Hi everyone,
I'm currently planning a mid-range gaming PC build, which is also my first full start to finish build.
I'm looking at using a Gen-2 Ryzen 5 processor as from my research they seem to be good value for money and pretty decent performance for 1080p gaming.
I have seen some suggestions on the internet that buying a R5 2600 + an aftermarket cooler and overclocking up to around 4.2Ghz can give better gaming performance than an out of the box 2600X?
The cooler I was planning to use for this is a Cryorig H5 Ultimate but not sure if that is overkill for this kind of OC?
Is there any other differences between the 2600 and 2600X apart from base clock speeds?
Both options cost the roughly the same in New Zealand so I'm simply trying to find out how I can maximise performance for my dollar.
Here is the link to my current part list: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/DrVYzY
Thanks for any help I really appreciate it
I'm currently planning a mid-range gaming PC build, which is also my first full start to finish build.
I'm looking at using a Gen-2 Ryzen 5 processor as from my research they seem to be good value for money and pretty decent performance for 1080p gaming.
I have seen some suggestions on the internet that buying a R5 2600 + an aftermarket cooler and overclocking up to around 4.2Ghz can give better gaming performance than an out of the box 2600X?
The cooler I was planning to use for this is a Cryorig H5 Ultimate but not sure if that is overkill for this kind of OC?
Is there any other differences between the 2600 and 2600X apart from base clock speeds?
Both options cost the roughly the same in New Zealand so I'm simply trying to find out how I can maximise performance for my dollar.
Here is the link to my current part list: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/DrVYzY
Thanks for any help I really appreciate it