I'm rocking a stock 3570K with a 1060. GPU holds up fine (1080p 21:9 75hz screen) but I feel like my CPU is running out of juice. BF1 CQ is barely playable at around 40fps no matter what settings.
The i5-8400 seems to be a bloody beast. Pretty sad that I would have to ditch my 32GB DDR3 ram tho.
Ryzen 5 2600 costs exactly the same where I live but I feel like the Intel would be the better choice.
Thoughts?
Should I?
Parker Reyes
Carson Ross
Addition info: it's a gaming only rig. No content creation nor streaming
Ryder Green
What motherboard do you have?
Jace Cox
The cheapest itx board I could find back then. No OC possible
Owen Perry
Both are about equal. Shills on both sides will try and say they're not though.
Pure gaming only the 8400 might just slightly outclass the R5.
Christian Foster
if only gaming yeah, i5 8400 is better, but you'll also be locked in on the platform, no overclocking, and a worse stock cooler. 2600 is comparable with 2933mhz RAM, you'll be spending at least 40 extra per 16gb though; i strongly doubt you'll need 32gb if you're just gaming though.
b350 is about the same price as the b360 platform, maybe on average cheaper by 10 or so bucks. 2600 setup will be more power hungry but only by 50-60w. they're pretty comparable setups, 2600 will be kind of more futureproof but I would personally wait til zen 2; i5 8400 if you're desperate for immediate performance.
Josiah Green
There is absolutely zero reason to upgrade until Ryzen 3
Brody Clark
Unless you got enough money to buy a decent motherboard which will later on allow you to even buy some of the highest end cpus for said socket when things get cheaper or allow you do do decent OCs on the cpu you choose changing whatever you got right now is just dumb. Save some cash and buy a good AM4 mobo then go play with ryzen chips.
Also just google how much the RAM alone will cost you to make a new system.
Henry Roberts
The ryzen 2600 is significantly better than the 8400.
Aaron Jackson
8400 is future proof when it comes to gaming
nobody is gonna optimize for pooshit
Jackson Miller
Look at other games. In some cases the 8400 beats a 8600k even for some reason. Also, I'd buy 16 GB of 3000mhz CL15 ram. As for the board, I'd go with a z370m by gigabyte, which comes in at around 80 bucks. I could then add a beafy 8700K in the future.
Julian Gray
The 8400 can't use higher than 2666Mhz RAM because it's a locked chip.
Jeremiah Gray
t. intel shill
Kayden Barnes
Lincoln Taylor
Intel CPUs are pozzed so avoid any intel CPU at all costs.
Adrian Hernandez
I got a huge boost moving to an 1800X from a 3570K. I can only assume that going to a 2600/2700(X) would be an even better boost. Not to mention that it will perform tremendously better when you're actually running shit in the background.
Owen Hill
Henry Morris
>8400 beating 8700k
so trustworthy
Jeremiah Gomez
its one of the best, if not the best source for everything hardware in germany. ofc its not beating the 8700k in every game
Joshua King
Mason Harris
4 cores is all you need™
Isaiah Cooper
>in germany
is that supposed to mean something?
no way an 8400 should come out on top in any benchmark
Josiah Perez
But then I'd have to buy new ram. 1866 for life
Easton Jenkins
it means im german and read german tech sites. duh.
William Russell
no. better wait for zen2 7nm next year.
just oc your cpu to 4.5GHz
Henry Martin
im not spending money on a last gen mobo just to oc
Jose Harris
>32GB with an i5
>gaming rig
Why
John Foster
>he has to pay extra for an overclockable platform on a platform advertised for gaming
oh no no no no
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Michael Parker
Why did you get a K then?
Zachary Wilson
You should probably just get the best cpu available for your socket then.
Grayson Parker
>i5-8400
have fun being a threadlet
Brody Sullivan
They never tested these with the 2600 on fast ram and DDR4 @ 3400 though. There are plenty of benchmarks showing the 2600 beating the 8400 on most games once it is tweaked. The 8400 you literally have to buy an expensive motherboard and use the BCLK method to overclock it (and delid and use an expensive cooler)..
Hudson Gonzalez
Intel Core i5-8400
Gigabyte Z370M D3H
HyperX Predator 16GB [2x8GB 2666MHz DDR4 CL13 XMP DIMM]
?
Matthew Brown
BF1 benefits from multiple cores, i have FX8320 and it can get 60fps on 64p cq even tho 3570k probably beats it on other games
Anthony Wood
OP I agree with this guy
Wait for zen 2 next year. The i-5 and Ryzen are pretty much on par interms of performance. The i-5 will probably run a bit hotter and will need a better cooler. Beyond that their the same for games.
Games are starting to use more threads so Intel might release a CPU with more threads next year so wait for that. AMD will get a pretty big performance boost form the 7nm, also something to wait for.
Pretty much wait for next year
Julian Lewis
That isn't true. The 8400 can use any RAM speed IF you pair it with a Z370 board. I ran an 8400 with my 3866MHz kit last year without issue in that configuration just by enabling XMP. Memory speed on Intel platforms is limited by the motherboard, not the CPU.
Austin Peterson
>The 8400 you literally have to buy an expensive motherboard and use the BCLK method to overclock it (and delid and use an expensive cooler)..
How to spot a shill
Julian Garcia
A shill would point out that you can't OC 8400 even with BCLK.
Jaxon Rogers
>Using high end mobo for non overclockable processor