I5 or ryzen 5
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chemmajorp53
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i5 is better for gaming, I'd probably just get an 8400 though unless you plan on really overclocking. At the microcenter near my house though, you can get an r5 1600 and mobo for $240, which tbh is almost too good of a deal to pass up. If you're upgrading from a worse processor that would be a good option.
chemmajorp53
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Well that would have been helpful to know from the beginning haha. Yes, the new i5s are better than the r5 processors, but if you can't afford them that doesn't help you. If you want to upgrade a CPU then you could get an i7 6700/7700, but your graphics card is going to be limiting your FPS more than the CPU in PUBG, that's not exactly a fast card. The GTX 660, which is technically the minimum requirement, is the same speed or faster than an RX 460. You can't expect to get good FPS in an unoptimized game with budget hardware unfortunately.
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Which r5 ryzen?
Which I5 intel?
There is a big spread in capability for each line.
For the same price you can do ok with either.
If you play multiplayer games with many participants, many threads from ryzen is good.
For mmo, sims, strategy games, core speed is all important and intel does better for those types.
Which I5 intel?
There is a big spread in capability for each line.
For the same price you can do ok with either.
If you play multiplayer games with many participants, many threads from ryzen is good.
For mmo, sims, strategy games, core speed is all important and intel does better for those types.
chemmajorp53
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"Multiplayer games with many participants" is too broad, that's really misleading. In that category, you have everything from BF1, where OC'ed Ryzen performs only a bit worse than current i5s and i7s, to CSGO, where Ryzen is 30-40% slower. Intel is going to be objectively better for any game, it just comes down to price to performance and what you play.
@OP I don't know if an i3 6100 to a locked i5 is worth $180 or so, but that's up to you. You can do better for the money.
@OP I don't know if an i3 6100 to a locked i5 is worth $180 or so, but that's up to you. You can do better for the money.
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I3 6th gen is a very good processor.
In what way is your I3 not doing the job?
What is your budget?
What is your motherboard?
What are the rest of your specs?
There are many upgrades available to you keeping your current ram and motherboard.
It will depend on what you primarily use the pc for.
In what way is your I3 not doing the job?
What is your budget?
What is your motherboard?
What are the rest of your specs?
There are many upgrades available to you keeping your current ram and motherboard.
It will depend on what you primarily use the pc for.
geofelt
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I looked up the minimum and recommended specs for PUBG
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-system-requirements/
It would appear that the game does not use many threads, 4 being perfectly acceptable.
I7 in the past had 8 threads, and r5-1600 has 12 threads.
The extra threads seem to not be that useful and worth paying more for.
They say..
As we wrote in our performance analysis: "It's pretty clear that the most important thing with your CPU will be raw clockspeed, provided that you have at least four physical CPU cores…
for that, ryzen of any stripe tops out at around 4.0 for the 1800x.
Lesser chips like the 1600 will be less, and that is with an overclock.
Then, also, the performance per clock is a bit better with intel processors.
In the us, r5-1600 is priced at $215.
My suggestion, for the longer term is to look for a I3-8350K.
The meaning of I3 has changed. What you get with a I3-8350K is a full 4 cores with overclocking. for $190. Effectively, the more modern version of the i5-7600K.
You need not overclock initially, but all of the current motherboards are Z370 based and will permit overclocking.
I see the current crop of motherboards as being reasonably priced.
A number are in the $130 price bracket.
Here is one:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157793
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-system-requirements/
It would appear that the game does not use many threads, 4 being perfectly acceptable.
I7 in the past had 8 threads, and r5-1600 has 12 threads.
The extra threads seem to not be that useful and worth paying more for.
They say..
As we wrote in our performance analysis: "It's pretty clear that the most important thing with your CPU will be raw clockspeed, provided that you have at least four physical CPU cores…
for that, ryzen of any stripe tops out at around 4.0 for the 1800x.
Lesser chips like the 1600 will be less, and that is with an overclock.
Then, also, the performance per clock is a bit better with intel processors.
In the us, r5-1600 is priced at $215.
My suggestion, for the longer term is to look for a I3-8350K.
The meaning of I3 has changed. What you get with a I3-8350K is a full 4 cores with overclocking. for $190. Effectively, the more modern version of the i5-7600K.
You need not overclock initially, but all of the current motherboards are Z370 based and will permit overclocking.
I see the current crop of motherboards as being reasonably priced.
A number are in the $130 price bracket.
Here is one:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157793
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