I am thinking of switching to the Ryzen 5 1600, from my current setup:
CPU: Intel i5 6600K @ 4.7 GHz (can reach 4.8 GHz and be ~90% stable)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming K4
RAM: G.Skill Aegis 2133 MHz 16 GB
Lowest prices, via pcpartpicker, is $500.89
Being kept cool by a Noctua NH-D15, which brings the total new part value up to $589.84. IF I decided to sell these parts, I would for $400 even, without the cooler and for $450 with it. The question is, would it even be worth switching to the higher core and thread count Ryzen from an i5 that can reach 4.7 GHz? Would be getting this:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-GAMING 3 (Rev 1.0)
RAM: Patriot Viper 4 3200 MHz 8GB
Price before S&H: $404.97
All I do is game and web browse, you know, the usual stuff people do. As for the games, the most intense games I have are: Witcher 3, ME: Andromeda, Shadow of Mordor and Doom, plus a few MMOs here and there and I doubt in those games I would notice much difference but I am more interested in greater responsiveness in everyday use, specifically using my preferred browser: Firefox. I love FF but sometimes it gets sluggish as hell, with all the tabs I often have open. I know Chrome is faster in that regard but I like FF more and wonder why a quite heavily OC'd i5 still cannot handle the load, apparently and I wonder if the Ryzen 5 can handle it better or is just a failing in Firefox in general? Also, Would it be worth it to sell the NH-D15, as I don't have the AM4 mounting hardware for it? I know I can get it from Noctua but I have heard the Wraith Spire is pretty nice and can keep that CPU cool enough even at decent OCs like 3.8 or 3.9 GHz and that's pretty much the wall most Ryzen cores can reach, give or take a 100 MHz. If I sell the Noctua cooler, I could actually stand to profit from the exchange but I hate the thought of selling such a fantastic cooler, even if the Wraith Spire would be more than sufficient and the additional cooling from the NH-D15 wouldn't account for that much, maybe that additional 100 MHz, if I am lucky with the silicon lottery and I wouldn't fuss much over that small amount. So, from anyone who has swapped from an i5 6600K to Ryzen 5 1600, would it be worth the effort?
CPU: Intel i5 6600K @ 4.7 GHz (can reach 4.8 GHz and be ~90% stable)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Fatal1ty Gaming K4
RAM: G.Skill Aegis 2133 MHz 16 GB
Lowest prices, via pcpartpicker, is $500.89
Being kept cool by a Noctua NH-D15, which brings the total new part value up to $589.84. IF I decided to sell these parts, I would for $400 even, without the cooler and for $450 with it. The question is, would it even be worth switching to the higher core and thread count Ryzen from an i5 that can reach 4.7 GHz? Would be getting this:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-GAMING 3 (Rev 1.0)
RAM: Patriot Viper 4 3200 MHz 8GB
Price before S&H: $404.97
All I do is game and web browse, you know, the usual stuff people do. As for the games, the most intense games I have are: Witcher 3, ME: Andromeda, Shadow of Mordor and Doom, plus a few MMOs here and there and I doubt in those games I would notice much difference but I am more interested in greater responsiveness in everyday use, specifically using my preferred browser: Firefox. I love FF but sometimes it gets sluggish as hell, with all the tabs I often have open. I know Chrome is faster in that regard but I like FF more and wonder why a quite heavily OC'd i5 still cannot handle the load, apparently and I wonder if the Ryzen 5 can handle it better or is just a failing in Firefox in general? Also, Would it be worth it to sell the NH-D15, as I don't have the AM4 mounting hardware for it? I know I can get it from Noctua but I have heard the Wraith Spire is pretty nice and can keep that CPU cool enough even at decent OCs like 3.8 or 3.9 GHz and that's pretty much the wall most Ryzen cores can reach, give or take a 100 MHz. If I sell the Noctua cooler, I could actually stand to profit from the exchange but I hate the thought of selling such a fantastic cooler, even if the Wraith Spire would be more than sufficient and the additional cooling from the NH-D15 wouldn't account for that much, maybe that additional 100 MHz, if I am lucky with the silicon lottery and I wouldn't fuss much over that small amount. So, from anyone who has swapped from an i5 6600K to Ryzen 5 1600, would it be worth the effort?