i5 3450 vs R5 1600 OC

[IntelGuy1]

Hi!

I have a good opportunity to upgrade my old gaming system (i5 3450) to a R5 1600 (and OC it). I will use my actual GPU in this new system, a Nitro+ RX480 8GB OC.

Is it worth it or no?

Thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

R5 1600
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3450-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/m161vs3919

 

[Ali Tauseef]

1600 will beat it by a good distance, even better when it's optimized.

 

[IntelGuy1]

1600 will beat it by a good distance, even better when it's optimized.

Can you elaborate on that? I see many people here saying that it isn't worth to upgrade a 4440 to a 1600 (and the 4440 is = 3450 in terms of performance).

I'm a bit confused if you will gain any performance with this upgrade

 

[IntelGuy1]

R5 1600
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-3450-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/m161vs3919

That doesn't say much to me... I tried to find some bechmarks to compare the 2, and it doesn't seem to have any big difference in fps, at least with the RX480. Am I wrong?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I would say it's worth it.

 

[MRBANG1]

Worth it, those 12 threads are pretty neat, and with the OC, that 480rx will always be well fed in games.

 

[IntelGuy1]

I would say it's worth it.

BTW, can you tell me a good power supply for this system? (Amazon.es)

 

[Ali Tauseef]

A decent quality PSU for the budget:
https://www.amazon.es/Corsair-CX450M-alimentaci%C3%B3n-certificaci%C3%B3n-CP-9020101-EU/dp/B019NWTCEA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493824264&sr=8-1&keywords=cx450m