- Feb 12, 2018
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Okay so my current rig is an i5 3570, GTX 1060 & 14GB DDR3 with SSDs & HDDs on the side.
I can actually game on near enough all games at near max settings @1080p, achieving more or around 60fps in all titles, bar a select few.
However, it's time for an upgrade now; games like star citizen barely run at 10fps (ALTHOUGH, I am aware that it is an alpha, & even some people with i7 8700k's barely even manage 20fps in some servers; plus in the hangar I can achieve 80+ fps in single player), but in a few games I can see slight CPU bottlenecks anyway, noticeably in Origins & Forza Horizon 3.
Problem is though, I was looking at the Ryzen 1600 as it looks incredible for the price, so that & a half decent motherboard would cost me £270ish.
Buuuut... yep, RAM prices. 8GB DDR4 is around £100 which really is just disgusting and I really desire 16GB.
Was looking at DDR3 CPU/Mobo combinations but not really sure if it's worth it given that going with an FX CPU would most certainly be a downgrade, & unless I got an i7 from the DDR3 generation, I don't think there'd be a "significant" upgrade from my 3570.
What do you all think?
If I traded a few bits in and sold my current i5 & mobo I could grab the ryzen combination but would only have 8gb RAM for the first month or so
I can actually game on near enough all games at near max settings @1080p, achieving more or around 60fps in all titles, bar a select few.
However, it's time for an upgrade now; games like star citizen barely run at 10fps (ALTHOUGH, I am aware that it is an alpha, & even some people with i7 8700k's barely even manage 20fps in some servers; plus in the hangar I can achieve 80+ fps in single player), but in a few games I can see slight CPU bottlenecks anyway, noticeably in Origins & Forza Horizon 3.
Problem is though, I was looking at the Ryzen 1600 as it looks incredible for the price, so that & a half decent motherboard would cost me £270ish.
Buuuut... yep, RAM prices. 8GB DDR4 is around £100 which really is just disgusting and I really desire 16GB.
Was looking at DDR3 CPU/Mobo combinations but not really sure if it's worth it given that going with an FX CPU would most certainly be a downgrade, & unless I got an i7 from the DDR3 generation, I don't think there'd be a "significant" upgrade from my 3570.
What do you all think?
If I traded a few bits in and sold my current i5 & mobo I could grab the ryzen combination but would only have 8gb RAM for the first month or so
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