Howdy y'all! I recently upgraded my GPU from a R9 280 to a GTX 1060, and I am loving that I can run even the Witcher 3 at Ultra! I am debating if it is worth upgrading my CPU as well now that I have a little spare cash. I already have the RAM, mobo and stuff picked out for if I were to do it. But is there a noticeable difference in performance between the FX-8320 and the i5-7600K? Or is the difference in performance not enough to justify the $500 I would spend on this upgrade? Maybe I should just go with the FX-8350?
Upgrade from FX-8320 to i5-7600K?
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Going from an FX-8350 to an i5-7600K, you'll notice a ~1.7x faster effective speed (http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-7600K-vs-AMD-FX-8350/3885vs1489) due to its newer architecture. The i5-7600K (91W TDP) draws less power and produces less heat than the FX-8350 (125W TDP), so in terms of power consumption and heat dissipation, the i5-7600K certainly is better. The i5-7600K, even in stock/non-OC'd speeds, can make the GTX 1060 perform to its max. graphic power potential in a given resolution in almost all games (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q7lIYRK5T0ABLvAkgbM_2jJGvbhlep27mR-eRcCy4FA/edit#gid=0). Flexibility in upgrading to a higher/more powerful CPU (i.e., an i7 of the LGA1151 socket) or to a more powerful GPU (e.g., GTX 1070 and up) is also possible with the Intel upgrade, while, the FX build is already a dead-end one (and hinders your GPU upgrade as well).
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It is indeed worth it. You will get a very noticeable performance difference with the 7600k. But what mobo do you have for it?
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For the Witcher III, you may not see as much of an improvement.
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/luke-hill/amd-ryzen-7-1700-cpu-review/8/: technically shows about ~50% improvement moving from the FX-8370 to the i5-7600K (~45% if both are overclocked)...but that's using the Titan X Pascal. Yes, it shows the CPU limiting you at 1080p, but both are still churning out over 100FPS.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060/page2.html: They tested your GTX 1060 with an i7-6700K (which, BTW, in the other site's charts blew both the FX chip & the i5-7600K away), but the GTX 1060 only managed to get to 73FPS, well under the limit for both the i5 & the FX chip. Based on how the CPUs stacked up when they used a GTX 980 (http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html), assuming you'd even see any difference at most it would probably be only a 10% drop, 15% tops...puting you around 60-65FPS.
Honestly, you're getting much better performance since you've upgraded to the GTX 1060, but (at least in Witcher III) it's going to hold you back too much to see a lot of improvement by switching to an Intel CPU. To get to the point where you'd notice a bump from a CPU upgrade, you'd have to buy at least a GTX 1070, if not a 1080/1080Ti, & unless you're planning on bumping up to 1440p or higher resolutions that might not be a good use of your cash.
https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/luke-hill/amd-ryzen-7-1700-cpu-review/8/: technically shows about ~50% improvement moving from the FX-8370 to the i5-7600K (~45% if both are overclocked)...but that's using the Titan X Pascal. Yes, it shows the CPU limiting you at 1080p, but both are still churning out over 100FPS.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060/page2.html: They tested your GTX 1060 with an i7-6700K (which, BTW, in the other site's charts blew both the FX chip & the i5-7600K away), but the GTX 1060 only managed to get to 73FPS, well under the limit for both the i5 & the FX chip. Based on how the CPUs stacked up when they used a GTX 980 (http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html), assuming you'd even see any difference at most it would probably be only a 10% drop, 15% tops...puting you around 60-65FPS.
Honestly, you're getting much better performance since you've upgraded to the GTX 1060, but (at least in Witcher III) it's going to hold you back too much to see a lot of improvement by switching to an Intel CPU. To get to the point where you'd notice a bump from a CPU upgrade, you'd have to buy at least a GTX 1070, if not a 1080/1080Ti, & unless you're planning on bumping up to 1440p or higher resolutions that might not be a good use of your cash.
Just an update everybody:
Got the new processor, mobo and RAM. Installed the cpu, cooler and ram, system won't boot with any of the RAM sticks in slots 3 or 4. Will boot with 1 and/or 2, but if there is a stick in 3 or 4 it won't boot. There was a pin that looked out of whack on the mobo socket, so I straightened it, reseated the cpu, reinstalled the cooler, and no change in the issue. Probably going to have to RMA the board and the cpu?
Got the new processor, mobo and RAM. Installed the cpu, cooler and ram, system won't boot with any of the RAM sticks in slots 3 or 4. Will boot with 1 and/or 2, but if there is a stick in 3 or 4 it won't boot. There was a pin that looked out of whack on the mobo socket, so I straightened it, reseated the cpu, reinstalled the cooler, and no change in the issue. Probably going to have to RMA the board and the cpu?
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