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I mean, you said I should waste my money on a CPU upgrade that would make no difference in 1440p gaming. That's money I can't spend on a better GPU, which would

I mean, you said I should waste my money on a CPU upgrade that would make no difference in 1440p gaming. That's money I can't spend on a better GPU, which would make a difference in 1440p gaming.

BoorishBears 6y ago
You realize you're mentioning a 2600 right? Which will place a tremendous limit on 1440p gaming? My suggestion over the included build is spending $10 more on the build and getting a 10600K. Silicon Lottery has found 100% of 10600ks will do 4.7 Ghz sustained all core. Even at that number it will easily out perform a 3600 in a meaningful way. Over 70% of them do 4.9 Ghz which where it starts to reach i9 levels of performance in gaming by the way... - And the cherry on top over the 3600 is you can actually buy the i5 outside of Microcenter. Microcenter is the only place carrying the 3600 for $180... but they also have 10600k on perma-sale for $250. Meanwhile outside of Microcenter the 3600 is rarer than hen's teeth while the 10600k is widely available at $270. I happen to have 5 microcenters within an hour or so of me, but most people don't have that luxury.
- quacker 6y ago
  A 2600 + RTX 3070 will outperform a 10600k + 5700XT in 1440p gaming. You're way overestimating how much a 2600 would bottleneck the GPU.
  - BoorishBears 6y ago
    Making a wrong statement confidently doesn't making true.
    - quacker 6y ago
      Benchmarks: Ryzen 5 2600 + RTX 3070[1] 80 FPS - Ghost Recon: Breakpoint 1440p / Very High 78 FPS - Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p / Ultimate 72 FPS - Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p / High 115 FPS - Death Stranding 1440p / Very High 220 FPS - Doom Eternal 1440p / Ultra 124 FPS - Resident Evil 3 1440p / Max 75 FPS - Gears 5 1440p / Ultra i7-10700k + RX 5700XT[2] (I couldn't find benchmarks for an i5-10600k with this GPU from the same source. The 10700k should be as good or better than the i5 though) 67 FPS - Ghost Recon: Breakpoint 1440p / Very High 73 FPS - Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p / Ultimate 70 FPS - Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p / High 111 FPS - Death Stranding 1440p / Very High 185 FPS - Doom Eternal 1440p / Ultra 104 FPS - Resident Evil 3 1440p / Max 77 FPS - Gears 5 1440p / Ultra 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQuyRIbWpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQuyRIbWpI 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSxytXsiTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSxytXsiTc
      - BoorishBears 6y ago
        Those numbers are hilarious, there's a reason you found them on some random Youtube channel with no methodology or explanation... I hopped on Gamer's Nexuses 3080 review just to get a number for a 5700XT and an i7 and Horizon Zero Dawn comes in at 10 more FPS: https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2020/rtx-3080-fe/hzd-rtx-3080_1440p.png https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2020/rtx-3080-fe/hz... You can spot check the other numbers and find similar discrepancies... Of course the reason I can't find a proper reviewer doing this exact setup is because the idea of buying a 2600 for a new build doesn't make any sense period... Even the i3-10100 beats it in gaming, and that costs as little as $100...

I mean, you said I should waste my money on a CPU upgrade that would make no difference in 1440p gaming. That's money I can't spend on a better GPU, which would make a difference in 1440p gaming.

BoorishBears 6y ago

You realize you're mentioning a 2600 right? Which will place a tremendous limit on 1440p gaming? My suggestion over the included build is spending $10 more on the build and getting a 10600K. Silicon Lottery has found 100% of 10600ks will do 4.7 Ghz sustained all core. Even at that number it will easily out perform a 3600 in a meaningful way. Over 70% of them do 4.9 Ghz which where it starts to reach i9 levels of performance in gaming by the way... - And the cherry on top over the 3600 is you can actually buy the i5 outside of Microcenter. Microcenter is the only place carrying the 3600 for $180... but they also have 10600k on perma-sale for $250. Meanwhile outside of Microcenter the 3600 is rarer than hen's teeth while the 10600k is widely available at $270. I happen to have 5 microcenters within an hour or so of me, but most people don't have that luxury.

quacker 6y ago
A 2600 + RTX 3070 will outperform a 10600k + 5700XT in 1440p gaming. You're way overestimating how much a 2600 would bottleneck the GPU.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Making a wrong statement confidently doesn't making true.
  - quacker 6y ago
    Benchmarks: Ryzen 5 2600 + RTX 3070[1] 80 FPS - Ghost Recon: Breakpoint 1440p / Very High 78 FPS - Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p / Ultimate 72 FPS - Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p / High 115 FPS - Death Stranding 1440p / Very High 220 FPS - Doom Eternal 1440p / Ultra 124 FPS - Resident Evil 3 1440p / Max 75 FPS - Gears 5 1440p / Ultra i7-10700k + RX 5700XT[2] (I couldn't find benchmarks for an i5-10600k with this GPU from the same source. The 10700k should be as good or better than the i5 though) 67 FPS - Ghost Recon: Breakpoint 1440p / Very High 73 FPS - Horizon Zero Dawn 1440p / Ultimate 70 FPS - Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p / High 111 FPS - Death Stranding 1440p / Very High 185 FPS - Doom Eternal 1440p / Ultra 104 FPS - Resident Evil 3 1440p / Max 77 FPS - Gears 5 1440p / Ultra 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQuyRIbWpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkQuyRIbWpI 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSxytXsiTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSxytXsiTc
    - BoorishBears 6y ago
      Those numbers are hilarious, there's a reason you found them on some random Youtube channel with no methodology or explanation... I hopped on Gamer's Nexuses 3080 review just to get a number for a 5700XT and an i7 and Horizon Zero Dawn comes in at 10 more FPS: https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2020/rtx-3080-fe/hzd-rtx-3080_1440p.png https://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2020/rtx-3080-fe/hz... You can spot check the other numbers and find similar discrepancies... Of course the reason I can't find a proper reviewer doing this exact setup is because the idea of buying a 2600 for a new build doesn't make any sense period... Even the i3-10100 beats it in gaming, and that costs as little as $100...