Is i5-6600 still good enough today?

[Kebabiman the Kebab-Giver]

It's like 4 years old now, right? Should i consider upgrading it?

[SoldierScar]

Its kinda weak, i already had problems with 6600 two years ago in BF1, cpu pinned at 100% caused framedrops and stuttering..the era of 4 cores is enough is gone..you should upgrade to ryzen 3600/3700x. It was even worse after meltdown bios update.

[Komrade]

I would aim for a Ryzen 5 1600 minimum.

[SoldierScar]

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

I would aim for a Ryzen 5 1600 minimum.

Thats not really a smart choice, he could just upgrade to i7 7700 and have a better gaming cpu.
He should get ryzen 3000 series which can finally compete with intel in gaming. R5 3600 with a b450 board is a very good deal.

[vadim]

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

I would aim for a Ryzen 5 1600 minimum.

...and OP will have less FPS in most games.

[Komrade]

Publicado originalmente por vadim:

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

I would aim for a Ryzen 5 1600 minimum.

...and OP will have less FPS in most games.

2600*
Whoops

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

It's like 4 years old now, right? Should i consider upgrading it?

If it doesn't play games the way you want at the settings you want then sure but there's more to it than just the cpu like GPU, SSD and ram. I'd avoid moving from your i5 4 core to another i7 7700 4 core 8 thread when you have the option to move over to a Ryzen 3600 and B450 mobo while reusing your current DDR4 and other hardware.

What are the rest of your specs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPNEQvvzMk

[L37]

IMO If you are running into some issues like <100% GPU load + FPS drops you should consider upgrading. At this point such issues migh happen only in few games, most of them will still be fine, so if you are not running into them might as well leave it as is for now.

[Kebabiman the Kebab-Giver]

Will i have to do or get anything else if i change from intel to ryzen then?

...Sorry if i am asking a dumb question, btw

Publicado originalmente por SoldierScar:

Its kinda weak, i already had problems with 6600 two years ago in BF1, cpu pinned at 100% caused framedrops and stuttering..

BF1 eating 100% of the cpu is actually one of my main reasons haha

[Komrade]

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

Will i have to do or get anything else if i change from intel to ryzen then?

...Sorry if i am asking a dumb question, btw

Publicado originalmente por SoldierScar:

Its kinda weak, i already had problems with 6600 two years ago in BF1, cpu pinned at 100% caused framedrops and stuttering..

BF1 eating 100% of the cpu is actually one of my main reasons haha

You would need a new B450 Motherboard cheapest is around $70ish, and new 2x8GB 3200 CL16 RAM which is also around $70. BF1 IIRC does use 6 cores.

[Kebabiman the Kebab-Giver]

Publicado originalmente por upcoast:

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

It's like 4 years old now, right? Should i consider upgrading it?

If it doesn't play games the way you want at the settings you want then sure but there's more to it than just the cpu like GPU, SSD and ram. I'd avoid moving from your i5 4 core to another i7 7700 4 core 8 thread when you have the option to move over to a Ryzen 3600 and B450 mobo while reusing your current DDR4 and other hardware.

What are the rest of your specs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPNEQvvzMk

Mother board: H110M
GPU: GTX 1060 6gb

I am on Windows 10 and i have 16gbs of Ram

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

Will i have to do or get anything else if i change from intel to ryzen then?

...Sorry if i am asking a dumb question, btw

Publicado originalmente por SoldierScar:

Its kinda weak, i already had problems with 6600 two years ago in BF1, cpu pinned at 100% caused framedrops and stuttering..

BF1 eating 100% of the cpu is actually one of my main reasons haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l-_WM7EE6k

BFV at 4:37 ^.

Ps, you'd just need a 3600+B450+ optional cm212 or alike.

[Kebabiman the Kebab-Giver]

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

Will i have to do or get anything else if i change from intel to ryzen then?

...Sorry if i am asking a dumb question, btw



BF1 eating 100% of the cpu is actually one of my main reasons haha

You would need a new B450 Motherboard cheapest is around $70ish, and new 2x8GB 3200 CL16 RAM which is also around $70. BF1 IIRC does use 6 cores.

Guess i will consider it. Will i have to redownload my stuff again?

[Komrade]

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

You would need a new B450 Motherboard cheapest is around $70ish, and new 2x8GB 3200 CL16 RAM which is also around $70. BF1 IIRC does use 6 cores.

Guess i will consider it. Will i have to redownload my stuff again?

No, your data would still stay on your drives. Be aware that not all B450 boards have an updated BIOS out of the box but MSI models designated with "Max" do. If the board doesn't, then you'll need a compatible Ryzen CPU to update it.

[upcoast]

Publicado originalmente por Kebabiman the Kebab-giver:

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

You would need a new B450 Motherboard cheapest is around $70ish, and new 2x8GB 3200 CL16 RAM which is also around $70. BF1 IIRC does use 6 cores.

Guess i will consider it. Will i have to redownload my stuff again?

Copy paste your games common folder to another physical drive if they're not already on a different drive( steamapps/common).

[_I_]

Publicado originalmente por notkennyS:

I would aim for a Ryzen 5 1600 minimum.

locked i5 to first-2nd gen ryzen is a lateral move
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6600-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600/3514vs3919
ryzen has more threada, but the core performance is the same

if it doeenst play the games you have as well as you like, its time to upgrade
for most games at 60+fps range its enough when not gpu limited