while, it has grown on me and I have finally gone with a 7600X on a B650E with 32 Gb of CL36 @ 6000Mhz... thanks for the food for thought!