2500K @ 4.5Ghz to Ryzen 1600

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what GPU do you have? You might experience some bottlencking with a very high end GPU, like a 1080ti. But at 4.5 you really can help negate that.

the difference in gaming depends mostly on the game, with some other variables too. Some games will perform much better with the Ryzen, the difference (in the link) can be up to 30 frames per second , which is substantial. Then other games will be a lot closer. They will be mostly older games where pure clockspeed matters most. For games like BF1, Ghost Recon WIldlands, the Ryzen has so much more resources, and will outperform the I5 giving better FPS and a more smooth experience.

i'd say there is a performance bump for sure. In gaming it's probably not that much, they would be close with the Ryzen 1600 (OC'ed) doing better. Obviously the Ryzen will pummel the 2500k at multi threaded tests, but gaming wouldn't be such a huge delta.

Your system can still game, thats for sure. Upgrading will bring other things though, faster ram/more bandwidth/better connectivity etc.
So from a platform point of view, yes it's an upgrade.

Purely for gaming though, not so much.
 
what GPU do you have? You might experience some bottlencking with a very high end GPU, like a 1080ti. But at 4.5 you really can help negate that.

the difference in gaming depends mostly on the game, with some other variables too. Some games will perform much better with the Ryzen, the difference (in the link) can be up to 30 frames per second , which is substantial. Then other games will be a lot closer. They will be mostly older games where pure clockspeed matters most. For games like BF1, Ghost Recon WIldlands, the Ryzen has so much more resources, and will outperform the I5 giving better FPS and a more smooth experience.

 
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