Worth upgrading to R5 2600 from i5 6600 for 144hz 1440p

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katokayt

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I need to know if it worth upgrading my CPU and motherboard.

I want know if it would be worth upgrading my i5 6600 to a Ryzen 5 2600 and change to a B450 Aorus motherboard. Or do I need a better upgrade to play 144Hz 1440p (I have GTX 1080 OC . My current CPU (i5 6600) and can’t really handle 144hz 1440p, even playing fortnite. IS IT WORTH UPGRADING TO R5 2600 or do I need more?
 
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It is definitely worth it, but if I were you I would wait for summer when the new Ryzen processors are being announced and probably soonly released. They are improving the litography fro 14nm to 7nm, which means a big energetic efficiency improvement, which leads to much higher clocks and more room for more cores with the same price of nowadays processors.

In conclusion: In half a year there's gonna be a noticeable performance leap in Ryzen processors and a great improvement in the performance per dolar. It is even rumoured that third generation of Ryzen processors is going to increase the number of cores in every end processors.
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It is definitely worth it, but if I were you I would wait for summer when the new Ryzen processors are being announced and probably soonly released. They are improving the litography fro 14nm to 7nm, which means a big energetic efficiency improvement, which leads to much higher clocks and more room for more cores with the same price of nowadays processors.

In conclusion: In half a year there's gonna be a noticeable performance leap in Ryzen processors and a great improvement in the performance per dolar. It is even rumoured that third generation of Ryzen processors is going to increase the number of cores in every end processors.
 
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Wow im kinda surprised a i5 6600 with a 1080 has trouble at 1440p, im currently running a 2070 on a ancient 4790k I7 and 1440p is very playable on most modern titles. I plan on upgrading to a ryzen 3000 series when they launch. If you look at some benchmarks the i5 6600 has almost the exact same single core performance score as a ryzen 5 2600, I doubt you would see a huge difference in performance, waiting for the 3000 series would be the best option.
 
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It is pointless to compare both processors having only in mind the not-OCed, single core performance as the Ryzen 2600 has 50% more cores, two threads per core and overclocking capabilities. It may have not trouble at 1440p if playing at a max of 60FPS, but as he said he wants play on a 144Hz monitor.
 
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