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1 minute ago, mrtwonavels said:

I game at 1080p here’s my pc part picker link:https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TpLsrv

it works fine I just wanna now how long I could conceivably use my cpu before it becomes “dated”

Dunno a decade?

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17 minutes ago, mrtwonavels said:

I have an intel core i5-12600k and wanted to give my cpu a little boost. Should I keep it going with a 12th gen and upgrade to a i7 or maybe go up a generation

Doubtful you'll get any significant boost except in production workload 

What's your usage?

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17 minutes ago, mrtwonavels said:

I have an intel core i5-12600k and wanted to give my cpu a little boost. Should I keep it going with a 12th gen and upgrade to a i7 or maybe go up a generation

What resolution are you gaming at? What’re your full system specs? How much can you spend to upgrade? If your performance is good for now and you’re not getting cpu bottlenecked I see no reason to upgrade (if just for gaming) 

If it’s for productivity you’ll wanna go with a newer intel i7 for more efficiency cores 

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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5 minutes ago, filpo said:

What resolution are you gaming at? What’re your full system specs? How much can you spend to upgrade? If your performance is good for now and you’re not getting cpu bottlenecked I see no reason to upgrade (if just for gaming) 

If it’s for productivity you’ll wanna go with a newer intel i7 for more efficiency cores 

I game at 1080p here’s my pc part picker link:https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TpLsrv

it works fine I just wanna now how long I could conceivably use my cpu before it becomes “dated”

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3 minutes ago, mrtwonavels said:

I game at 1080p here’s my pc part picker link:https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TpLsrv

it works fine I just wanna now how long I could conceivably use my cpu before it becomes “dated”

Basically any Thermalright dual tower is a massive PC cooler upgrade, and strongly suggested. it does not cost too much either.

Pax vobiscum

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4 minutes ago, mrtwonavels said:

I game at 1080p here’s my pc part picker link:https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TpLsrv

it works fine I just wanna now how long I could conceivably use my cpu before it becomes “dated”

12600k should be fine up to a 2080 ti or 6800 xt at 1080p

as @Tan3l6 said definitely get a thermalright dual tower (PS120SE for example)

Just now, mrtwonavels said:

If I were to upgrade my cooler should I do a noctua one?

no, they’re expensive with worse performance than thermalright. They are quieter but it’s not worth the premium

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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5 minutes ago, filpo said:

12600k should be fine up to a 2080 ti or 6800 xt at 1080p

as @Tan3l6 said definitely get a thermalright dual tower (PS120SE for example)

no, they’re expensive with worse performance than thermalright. They are quieter but it’s not worth the premium

Alright that sounds great. After I upgrade that I’ll be just were I need to be and have a pretty “average” pc

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2 minutes ago, mrtwonavels said:

Alright that sounds great. After I upgrade that I’ll be just were I need to be and have a pretty “average” pc

A thermalright peerless assasin 120 is all you need really.

 

Your 12600k can easily handle a 7900xt and such. Sure in cpu heavy games you'll only have some hundred+ fps instead of some hundred fps++ with a 14900k. So yeah not worth.

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3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Your 12600k can easily handle a 7900xt and such

At 1080p? nope. 12600k is worse than a 5800X3D and that can’t handle a 7900 xt at 1080p

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edited to sound a bit nicer :)

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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1 minute ago, filpo said:

At 1080p? I don’t think so. 12600k is worse than a 5800X3D and that can’t handle a 7900 xt at 1080p

I mean turn up the settings a nice bit and it'll do a good job maxing it. In a couple years it won't have a problem doing that at all as graphics requirements keep going out of the ass 😛

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20 hours ago, mrtwonavels said:

I have an intel core i5-12600k and wanted to give my cpu a little boost. Should I keep it going with a 12th gen and upgrade to a i7 or maybe go up a generation

What can't it do now that you want it to?

A CPU/RAM combo can drive a certain number of FPS in varied game engines, and you usually use GPU bound settings..

 

So again I ask, What can't it do now that you want it to..?

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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