Ryzen CPU upgrade from FX-8320

[spacewaster]

Hi,

I'm deciding to upgrade from a FX-8320 @ 4.2GHz OC with a Gainward GTX 1070 Phoenix GPU.

My question is which Ryzen 5 CPU would be a better match for my GPU, Ryzen 5 1500X or a Ryzen 5 1600? It will be purely for gaming.

 

[AlienALX]

1600 or go home.. Seriously, not being an Ahole but the 1600 is amazing compared to the quad core 8 thread range.

It will be miles and miles faster than what you have now too. Coffeelake is going to bring 6 cores to the desktop. Once that happens that will become the standard for games (about bloody time !) and yeah, anything less than hex core is short sighted IMO.

Personally I would try and push for a 1700 and a B350 Strix. It's a bit more forward thinking, especially considering the world has suddenly gone core mad.

 

[Dark NighT]

1600 all the way, just forget about quad cores entirely.

 

[spacewaster]

Thanks for the info guys

Any recommendations on a B350 board? (preferably ATX)

I was thinking about the Asus Prime B350-Plus. Also i'm not really fussed about RGB.

 

[AlienALX]

Get the Strix. It has dual OPAMPs and Nichicon caps. Sound card side of it is amazing. Plus it looks the business and won't break the bank.

 

[spacewaster]

Thanks for that suggestion AlienALX, I agree with you on the looks (ASUS ROG boards have always looked amazing IMO.)

 

[AlienALX]

Yeah that Strix is absolutely incredible value. Custom PC magazine said it was so good that it rivalled many X370 boards costing £60+ more. Usually cheap boards come with crap sound cards, but even that is covered. Top end Realtek chip with two OP AMP chips and nichicon caps for the amp.

And yeah, it looks absolutely beautiful. It was tough not buying that tbh.

 

[NeverBackDown]

If you are building a new PC on a budget, the R3 is perfect. However since you already have a CPU, the FX, while it is an upgrade in many areas and a large one at that, it's not worth the investment you'd make on upgrading to a new platform. So the 1600 is easily worth the money. Massive performance increase can easily justify the platform upgrade

 

[tinytomlogan]

Purely for gaming the 1200 quad core would be fine if you overclock it. The extra cores wont do a great deal in reality

 

[Avet]

I agree with Tom. Anything above R3 for gaming only is waste of money.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I agree with Tom. Anything above R3 for gaming only is waste of money.

False. For a midrange rig yeah that's true because you are GPU bound. Throw in a more powerful GPU and the CPU will matter. He is using a 1070 which is pretty powerful, so CPU grunt will help him take advantage of it.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/which-ryzen-cpu-should-you-buy/#/5-2

I'd still go with the 1600. Coming from a FX CPU to a Ryzen 3 CPU isn't such a big increase in performance. It becomes game dependent on whether or not you see an increase.