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With the new specs should I upgrade my video card now or wait for volta cards to hit the market? And If i chose not to wait what video card would be best suited to be paired with the Ryzen 5 1600?

 

My current System
CPU athlon ii x4 651k
RAM 8gb 
GPU GTX 1050
PSU 500w

 

I've desided to build a new system with these specs
CPU Ryzen 5 1600
RAM 8gb ( This is one stick btw i know ryzen loves dual channel but i wanted expandability over the tiny bit more performance *Aka ram if fucking expensive*)
PSU 650w

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I mean it depends on your budget. Though gpu prices are starting to get fucked too. 

 

Ive mostly seen that gpu paired with a 1060

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A GTX 1060 or RX480 pairs very well with the R5 1600. The 1050 will do, but expect some bottlenecking in more GPU bound games

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31 minutes ago, SkylarThatGuy said:

RAM 8gb ( This is one stick btw i know ryzen loves dual channel but i wanted expandability over the tiny bit more performance *Aka ram if fucking expensive*)

Ryzen doesn't care about dual channel.  It cares about frequency and latency.

 

As others said, it's a bad time to upgrade.  RAM, GPU, and SSD prices are super high.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

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1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

How badly do you think you need to upgrade? Like if you can currently run games fine today, right now is a really, really bad time to upgrade. GPU and RAM prices are through the ceiling. 

so bad I'm planning to steal 1 of the 8GB RAM modules out of my Skylake system to use on my planned Ryzen system.

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1 minute ago, JoostinOnline said:

Ryzen doesn't care about dual channel.  It cares about frequency and latency.

 

As others said, it's a bad time to upgrade.  RAM, GPU, and SSD prices are super high.

Ram and GPU prices are shit but you can pickup M.2 ssd's fairly cheap atm

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1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

so bad I'm planning to steal 1 of the 8GB RAM modules out of my Skylake system to use on my planned Ryzen system.

Don't really see a way to wait out the ram prices those wont be changing anytime soon, but with mining on the other hand every so often the price of etherium goes down and GPU prices go back to normalish for a month or so

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6 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

How badly do you think you need to upgrade? Like if you can currently run games fine today, right now is a really, really bad time to upgrade. GPU and RAM prices are through the ceiling. 

My main problem is I'm wanting to be able to stream some Pubg with friends but the card cant handle the streaming

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2 minutes ago, SkylarThatGuy said:

Ram and GPU prices are shit but you can pickup M.2 ssd's fairly cheap atm

Not really. Unless you can get a 240GB one for $50 or a 480GB one for $80, then the prices are high.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

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1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

How much do you calue playing PUBG with your friends?

 

Because that would require a new mobo, CPU and RAM. The RAM would currently cost double what it usually does and GPU prices are almost 2-4x what they should be currently. 

I've already got the ryzen 5 1600 and all that but i still have a 1050 i just need a descent card to rise out of the ashes of the pile of crap from the mineopocalypse

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1 hour ago, JoostinOnline said:

Ryzen doesn't care about dual channel.  It cares about frequency and latency.

It does, especially under lower frequency

 

57 minutes ago, SkylarThatGuy said:

I've already got the ryzen 5 1600 and all that but i still have a 1050 i just need a descent card to rise out of the ashes of the pile of crap from the mineopocalypse

Used gtx 970, 980 and 980ti are good options, though even they raised prices.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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7 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Link?  I haven't seen anything to back that up.

 

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

 

The video shows it usually making an almost inconsequential difference.  It made some difference in Directx 12, but almost no games even use that.

 

So no, it's not something you should care about.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

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