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Haider

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Hi,

Upgrading Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Gigahertz Edition Vapor-X + Core i5-760, been offered this bundle: -
Intel Core i5-11400F
Noctua NH-D15S
Asus TUF Gaming Z590
Samsung 980 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2
Crucial(Micron) 32GB DDR4-2666 (two matched sticks)
Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB
£979.36


Reuse old parts: -
Fractal Design Define R4 case
Seasonic 850W M12II Bronze PSU
Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB SATA III
Win10 + Ubuntu
Eizo CS2731 1440P (colour accuracy) & Samsung QE55Q9FNAT (120Hz FreeSync 1080P big screen gaming)

Just wanted to get an opinion?

Thanks
Haider
 
I'm not familiar with pricing in your area, overall it looks like a decent combo and would certainly improve your gaming. The memory seems a bit slow to me at 2666, that CPU should be able to handle 3600 MHz fairly easily.
 
I had an GTX 1070 + Ivy Bridge 6c/12t system but my daughter has taken that over. They have a Radeon 6800 + Ryzen 5600X but 16GB of RAM bundle for not a lot more, do you think that would be a better choice?
 
Better for gaming since it has a better graphics card. CPUs are the same for that, really.

32GB of RAM is useless unless you know you're using all 16GB. You can always upgrade that easily and cheap if needed.
 
EarthDog said:
Better for gaming since it has a better graphics card. CPUs are the same for that, really.

32GB of RAM is useless unless you know you're using all 16GB. You can always upgrade that easily and cheap if needed.
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Cheap and easy provided the motherboard has 4 RAM slots and the make & model of RAM has common enough voltage/timings to match it up down the road.
 
Can the Intel Core i5-11400F handle the 6800/Navi21? It is a Big Momma chip, 520mm2 that is some acreage. I suppose it will give ability play with eye-candy at ultra on 1080P. I'm thinking if I buy the 5600X bundle then I have an upgrade path in 5800X3D. The 6800 should do me fine for a while. I only play a few select games. Looking forward to The Last of Us, Silent Hill 2, Metal Gear Solid & Deus EX remake... Recently I have been HL2 Update mainly because I missed it; it runs well on my daughter's PC.
 
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Yes.

The 5600x is the faster chip overall. Both have similar upgrade paths (dead end) to same-gen but faster chips with more cores/threads.
 
Hmmm I had a chat with the Roderick, chap who is doing the upgrade: -
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
ASRock B650M PG RIPTIDE
Kingston Fury Beast 5200 MHz (PC5-41600) 16GB (8GB x2)
Seagate FireCuda 530 500GB SSD PCI-E 4.0 x4
Noctua NH-D15 SE

Total £810

I mentioned that I'm playing/bought HL2 update, Doom 3 BFG & The Long Dark at moment. He said if you can wait for the RDNA3, could be 'a significant bump' in performance. He reckons the cards that were shown at the launch presentation were showing 50% increase over the previous model!
 
Nvidia cards just released had a huge bump in performance. But if you can wait for those to release and see what's up, I would as it's soon.

7600x is a solid chip for your uses.
 
Roderick's Cyber Monday special: -
Intel 12600KF
Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX Motherboard LGA1700
Patriot Memory Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600MHz CL18 Kit
Seagate Fire Cuda 1TB
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AIO CPU cooler
Total 664.32

Optional: -
Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 4400MHz CL18-26-26-46 for an extra £54

He reckons upgrade path will i7-13700KF. What do you think of it and especially the faster RAM. Is the higher spec RAM worth it for games? Or should I put the £150 saved over the 7600X bundle towards a faster GPU, that would give me a £650 to spend on GPU...Samsung QE55Q9FNAT is Freesync 1080P 120Hz upto 4K 60Hz. I usually play at 1080P 120Hz mode with optimum anti-aliasing, ultra and high FOV settings to kind of mimic a multi-monitor setup, it's 55inch...
 
Haider said:
Roderick's Cyber Monday special: -
Intel 12600KF
Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX Motherboard LGA1700
Patriot Memory Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600MHz CL18 Kit
Seagate Fire Cuda 1TB
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AIO CPU cooler
Total 664.32

Optional: -
Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 4400MHz CL18-26-26-46 for an extra £54

He reckons upgrade path will i7-13700KF. What do you think of it and especially the faster RAM. Is the higher spec RAM worth it for games? Or should I put the £150 saved over the 7600X bundle towards a faster GPU, that would give me a £650 to spend on GPU...Samsung QE55Q9FNAT is Freesync 1080P 120Hz upto 4K 60Hz. I usually play at 1080P 120Hz mode with optimum anti-aliasing, ultra and high FOV settings to kind of mimic a multi-monitor setup, it's 55inch...
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Don't buy a CPU you don't want just so you can upgrade to something that's already out now. If you can do a 6 core intel 13th gen or AMD 7000 either is fine. I don't see buying something last gen just so you can have an "upgrade path" unless you have significant supply issues and ample budget. On the other hand, if the AMD is available now and the Intel isn't, there's your answer. I'd say the same thing if the 13th gen was available now and AMD wasn't.

edit: just going by what you've posted, I don't know what is or isn't available in your area. All I'm trying to say is buying one CPU now so you can replace it in the near future is a false economy.
 
I agree with Zerileous, the 7600X brings you in line with modern hardware (DDR5) it will also offer a future upgrade path for the CPU. AMD will stick with that socket until 2024-25 with a few more CPU launches.
 
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