Upgrade advice please (x99/5820k)

[g60dubster]

Hi all,
Looking for some advice as I'm getting the upgrade itch but not sure if I'll see a benefit over my current system. Willing to spend around £500 on mobo/cpu.
Current system:
Gigabyte X99 gaming 5p mobo
i7 5820k @4.25 / arctic liquid freezer II 280 aio
Corsair vengeance 32gb (4x8gb) 3000mhz
2x 500gb Samsung M.2 nvme SSD's
Nvidia 2070 Super
Corsair HX750i psu

Running on a 27" acer at 1440p

Not fussed with staying with Intel as had Amd in the past, just what is the best value and what sort of benefit I'd see in gaming and general use.

 

[Joxeon]

I doubt you would see much improvement for gaming especially at 1440p certainly not worthy of a 500 quid outlay.

You would probably gain more fps by waiting till the new Gpus are out then selling the 2070 super, adding the 500 to it and buying a 3080.

 

[EsaT]

You better wait for Zen3's release later this year and then look situation again.
With those six cores that CPU isn't bottleneck in most games.

 

[4K8KW10]

Hi all,
Looking for some advice as I'm getting the upgrade itch but not sure if I'll see a benefit over my current system. Willing to spend around £500 on mobo/cpu.
Current system:
Gigabyte X99 gaming 5p mobo
i7 5820k @4.25 / arctic liquid freezer II 280 aio
Corsair vengeance 32gb (4x8gb) 3000mhz
2x 500gb Samsung M.2 nvme SSD's
Nvidia 2070 Super
Corsair HX750i psu

Running on a 27" acer at 1440p

Not fussed with staying with Intel as had Amd in the past, just what is the best value and what sort of benefit I'd see in gaming and general use.

Hi,

This would be a huge upgrade:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £458.99
• 1 x Asrock B450 Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £79.99

Total: £549.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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238% higher performance in PassMark - 9713 points https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-5820K+@+3.30GHz&id=2340 vs 32855 points https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+3900X&id=3493

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Hi,

This would be a huge upgrade:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £458.99
• 1 x Asrock B450 Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £79.99

Total: £549.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

238% higher performance in PassMark - 9713 points https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-5820K+@+3.30GHz&id=2340 vs 32855 points https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+3900X&id=3493

Huge upgrade?

 

[Sparx]

What is wrong with you @4K8KW10 ?

OP said gaming and general use. For gaming he’s looking at maybe a 10% FPS increase. I wouldn’t call that a ‘huge upgrade’...

OP your rigs still very good, 2070S is ofc still a great GPU and the current gen for now.

If really fancy an upgrade, wait and see what Nvidia’s new GPUs can do next month. Moving to Ryzen would be a bit of a side grade for a 10% FPS boost tbh otherwise.

 

[jigger]

What is wrong with you @4K8KW10 ?

OP said gaming and general use. For gaming he’s looking at maybe a 10% FPS increase. I wouldn’t call that a ‘huge upgrade’...

OP your rigs still very good, 2070S is ofc still a great GPU and the current gen for now.

If really fancy an upgrade, wait and see what Nvidia’s new GPUs can do next month. Moving to Ryzen would be a bit of a side grade for a 10% FPS boost tbh otherwise.

Seems more like 20%~ on average with upto 30% in some games with most graphics cards. In actual CPU processing power terms the 3900X is about 250% faster.

 

[g60dubster]

Thanks everyone. Just getting itchy as had the base setup for almost 5 years now, guess gaming is still about the gpu first and cpu second, the 2070S is my 3rd gpu upgrade with this setup.

 

[Fyter]

I have a x99 system too except my 5820k is overclocked @ 4.5/4.6 GHz, 16GB RAM and an R9 390. I just upgraded to a 1440p 165hz IPS display. I will be upgrading my rusty old R9 390 when RDNA2 and Ampere is released. As for the CPU, I think it would be wise to postpone upgrading it until Zen 4 (Ryzen 5000 series) and Intel Alder Lake hits the Market. By then we will see higher performance gains, USB4, DDR5 hit the market. If rumours are correct zen 4 will be on 5nm and alder lake will be finally on the 10nm intel fab process. A decently overclocked 5820k is close to being on par with a 2600x ryzen processor in gaming. Most games tend to favour highly single core performance cpu over something like 12 cores atm. Thats why its best to wait for CPUs with better architecturely changes to hit the market for high IPC gains, i.e. Alder Lake. 6 Cores is good enough for now unless you are doing high refresh rate gaming at 1080p, like 240hz +, maybe 165hz depending on the game. My 5820k was getting me 140 fps + with a rx 5700 xt on warzone 1080p. So yea this CPU is still no slouch, but it is starting to show its age.

 

[Tetras]

Seems more like 20%~ on average with upto 30% in some games with most graphics cards. In actual CPU processing power terms the 3900X is about 250% faster.

If we all upgraded based on PassMark AMD and Intel would be including a free "mug", mug with every CPU and enthusiasts would all be running 20 core Xeons, EPYCs or somethin' Though I noticed some developers are using PassMark scores for their min/recommended system specs, bizarre.

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Thanks everyone. Just getting itchy as had the base setup for almost 5 years now, guess gaming is still about the gpu first and cpu second, the 2070S is my 3rd gpu upgrade with this setup.

I know the itchy feeling, I succumbed to it just a few weeks ago. But your system is infinitely better than mine was, that chip of yours was a beast then and still kicks arse now.

You're also playing at 1440p, keep your cash in your pocket for now, although like I say, I know the itchy feeling But I only had a quad core with HT, yours is a decent step up from that.