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bkrish546

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Hey, I decided it was time to give my PC an upgrade. These are my old specs:

i3 6100
8gb 2133mhz single channel ram
gtx 770 2gb

This is the new stuff:

i5-6500
16gb vengence dual channel 2400mhz
r9 290x 4gb (dont question it- i got it for £100. If it is similar to the 970 and rx 480 and half the price, its good enough).

I am just a casual 1080p gamer. I don't play the most demanding titles. All I want is a good pc i can use for work, youtube, pc and games like overwatch and cs:go at max/epic 1080p. I don't want to upgrade for the next 3-4 years. I don't plan on upgrading to 1440p and I couldn't care less if I even dropped to high settings on the e-sport games for 1080p. I just want 60+ fps. Thanks for the help. Btw the 290x will be cooled by an accelero extreme iv, and i am fine with overclocking using afterburner.
 
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With AMD and soon Intel both offering hex-core CPUs around the $200 mark, it is anyone's guess how long it'll be before a significant volume of game designers decide to aim for those as the recommended specs.

If you really don't plan to play more demanding newer games, then the i5-6500 should last for quite a few years.
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With AMD and soon Intel both offering hex-core CPUs around the $200 mark, it is anyone's guess how long it'll be before a significant volume of game designers decide to aim for those as the recommended specs.

If you really don't plan to play more demanding newer games, then the i5-6500 should last for quite a few years.
 
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I'm guessing that you have already bought the parts. However, if you haven't, the i5 isn't the best purchase at this point. You can get a good R5 for the same price, less frame rate dips and more smooth gaming. If you have already bought them, just enjoy.
 
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bkrish546

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I have bought it, but still in return period. i5
6500 has had a price drop to £105 in my area. that's about $135, so I can return it but I'm not sure I want to because the ryzen 5 1400 is £150 ($185) and according to this, it still doesn't match the performance of 6500: http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6500-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1400/3513vs3922

Plus, if I return it, I will have to return motherboard, RAM and cpu. is it worth the effort?
 
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Which CPU is faster depends on what your primary uses are.

For strictly lightly threaded games, the i5 is better. For more heavily threaded games, the R5 often pulls ahead on 0.1% frame time variance, which means more stable frame rates even if it does not match the average. Throw in some multi-threaded productivity though and Ryzen leaps well ahead of similarly priced Intel CPUs most of the time.

Of course, since you are mainly interested in lightweight e-sport style games, the price drop on the i5 makes more sense than having to rebuild with an R5 which isn't as good with lightweight games.
 
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