[SOLVED] r5 1600 vs r5 3600

[Rocky6]

i hav 1050ti il buy 2060 when price drops is r5 1600 good or r5 3600 i want best performance for both gpu

 

[cdrkf]

The r5 1600 is fine for a 1050ti..... however it will likely hold a faster gpu like a 2060 back a bit (depending on game and settings). If you have a good cooler overclocking the 1600 to ~ 4 ghz will help a bit.

The R5 3600 is quite a bit faster in games that are cpu limited so if you are thinking of buying a cpu the 3600 is the way to go.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I agree. I've got a ryzen 5 3600, but I once owned a ryzen 1600, and a 1700x at one point to. I can tell you from experience that the ryzen 5 3600 is quite a bit faster than both of those chips in my opinion. I'm running the 3600 at stock settings now but had the 1600 and 1700x overclocked.

I've sold both of the other processors. Currently I've got the 3600 paired with a 1660 super and it seems to be happy.

That said, you could probably get away with getting the 2060, and seeing if you can overclock the 1600 a little until you can upgrade. With ryzen 4000 series coming out soon, I'd expect that the 3000 chips may drop in price. So if you can get a 3600 for say 140 or 150 when new stuff is on the way in.

 

[madmatt30]

If you're running 60htz them the ryzen 1600 is still decent.

Can't you go inbetween though and go for the ryzen 2600? It's far closer to the 3600 performance wise and in the uk at least the price is very close to the 1600.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Wow! Just checked amazon in the usa. The 2600 is 139. The 1600 is $199. The 3600 is 209.99

 

[mdd1963]

Since you plan on upgrading GPUs anyway, get the R5-3600....; I've never advise getting a weaker CPU now just because the existing GPU is already saturated.

 

[madmatt30]

Wow! Just checked amazon in the usa. The 2600 is 139. The 1600 is $199. The 3600 is 209.99

The 2600 is a bargain at that price, its still a very very good cpu.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Not saying it's not, just interesting the 1600 costs more