1600 vs 2600 ryzen?

[iLostMyXbox21]

is AMD Ryzen 1600 or 2600 best for gaming on games like pubg, csgo, etc while recording? 

 

let me rephrase... 

 

could i use a 1600 instead to save money? since both have almost same specs? i want to be able to record PUBG medium settings, 60fps, 1080p.. if not i will record 30fps. will be paired with rx 580. 2x4 ddr4 2400mhz ram. good for this purpose?

 

will play on some low and medium settings

[Zando_]

the 2600 has better memory capacity, a bit better IPC, and will clock higher. Defo get the 2600 and a B450/X470 board. 

[Jurrunio]

1600 is about 5-10% slower than the 2600, so if the price gap is larger than that, get the older CPU.

[YaBoiWill]

I have a 1600 and rx580, but I don't do a huge amount of gaming. 

My 1600 runs at 4.1ghz at 1.375v, but your milage will vary. 

the 2600 will be able to reach higher clocks than that, the L1 and 2 cache is the same size, but I can't see the L3 cache on the 2600. 

 

For gaming, Im fairly sure in saying the higher clocks are favourable, so probs get the 2600 and a b450 mobo that has decent overclocking headroom to get better value out of the chip.

 

I would probs suggest getting the 2600X for a bit more as it will allow for better overclocking as it is a better chip. (at least that's how it was done with the first gen chips) with a good aftermarket cooler

 

 

[LukeSavenije]

what is the price difference?

[Fasauceome]

The 1600 is still good, you just have to be saving money to justify buying it. I bet there'll be a Black Friday sale to clear out existing stock for first gen Ryzen, so keep your eyes peeled.

[porina]

I own both 1600 and 2600. The 2600 is clearly superior, but if it is worth it depends on the use case.

 

I can't recall what the stock all core turbo of the 1600 was but it was unremarkable. A low voltage overclock could get you to 3.6 or 3.7-ish on stock cooler. If you pile on the volts with an upgraded cooler you might get around 4.0 but you have a space heater at that point.

 

The 2600 cooler is rubbish. The stock CPU will turbo to all core 3.9 and almost instantly drop from thermal throttling. If you upgrade cooler it allows 3.9 to be maintained indefinitely. I used a Noctua D9L I stole from my 1800. Pushing the volts again, I got my sample to 4.2 all cores and it was getting toasty. A better cooler might get you a tiny bit more but again we're in heater territory at that point.

[YaBoiWill]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

I own both 1600 and 2600. The 2600 is clearly superior, but if it is worth it depends on the use case.

 

I can't recall what the stock all core turbo of the 1600 was but it was unremarkable. A low voltage overclock could get you to 3.6 or 3.7-ish on stock cooler. If you pile on the volts with an upgraded cooler you might get around 4.0 but you have a space heater at that point.

 

The 2600 cooler is rubbish. The stock CPU will turbo to all core 3.9 and almost instantly drop from thermal throttling. If you upgrade cooler it allows 3.9 to be maintained indefinitely. I used a Noctua D9L I stole from my 1800. Pushing the volts again, I got my sample to 4.2 all cores and it was getting toasty. A better cooler might get you a tiny bit more but again we're in heater territory at that point.

the stock speed is a roaring 3.2ghz. 

TBF my 1600 runs at around 60c with a 240 aio, I don't really notice the heat it gives out. ( at full load ) 

I'm suprised that you can't get past 4.2 on the 2600. 

[porina]

18 minutes ago, YaBoiWill said:

TBF my 1600 runs at around 60c with a 240 aio, I don't really notice the heat it gives out. ( at full load ) 

I was running my 1800 at some unhealthy setting with a 280mm AIO, and it was self reporting 180W under load at that point. Knock off a couple of cores, the 1600 would still not be insignificant. 

 

18 minutes ago, YaBoiWill said:

I'm suprised that you can't get past 4.2 on the 2600. 

From my notes, with the Noctua D9L cooler on it, I was running 1.35v 4.2 all core, hitting 73C on Cinebench R15 runs. It was unstable at 4.25 under those settings and I didn't push voltage further. With a better cooler, maybe I could have got a bit more, but I decided it wasn't worth the effort.

 

I did get a 4.54 GHz validation on CPU-Z just for lols. No stability test beyond getting the submission sent.

[iKingRPG]

47 minutes ago, iLostMyXbox21 said:

is AMD Ryzen 1600 or 2600 best for gaming on games like pubg, csgo, etc while recording? 

 

let me rephrase... 

 

could i use a 1600 instead to save money? since both have almost same specs? i want to be able to record PUBG medium settings, 60fps, 1080p.. if not i will record 30fps. will be paired with rx 580. 2x4 ddr4 2400mhz ram. good for this purpose?

 

will play on some low and medium settings

Go to the YouTube channel "Science Studio" he explains in his video from yesterday. Anyway both should be fine for 1080p60. What GPU do you have? 

[iLostMyXbox21]

2 hours ago, iKingRPG said:

Go to the YouTube channel "Science Studio" he explains in his video from yesterday. Anyway both should be fine for 1080p60. What GPU do you have? 

rx 580 8gb