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Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

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7 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

yes

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4 minutes ago, bal723 said:

yes

great, thank you

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14 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

yeah but for the price of a 3060 u can buy a rx 6650xt which performs better

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12 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

Yes, but try to get the 5600 or 5600X, those are way stronger. The 5500 is a 5600G without the integrated GPU, meaning it has less cache than the regular 5600 or 5600X. 

 

Also, beware, there are multiple RTX 3060 that perform differently. Only the 12GB model is the true card. 

I would recommend looking at an AMD alternative, you can get more performance for the same money.

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13 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

The comparison between the 5600 and 5500 is very similar to the 5700G and 5700X in this video:

 

I'd also try to get 32GB, partly because 8GB sticks are usually nerfed.

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I had an R5 2600 as well until I upgraded to my current R7 5700X. The improvement is huge in loading times and initial start up. Gaming performance is a bit improved as well, but I did not upgrade my GPU, so I'm always GPU limited now.

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1 hour ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Currently I have a: Ryzen 5 2600, 16gb of 2133Mhz ram and a GTX 1660 Super. I'm planning on upgrading to a Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060 and 8x2 3200 Mhz ram. Will this be a significant upgrade?

 

Not great imo

5500 is a souped up 3000 chip mostly, and 3060 isn't great, avoid the 6GB model

A good upgrade would be 5700X, 2x16GB 3600 RAM and a 6650XT

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3 hours ago, 191x7 said:

Yes, but try to get the 5600 or 5600X, those are way stronger. The 5500 is a 5600G without the integrated GPU, meaning it has less cache than the regular 5600 or 5600X. 

 

Also, beware, there are multiple RTX 3060 that perform differently. Only the 12GB model is the true card. 

I would recommend looking at an AMD alternative, you can get more performance for the same money.

Yeah I went for the 12gb rtx 3060, I had to go for the 5500 because anything higher would of been like £30 more and I couldnt afford that

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12 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Yeah I went for the 12gb rtx 3060, I had to go for the 5500 because anything higher would of been like £30 more and I couldnt afford that

Then keep your RAM and get a 5600 or 5700x instead.

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13 minutes ago, Hoaxe72 said:

Yeah I went for the 12gb rtx 3060, I had to go for the 5500 because anything higher would of been like £30 more and I couldnt afford that

have you already purchased it, the 3060 performs lower than a 6650xt which is about $50 cheaper which you could use to upgrade to a 5600x, i made the same mistake in buying a 5500, and it feels much slower than a 5600x and you will notice, but coming from the 2600, either one is a good upgrade, i would consider checking out the 2080 on newegg right now as well, there is a water cooled msi variant from newegg refurbished going for 249 right now if your ok with refurbished, it blows the 3060 out of the water

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12 minutes ago, BentleyOwen123 said:

have you already purchased it, the 3060 performs lower than a 6650xt which is about $50 cheaper which you could use to upgrade to a 5600x, i made the same mistake in buying a 5500, and it feels much slower than a 5600x and you will notice, but coming from the 2600, either one is a good upgrade, i would consider checking out the 2080 on newegg right now as well, there is a water cooled msi variant from newegg refurbished going for 249 right now if your ok with refurbished, it blows the 3060 out of the water

It’ll be an upgrade regardless so I don’t really mind tbh, it’ll be going up enough that it’s a clear improvement so who knows, maybe I’ll get a 5600x at some point

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