Upgrade a R5 1600 to 2600x, 2700x or i5 9600k

[cocjuwelenkaufen6633]

Hello,
i want to Upgrade my current Rig.

Ryzen 5 1600@3,85 GHz
RTX 2070
Asus Prime B350-Plus
16GB G.Skill TridentZ CL14
600W BeQuiet Pure Power 10

I friend is getting more fps in games, hes got a i9 9900k and a 1070ti and i think the CPU is the problem here. I dont stream or record, i just want a future-proof decent gaming CPU. I thought about the 2600x, OC it to 4,2 GHz. For about 120€ more i can get a 2700x, or just get a new mainboard (i want to keeo the B350 Plus btw) and an i5 9600k since it beats them all in Gaming and its just a tiny bit worse than the 9700k.

 

[winks42]

the 9600k is a waste of money and is basically the 8600k. also you have a CPU bottleneck and would recommend to upgrade to a 3rd gen ryzen but the 2700x would be a great pair with the 2070 but if you want to spend more money and get better gaming performance (not much but is there) the 8600k is a great choice.(or 9700k if you want to spend a little more)

 

[boju]

Go with 2600x or 2700x. I wouldn't bother with a 9600k, there are plenty of reports of high cpu usage which'll restrict your 2070 and you wont enjoy it. I would be cautious of 9700k as well. Search high cpu usages with these cpus. Mostly comes down to types of games and you want a cpu capable of giving you decent frame rates and stutterless game play.

Read my reply here to understand what i mean.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3880611/8600k-ryzen-2600.html

8600k and 9600k have similar performance. This video is another example how they perform at high frame rates.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo3EJzHuXok"][/video]

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Make sure your bios is upto date if you decide to go 2nd gen Ryzen.

 

[azerick]

I've also got a Ryzen 1600 that is the bottleneck in my CPU(even though I bought it a year ago, great), and I've done some digging around for performance differences between the 1600 and 2600/x or 2700/x, and honestly for the price and not that much difference in fps from what I've seen, I would say just wait for the new Ryzen processors to come out, that's what I'm doing.

 

[rookieGamer]

if you not doing a lot of multitasking and purely want it for gaming simply go with Intel.
Intel is still better than AMD when it comes to games

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

I don't think that will be the case for long. I would also wait for zen 2 which should be less than 6 months out.

According to leaks that have come out, zen 2 looks pretty good. They showed some benchmarks where an engineering sample was beating an i9 on some things. I would hold with the 1600 for now and see what releases from AMD, especially since you are already invested in the platform.

 

[cocjuwelenkaufen6633]

Thanks for the Replies. I will wait for the new series, and upgrade to an Watercooler for now. The CPU holds pretty well in games where all cores are used.