[SOLVED] Partial rebuild or full.

[jonboy79]

Current setup:
AMD FX-6350
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
Crucial BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0 16gb DDR3-1600
AMD Radeon R9 285 2gb

The CPU seems to be bottle necking the GPU by about 8.9%

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Swapping out the CPU to a Ryzen 5 3500x still will bottleneck the GPU but only by 2.4%

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The GPU only has 2Gb of ram inside, the newer CPU will give me faster PCIe speeds does this sound about right?

Mainly used for davinci resolve, I can edit 2k 60fps h.264 with a 1/4 resolution on the timeline with colour corrections with nodes and power windows etc no problem. But as soon as I do anything in fusion it really suffers!! It's really improved with version 17 over 16.
Rather than upgrading everything, if I can save a few pounds here and there all the better, I could even go to 32Gb memory. I'm not really bothered about render speed times more the editing workflow!

TIA

AMD FX-6350 ---------------------------------------------------------------
  Processor Name:                         AMD FX-6350
  Original Processor Frequency:           3900.0 MHz
  Original Processor Frequency [MHz]:     3900
  CPU ID:                                 00600F20
  Extended CPU ID:                        00600F20
  CPU Brand Name:                         AMD FX(tm)-6350 Six-Core Processor
  CPU Vendor:                             AuthenticAMD
  CPU Stepping:                           OR-C0 (Orochi)
  CPU Code Name:                          Piledriver/Vishera
  CPU Technology:                         32 nm
  CPU OPN:                                FD6350FRW6KHK
  CPU Thermal Design Power (TDP):         125.0 W
  CPU Type:                               Production Unit
  CPU Platform:                           Socket AM3r2
  Microcode Update Revision:              6000852
  Number of CPU Cores:                    6
  Number of Logical CPUs:                 6

Motherboard Model-----------------------------------------------------
  Motherboard Model:                      ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
  Motherboard Chipset:                    AMD 990FX (RD990) + SB920/SB950
  Motherboard Slots:                      1xPCI, 3xPCI Express x1, 1xPCI Express x2, 1xPCI Express x4, 4xPCI Express x16
  PCI Express Version Supported:          v2.0
  USB Version Supported:                  v3.0


Memory Device--------------------------------------------------
Crucial BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0 16gb
DDR3-1600 / PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM UDIMM


AMD Radeon R9 285 ---------------------------------------------------------
  Video Chipset:                          AMD Radeon R9 285
  Video Chipset Codename:                 Tonga
  Video Memory:                           2048 MBytes of GDDR5 SDRAM [Elpida]
[Video Card]
  Video Card:                             Sapphire Radeon R9 285
  Video Bus:                              PCIe v3.0 x16 (8.0 GT/s) @ x16 (5.0 GT/s)
  Video RAMDAC:                           Internal DAC(400MHz)
  Video BIOS Version:                     015.047.000.003

 

[tennis2]

I can't help but think that getting a CPU with integrated graphics is the play here. Not sure if Intel QuickSync is of benefit in this situation. Any Intel CPU that doesn't have an "F" suffix will have integrated graphics. Only AMD CPUs with a "G" suffix have integrated graphics.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($119.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 Rev2 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $706.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-03-08 09:58 EST-0500

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor ($229.94 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B660M-PLUS WIFI D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 Rev2 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $781.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-03-08 10:02 EST-0500

 

[kanewolf]

ANY system that has an AMD FX CPU is a full scrap and built new, IMO. Even the graphics card.

 

[USAFRet]

Current setup:

Starting with that platform, the only choice is a whole new system.
All parts.

 

[Unolocogringo]

Not worth upgrading you existing system.
It is near end of life.
I just retired a phenom 2 x6@ 3.6.
It took more than one core to properly feed a newer video card for folding.
I could of upgraded to something a little faster on the old board ,but it was old and folded all of its life. Pushed hard 24/7/365.
Start with a processor, cpu,memory upgrade first.
KEEP your video card. They are insanely priced.
Get a 500GB sata ssd for windows. NVME is nice but a good SSD and you will not notice the difference.
They are both worlds better for windows and programs.
Store your files and data on a hard drive.

Those bottleneck calculators are pure rubbish at best.

 

[USAFRet]

The CPU seems to be bottle necking the GPU by about 8.9%

And that?

Ignore that "calculator" completely. It is pure trash.
No connection with any sort of reality.
100% snake oil.

 

[jonboy79]

Not worth upgrading you existing system.
It is near end of life.
I just retired a phenom 2 x6@ 3.6.
It took more than one core to properly feed a newer video card for folding.
I could of upgraded to something a little faster on the old board ,but it was old and folded all of its life. Pushed hard 24/7/365.
Start with a processor, cpu,memory upgrade first.
KEEP your video card. They are insanely priced.
Get a 500GB sata ssd for windows. NVME is nice but a good SSD and you will not notice the difference.
They are both worlds better for windows and programs.
Store your files and data on a hard drive.

Those bottleneck calculators are pure rubbish at best.

So far this might be the best reply, as money on a new GPU can come later I guess when the price comes down...... IF. Not that the other replies aren't good, but maybe keep my GPU and see how that goes. Nothing to lose I guess!!

Maybe find a use for my old parts, do they make much on the fleaBay?

 

[Unolocogringo]

With todays pricing ,if you sold it as is $400.
In real world $175 tops.
Right now the video card is the most expensive part to replace.
And any used gaming video card is worth around its original retail price or more.

 

[tennis2]

I can't help but think that getting a CPU with integrated graphics is the play here. Not sure if Intel QuickSync is of benefit in this situation. Any Intel CPU that doesn't have an "F" suffix will have integrated graphics. Only AMD CPUs with a "G" suffix have integrated graphics.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($119.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Team T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 Rev2 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $706.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-03-08 09:58 EST-0500

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor ($229.94 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B660M-PLUS WIFI D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($111.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN750 Rev2 2 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Phanteks AMP 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $781.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-03-08 10:02 EST-0500