Hi guys,
I've got the upgrade itch, and my Skylake i5 system is 3 years old now. I skipped the first gen Ryzen on my main box (I did recently buy a second hand 1700 for my video encoder/plex server) because I mainly play games on this rig. There didn't seem to be real reason to upgrade from i5 (with a GTX 1070, 1440p gaming). But with the glowing 2700x review and it's auto overclocking features... I'm ready to jump ship. Anyone think it's worth it? I've been scouring the web trying to find apples to apples benchs for 2700x vs 6600k but mostly just finding gen 1 Ryzen 1700 stuff.
I liked Kyle's review, but he benched against an 8700k, I don't know how much worse a 6600k is bench wise. 20% I guess?
Looking at Microcenter, 2700x with Asus x470 board for about $500 after tax. Assuming my ram (should be ok, Patriot 3000) and ssd will carry over... I assume I can sell the 6600k and Asus z170 board for $200-250ish. So really a $250 upgrade... but if it's only a 10% gain in games it's probably not worth the effort.
I've got the upgrade itch, and my Skylake i5 system is 3 years old now. I skipped the first gen Ryzen on my main box (I did recently buy a second hand 1700 for my video encoder/plex server) because I mainly play games on this rig. There didn't seem to be real reason to upgrade from i5 (with a GTX 1070, 1440p gaming). But with the glowing 2700x review and it's auto overclocking features... I'm ready to jump ship. Anyone think it's worth it? I've been scouring the web trying to find apples to apples benchs for 2700x vs 6600k but mostly just finding gen 1 Ryzen 1700 stuff.
I liked Kyle's review, but he benched against an 8700k, I don't know how much worse a 6600k is bench wise. 20% I guess?
Looking at Microcenter, 2700x with Asus x470 board for about $500 after tax. Assuming my ram (should be ok, Patriot 3000) and ssd will carry over... I assume I can sell the 6600k and Asus z170 board for $200-250ish. So really a $250 upgrade... but if it's only a 10% gain in games it's probably not worth the effort.