Ryzen 5 2600 oc
Ryzen 5 2600 oc
You feel free to adjust the settings as desired and observe the effects on your gaming experience.
If you notice a significant improvement, think about whether the extra power consumption is justified.
A killawatt meter can help track the difference in wattage before and after.
https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electric...B00009MDBU
I believe it might add up to a few dollars each month.
What cooler and power supply are you using? I was thinking about a 650 Watt PSU from Cooler Master and a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo cooler.
If you can boost the speed, why not? Games usually rely heavily on one central processor, and a R5-2600 would only make a difference. If your electricity bills are through the roof, maybe not.
If you can overclock, why not? Games usually rely on just one core, and a R5-2600 would only add a little help. If electricity costs are high where you live, maybe not. I can overclock but I was curious if it really matters with a GPU like the 970. Last year we used up about 7000 kWH, so even a small difference in FPS between a GTX 970 and stock would be wasted energy. I’ve seen many videos comparing the Ryzen 5 2600 to the stock model, but those were for 1080 or 1080 Ti resolutions.
You feel free to adjust the settings as desired and observe the effects on your gaming experience.
If you notice a significant improvement, think about whether the extra power consumption is justified.
A killawatt meter can help track the difference in wattage before and after.
https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electric...B00009MDBU
I believe it might add up to a few dollars each month.
I own a gtx 970 and a ryzen 5 2600 with 16gb 3200mhz ddr4. I'm curious if it's better to overclock the Ryzen or stick with less power usage instead. Even if I overclock the Ryzen, its efficiency is high, making power consumption hard to gauge in real life. Plus, I worry the GPU might use more power than the CPU during games. The real issue seems to be: which component is the bottleneck—the Ryzen or the older GPU? If it's the GPU, then processor overclocking won't help much.