[SOLVED] Would This Bottleneck,and how much would if hurt me if so?

[Sebastien32]

Sorry if I sound noobish but I ive been looking at games minimum requirements for pc cpu for a while now and they are getting awfully close to my current cpu so i started to do some research. I started to think about swapping out my fx8320(i know its old T.T) but it runs games okay. I planned on going for a ryzen 5 1600x or maybe 2600x undecided. I already know im going need to change my mb and ram but for my gpu I was unsure. I currently have an rx580 and I went onto the bottleneck calculator website and it said it would 100% bottleneck the 1600x. Just out of curiosity is this 100% true and what exactly would happen? Thanks for all the replies

 

[Supahos]

Bottlneck calculators are garbage, complete Garbage. Every game is different a 1600x or 2600x would both pair nicely with a 580

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Never trust that website. I have a RX 570 8gb (a low end RX 580 basically) and it bottlenecks my Ryzen 3 2200g. It’s unlikely that there will be a bottleneck. What RAM do you have?

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Bottlneck calculators are garbage, complete Garbage. Every game is different a 1600x or 2600x would both pair nicely with a 580

From my experience, the 2600x is a terrible idea. It’s almost $40 (in the us) for just barely higher performance from the normal 2600.

 

[Supahos]

The difference in the 2600x and 2600 is a much better stock cooler on the 2600x and the fact it'll run 3.95gh (all cores) and 4.2ghz single core out of the box.

 

[Sebastien32]

Never trust that website. I have a RX 570 8gb (a low end RX 580 basically) and it bottlenecks my Ryzen 3 2200g. It’s unlikely that there will be a bottleneck. What RAM do you have?

for the time being for ram i haven't really gone in to research mode but maybe something like corsair or gskill (16gb ofc) but not 100% sure yet about brand. But for my current computer i have a corsair vengeance ddr3 16gb.

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

Ok. I’d definitely recommend 16 GB. On fortnite at max settings I sometimes use up to 9 Gb. Make sure your ram is around or over 2666Mhz to help with Ryzen’s ram hungry needs.

 

[Sebastien32]

The difference in the 2600x and 2600 is a much better stock cooler on the 2600x and the fact it'll run 3.95gh (all cores) and 4.2ghz single core out of the box.

Okay then I most likely will go for the ones without x but then is there a significant difference between the 1600 and 2600? I checked a site and there is only like 6% roughly so im not really sure if its justifiable to go for it.

 

[Supahos]

Benchmarks the difference isn't great, actual game play it's better by more than 6% usually a little over 10% maybe 15 in some cases


https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-2600,5625-5.html

 

[kindangrysliceofpie]

The 2600 has slightly higher clock speeds, and is newer. Better architecture and processes overall, and I’d recommend going for the 2600x.

 

[Sebastien32]

Ok. I’d definitely recommend 16 GB. On fortnite at max settings I sometimes use up to 9 Gb. Make sure your ram is around or over 2666Mhz to help with Ryzen’s ram hungry needs.

ooof fortnite i quit that game lol was a fan of it at first before they added all those powers and flying stuff. But I mostly plan on running rainbow 6,occasional league of legends once in a while to scratch that itch, some pubg cause that game hurts my soul on how horrible optimization is, and a some rocket league and of course the triple A titles.

 

[Sebastien32]

Bottlneck calculators are garbage, complete Garbage. Every game is different a 1600x or 2600x would both pair nicely with a 580

Okay thanks that puts my mind at ease was worried about having to change it and I wont need to.

 

[Sebastien32]

The 2600 has slightly higher clock speeds, and is newer. Better architecture and processes overall, and I’d recommend going for the 2600x.

Okay i will definitely keep this in mind. But off what you said earlier and doing some digging im most likely going to go for 2600 i won't mind the slight clock difference. If i find a really good sale/deal for the 2600x i will go for it.

 

[Supahos]

Basically if you want to overclock get a 2600 and save a few bucks if you don't want to mess with it get a 2600x and it basically ocs itself