Shoot for 3600 CL16/17 on the ram
Thanks for the pointer. Thought 3200 is the sweet spot, now I know 3600 is the best. No wonder, with the 3000Mhz, my system seems a bit less snappy.
Don't get hung up on the amount of VRAM. Look at it this way - if you had bought an 8GB 570 it wouldn't have made any difference. By the time you need it, the card's too slow to do anything with it.
You do have a point.
If it was me I'd prioritize getting a monitor right now (like you were doing for the past few weeks) and not bother with any of the current hardware releases right now.
But if I did get a gpu instead of waiting for something that might or might not fill my criteria I'd go with the one that's available right now. 3070 for that sweet ray tracing and shit or 6800 for that raw performance and 16GB vram.
As for 5600X or rocket lake, at this point I'd just wait for DDR5 and Ryzen 6000 or alder lake instead of buying into dead platforms.
True. If I get some better ram now, I might not be able to sell them.
3070 is not bad, I just want to get one which is more or less future proof. But getting 3080 is really a bit too insane for the price. Look at the ending of 2080 ti now. Two years ago, it was a Caesar class card. Today, it's beaten by 3070. So I guess I wait for the 3070 Ti
I wouldn't spend the money. 5600x might net you like 5% increase at 1080p and maybe 3% at 1440p.
The next similiar class CPU that nets you a signficant increase in performance probably isn't happening till 2022 to be honest.
9600k is over 2 years old and really isn't any different from the 3 year old 8600k but it's still a more than capable CPU for gaming/office work. There's a reason why people stick with CPUs for a long time, the jump per gen isn't like it is with GPUs
You're quite right. 5600X is faster. But it might not be that much faster really.
I almost bought a 9600K as it was about 80 bucks cheaper than my cpu. Any CPU close to 5GHz is going to rip if you can keep it cool.. the reality is that there is always going to be something faster for just a little more cash.. always something just around the corner.. I was going to buy a 10600K too because what a beast for the cash. But I would have been choked to drop all that cash and 6 months later they hammer out another hit. DDR5 is coming, I bet whatever runs with those will be beasts and I would look towards that.. and for now just run the piss out what you have right now, even if you need a new cooler
I invest in a very good cooler Corsair H100i 240. The only regrets I have is that the quality seems not better than my aging HYP Hydro Series bought in 2013.
Ok I I'll stick with my current rig and wait for the DDR5
Why not overclock the ram and see what performance you can get.
It's running XMP, at 3000Mhz.
OC the snot outta that 9600k and wait a couple of years for a significant DDR5 type upgrade
Considering all those FPS a graphics card delivers, the CPU shouldn't be a decisive factor, is my understanding correct?
Not always true. I replaced my GTX 780ti not because of it not having enough performance, but because 3 GB of VRAM was no longer enough. It was upgraded to a 1070. So the top of the line GTX 700 card was made insufficient within 2 generations
The amount of ram should proportional to the screen resolution used. 1920*1080<2K.
The speed of the ram also matters.
