Is it time to retire my i5 2500k? I don't feel like it's bottle necking my performance, but then I've never used anything else in this set up. Would I see many gains going to something like a Ryzen?
i5 2500k @ 4.2GHz
Azrock gen3 extreme4 mobo
XFX Radeon R390X
16GB DDR2 RAM
Built the system in 2011, only thing I've swapped out since was the HD6970 for the 390
Is it worth upgrading CPU or am I falling for a meme here?
if you are fine with current setup
might as well save money for next intel comeback or zen2
There have been certain games that I feel like my performance doesn't come anywhere near the norm reported with this card (Witcher 3 comes to mind, I was struggling to push 50 FPS on ultra, all the review sites we're hitting 60 no problem) no idea if that's CPU related though.
>switching to anything while current gen consoles are all still weaker than $200-300 cards
What for?
Your system is obviously not being used for rendering or anything with high compute requirements.
I also have a 144HZ monitor now, so hitting higher frames is more important to me.
This. Op I'm also running 2500k with a Trixx 290X, iI think I'll change when 7nm Zen2 drop.
>16GB DDR2 RAM
Pretty sure Ryzen loves and benefits a decent amount from high speed RAM.
So get new ram? I assumed I'd have to anyway since I'll need a new mobo for a Ryzen chip.
You might be right, just seems like I don't get the performance I expect from this card and never have.
>16GB DDR2 RAM
Sure it's DDR3.
Could be DDR3 actually, I can't remember, I'll go look. I bought it in 2011.
Should be, DDR2 was on 775 boards.
Yeah it is DDR3, I remember because I got the most bawdy red RIPJAW RAM I could buy at the time, it was so big that I had to put my CPU fan on sideways.....my first build
I got R9 390 and R3 1200 with 3.6ghz clock.
TW 3 at ultra without Nvidia goyimwork can handle 70fps stable.
Time to hang yourself, stupid attention whore consumerist.
Current AM4 socket will support the 7nm zen if I recall.
So why not just buy a 1600 and update just the cpu down the road if wanted.
>need a new mobo for a Ryzen chip
Fuck me I'm dumb, I didn't even think about that. I should go to bed.
.....What? Care to elaborate friend? I'm just trying to find out if it is time to upgrade, it's a 6 year old CPU now.
Look at how awful this first build was, it isn't aesthetic at all and had no planning whatsoever.. I'm probably going to replace everything except the gfx card, HDDs and PSU
If you are satisfied there isnt really a reason to upgrade in your case.
If you really want to upgrade, upgrade to a 3770k if you can find a used one for cheap.
And yes, the CPU fan is on sideways, blowing hot air off the card through the CPU...never had any problems with it though
SWEET FUCKING JESUS! CLEAN THAT SHIT LIKE RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
Dust your shit man.
waste of money, the real increase would be like 15%.
Seriously look it up. Yes more cores, but that is hardly a justifcation for only 15% increased real world every day performance.
Eh it's a fair point, it's just if I'm going to upgrade I might as well spend a bit more and not need another upgrade in 2 years, right?
I have this can of compressed air that I use to clean it and it just doesn't fucking seem to do anything, it takes the surface layer of dust off and thats it, I don't want to wipe my shit down because static electricity...or some shit.
Aw shit I recognize that memory. Pretty sure I've still got mine in a box somewhere. But seriously dude clean that shit.
CLEAN YOUR FUCKING COMPUTER. JESUS CHRIST user.
Never seen that before.
I thought the heat of cpus congregated in the centre of the cpu.
How do you guys clean the inside of your case? Compressed air doesn't seem too effective.
I think you're right actually, seems to blow out both sides, so I guess it's blowing hot air from the CPU onto the GPU...is that uh..better or worse?
Alcohol.
>15% increase per generation
>hardly a justification
>when there have been five generations between Sandy Bridge and Kaby Lake
Dishwasher.
Genius. I'm going to try taking everything out and using the reverse vacuum on it, then scrubbing the rest out with toothbrush/anti-static cloth
Same here mate my i5 4690 is aging like milk it's 100% all the time can't play 4k+ and even games run like crap
Gonna get a 1600x and a new system.
Same GPU op mine is CPU bottlenecked as well
Seems like the go, I've been pretty unhappy with my case anyway, it's ugly, has shit cable management and all the HDD bays are broken so my SSD/HDDs are just sitting in it, it'd only take someone bumping it and all my shit could break. Might as well up the whole system, what's the point of putting old hardware in a new case?
Feels like it, right? What have you run into that suggests bottleneck?
>Azrock gen3 extreme4 mobo
Before it's too late, change your chipsets thermal paste
Got a story? I've had the same thermal paste on this CPU for like 6 years and it still runs between 19-24C, very impressive actually.
not the CPU, Chipset.
Used to have same exact mobo but I used chipset heavily with PCIe SSD, year ago my SSD started acting up and my RAM started to garble, found out it was chipset overheating.
I would recommend changing it, as it's about time when thermal paste would go stale.
2500k has still life in it, put it to rest when 7nm Zen2 hits
I had an SSD mysteriously die a few years ago, wonder if thats why.
That's what I think I'll do, gives me more time to save up and buy a bunch of new stuff.
Haha, I have the exact same ram in my build. I think I might upgrade now, modern gaymes run like ass with the 2500K now and I'm running it @ 4.5.
Not saying it will but what if 7nm zen flops somehow? It's good to keep your options open
what ram sped, I was having microstutters with 1600mhz on an ivy 5, popped some 2133 in and it's been cherry since.
If you upgrade can I have your motherboard? I currently am planning on upgrading to an i7 2600k from my i5 2400 and need a good OC board that isn't $700
1. clean this shit
2. check in GPU-Z if your GPU is running at rated PCIe x16 speed. You might be running into some serious bandwidth bottlenecks because your card isn't plugged into the top PCIe slot (which is often the only one to run at x16)
Wait...Really? fuck. I never thought about it. I'm using the bottom one because my fans on sideways. Is there a similar utility to GPU-Z for linux?
>GPU is running at rated PCIe x16 speed
asrock.com
I think the board has two pci-e x16 slots at least according to this.
I'll probably end up selling the box as barebones with CPU RAM and mobo, you can get an extreme4 gen3 for like 30 bucks probably lol.
I upgraded from the following setup i7-2600k @4.5Ghz, 16 GB DDR3 on Asus P8P67 Rev 3.1
to a Ryzen 1700 (AsRock X370 Gaming X) and both gaming has been more stable (higher minimum fps and higher max fps as well). The real kicker is compiling, video transcoding / encoding though. That has become more than twice as fast as before.
If solely for gaming, upgrade to an R5 if you desperately feel the need to upgrade.
twice as fast? what language? Ryzen overclocked or not?
Really?
My i7 3770 is still going strong, the only time when it shows its age is when switching tabs while doing something intensive, might be switching to coffee or cannon lake when next year probably
ill switch to Zen 2 most likely, I just want a number of cores that's gonna give me a feel of limitless power, like 12+ cores
If ypur intend is to game, don't bother upgrading, since and Intel has not improved much on their CPU line since then. Overclocking will be help improve your FPS. However, i5-2500k is becoming more of a "slower" processor for modern gayming so your choice is to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 or buy an i5 Coffee Lake (which I don't recommend).
Most games and 4k streaming maxing out the country causing stuttering and 100% utilization on all 4 cores
If I get a 1600x and a good Mobo can I update to the 7nm chips when they come out? I'm only after a 1800x+ style CPU but with better 4ghz+ for gaming
Considering you have a 144Hz monitor, I'd do the following:
1) Buy Ryzen CPU
2) Lower the settings a bit in most games
3) Suddenly 144fps
How much you gonna sell it for?
make sure you OC the ram to 1600mhz
made a huge difference in performance on my i7 950.
running witcher 3 @ 3,8GHz and a rx 480 above 60fps 1080p
You don't believe in combined powers of AMD, IBM, GloFo, Samsung and others (together, they form the captain FUCK YOU)?
2500k is a bottleneck when multitasking.
Upgrade that CPU, it's outdated.
Went to a Ryzen 1700x and never looking back.
I'd upgrade to Ryzen, keeping the GPU, PSU and case.
Get a 1600 and when Zen2 rolls out you just switch CPUs.
Seems like . Good deal and it's still long time before Zen2
No user I have commitment issues not trust issues
find someone with a compressor .
i m on a 2600k OC @4.4 with a gtx 970 , shoud i switch to ryzen ? 5 or 7 ? i only game mostly , and sometimes render some videos
switching from i5 3570 to i7 3770k at 4.2 ghz has given me mad fps in witcher 3
