Hi, I currently have:
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3700 MHz
MSI Z77A-G41
16 GB DDR3 of 4x Corsair Vengeance LP CML8GX3M2A1600C9
GeForce GTX 960 with 2 GB VRAM
2 TB SATA2 HDD 7200 rpm
I was thinking to get a complete upgrade, but I was quite surprise when I saw that according to userbenchmark.com by upgrading the CPU (and obviously together with MB and RAM) to AMD RYZEN 5 2600 I would get only 9% increase. For me it was a bit shocking as i5-3450 is 7 years old CPU and the Ryzen has 6 cores, comparing to 4 for the i5.
Comparing to i5 10400F, it is still “just” 25%, which again, taking into the account that the i5-3450 is 7 years old and only 4 cores is, at least, for me quite surprising.
But when I compare GPU´s I get completely different outcomes. For example, GTX 960 vs. GTX 1660S shows me according to the website mentioned above nice looking 108% difference.
Would be enough to upgrade the GPU to GTX 1660S together with SDD HDD for system and games or is it worthy to update the whole computer?
I´m bit afraid that the “old” i5-3450 can become a “brake” or the “thin point of the funnel”. I´m not supper gamer and I got quite nice performance playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey at Medium with 1600x900 at the current configuration, so now I would be looking for High at Full HD.
Thanks for your opinions!
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3700 MHz
MSI Z77A-G41
16 GB DDR3 of 4x Corsair Vengeance LP CML8GX3M2A1600C9
GeForce GTX 960 with 2 GB VRAM
2 TB SATA2 HDD 7200 rpm
I was thinking to get a complete upgrade, but I was quite surprise when I saw that according to userbenchmark.com by upgrading the CPU (and obviously together with MB and RAM) to AMD RYZEN 5 2600 I would get only 9% increase. For me it was a bit shocking as i5-3450 is 7 years old CPU and the Ryzen has 6 cores, comparing to 4 for the i5.
Comparing to i5 10400F, it is still “just” 25%, which again, taking into the account that the i5-3450 is 7 years old and only 4 cores is, at least, for me quite surprising.
But when I compare GPU´s I get completely different outcomes. For example, GTX 960 vs. GTX 1660S shows me according to the website mentioned above nice looking 108% difference.
Would be enough to upgrade the GPU to GTX 1660S together with SDD HDD for system and games or is it worthy to update the whole computer?
I´m bit afraid that the “old” i5-3450 can become a “brake” or the “thin point of the funnel”. I´m not supper gamer and I got quite nice performance playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey at Medium with 1600x900 at the current configuration, so now I would be looking for High at Full HD.
Thanks for your opinions!