Hi, in my current PC i have an RX 580 8gb, Ryzen 5 2600 and 32gb of RAM 3000mhz CL 16 (its 3200mhz but i had stability issues and had to put them at 3000).
I recently bought a 165hz monitor but i struggle to reach that fps in CS2, which is the main game i play. I read that its a CPU game, so i guess its time to update the 2600. My goal is basically reaching around the 165-200 fps line in CS2 to benefit from the monitor with the least money possible, but if i get a CPU that will future-proof my build for some years i won’t complain. (mind that i basically never play very demanding games, and when i do i don’t have problems favouring fps over graphics, after all the monitor is a TN haha)
Reading around i stumbled across the 5 5600x (read also a lot about the 5700x3d but its 150 euro more so no thanks) or the 5700x. (if you have other things in mind suggest freely im open to anything)
So my question is which one should i buy and at which price? After a very quick search the 5600x is around 105€ and the 5700x 115€. Also, will the GPU bottleneck be a big problem? Btw i’ll run memtest86 to check if the RAM is faulty cause i was on 3000mhz for years but i feel like if i upgrade the CPU i should at least max the ram frequency.
I didn’t had any idea it was incompatible! I tought it was the fact that i had to buy two separate sticks cause i did a mistake ordering and bought 1x16gb instead of 2x8 and had to buy another 16gb one (same brand, same mhz and CL speed obv) and that they didnt go well together. Hope that is as you say and a new CPU will hold the 3200mhz!
About the CPU for what i’ve seen in my superficial research for now, 5600 and 5600x are about the same price with no big differencies, both around the 100€. For the 5700x i asked cause i found one for just 15€ more and didn’t know if it makes sense to get it over the 5600x for this small of a difference, but i guess it can’t hurt right? Sadly i cant afford the x3d, even if i read that they’re much better :(
About the GPU, as i said to another comment i would prefer not to upgrade if not strictly necessary, as i don’t need to squeeze every fps out of the cpu. If just the CPU gets me to that desidered fps, and not upgrading the GPU doesnt destroy my sistem or worse the performance of it, i can wait a few years :)
The only reason I know about the incompatibility is because I ran into the exact same issue when I was building a 2600x system with 3200 mhz memory.
If 5700x is only 15e more, you might as well get it. That seems like a good deal
For the gpu, it might make sense to look at gpu utilization. It won’t tell you the entire story but it might give some clues as to whether your gpu is bottlenecking/how close it is to bottlenecking. Because it very well could be that your cpu is fine but it’s actually the gpu that’s limiting your performance. In which case you would rather get a gpu but not a cpu
About the gpu i’m pretty sure its not the problem cause im running a very low resolution and lowering even more doesnt improve the fps, also i lost some frames (20-25) when i enabled core isolation on windows security, so im 90% sure its a cpu thing, but i’ll try to check the utilization during CS just to be sure.
Yeah i think i’ll go for that 5700x, even though i will look meticously to find some x3d’s deals, that would be amazing (thought i think i’ll have to upgrade my hyper 212 cooler)
Thank you for your help :)