Recent content by forthua

I have the copper plate one. I will mostly be gaming on this PC, however I am planning on doing more resource-heavy work. I'm hoping a better paste can carry me for a while while only use it for gaming.

Thank you for the reply. I have two fans in front drawing in fresh air and one exhaust fan in the back. Airflow is not exactly ideal, but not too bad that it would cause a problem. Ambient temps are about average room temperature. I might consider getting an aftermarket cooler if the 2600x...

I appreciate the analogy, I guess you could be right :) You're right, that wasn't exactly the brightest idea to test it without a cooler. Lesson learned. Atleast there don't seem to be any problems apart from the temperature issue currently. I probably reduced it's lifespan by quite a lot, but...

Haha, quite possible. Far as I know these new processors stop themselves before getting any real damage, though. That would have been the case if I there was prolonged high temperatures, I'm sure. You think the CPU will forever run hot now because it got that high once, though? I've heard some...

Greetings. I recently upgraded from a 1300x to a 2600x. During installation, I had some problems keeping the backplate in place and lifted the cooler, and the put it back on without reapplying thermal paste as I didn't have any at hand at the moment, and I assumed it wouldn't be a problem...

The 5600x seems about 3 times as expensive here, so... yeah.

I have 16 gigs of 3000mhz ram, which I'm assuming both processors would make good use of?

Oh right, that would have been a good detail to provide, haha. It is an ASUS B450M-K. In terms of budget, both the processors are basically the same in my region (although that could change at anytime, most likely) If the 3500x will still be fast at editing and faster while gaming, I could...

That could make sense. Besides, like you said, the difference is not that big. I'll be gaming on 1080p60, and as far as I can tell the difference between the two CPU's isn't about one reaching 60 fps and one falling below it, it's more like 3500x runs at 140 whereas 2600x runs at 120, which...

I'm assuming the 3500x is not that bad at editing and the like, so it should be about fine for me, I'm guessing.

Greetings. I recently got the Gigabyte Windforce RTX 2060, and I'm looking to upgrade my cpu to go along with it. The best options in my budget are 2600x and 3500x. They are both similar prices, although the 3500x is ever so slightly more expensive. I will mostly be gaming on this pc...

Where I live currently the 3060ti is basically out of stock everywhere, and where it is in stock it costs about twice as much as the base 2060, so I'm afraid it's outside of my budget. I will be going for an AMD chip though.

I currently have a B450m-k motherboard. The prices on the if 10400f seem about the same as the 3500x I just mentioned.

Update: Just found a deal for the 3500x for about just 50 currency more, so... Yeah. Will probably get that if possible.

That could be a valid option, but I do have same concerns regarding future software support. From what I have seen, DLSS 2.0 is quite impressive and redeems the "low" performance of the 2060 on many titles. The price difference is quite large, however. I was able to find a 1660 super for around...