# i5 2/3gen upgrade to Ryzen 5 1600 question. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316 "2018-01-21T21:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wandereru/32/104037_2.png) [@Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Wandereru)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/1 "2018-01-21T21:45:00Z")
Hello, I’d like to ask if any of you guys had Intel i5 2500 or i5 3570 or similar CPU’s in your system and played Battlefield 1, then upgraded to a Ryzen CPU later. If yes then what kind of performance boost did you experience (if any at all). If no then I’d like to ask what kind of performance boost is to be expected if you go from a 2/3gen i5 to a Ryzen CPU. I’m asking because gameplay is not smooth for me while playing on i5 3570K and I already made out all the kinks that CPU is the bottleneck of my system when it comes to frames. (yes, I borrowed a 1080Ti from my friend and I was experiencing same fps drops as on my current 970). So in the next 3 months I may be upgrading to a R5 1600 but am still weighting the option. ---
**Author:** ![D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/d5rat/32/100944_2.png) [@D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/D5RAT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/2 "2018-01-21T21:50:00Z")
Bf1 likes cores /threads i5’s don’t really cut it , 90% of the problems listed on here involve an i5 . The r5 1600 should be a lot better in BF1 at maintaining steady fps without drops.. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKHsMar1Jo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKHsMar1Jo) ---
**Author:** ![Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wandereru/32/104037_2.png) [@Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Wandereru)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/3 "2018-01-21T22:13:00Z")
@D5RAT Yeah I figured that much judging by how all 4c/4t on my i5 are 97-100% under load while gaming. It’s just I’m trying to make sure it’s a good buy in the end. Luckily the longer I wait the more R5 1600 and motherboard prices drop. Sadly can’t say the same for RAM price holy f\*\*k. EDIT: Video is about SP, I’d like to hear about MP performances 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MUH\_Cwywardwaah](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/muh_cwywardwaah/32/102896_2.png) [@MUH\_Cwywardwaah](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/MUH_Cwywardwaah)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/4 "2018-01-21T23:09:00Z")
If you want to upgrade in the next 3 months then wait. The next gen of ryzen will launch/be close by then. The 1600 is still a good upgrade tho, i went from an fx 8320 to a 1700 ryzen and my gpu is constantly pegged at 100% all the time now. Went from 40-70 fps to constant 70+ ---
**Author:** ![Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wandereru/32/104037_2.png) [@Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Wandereru)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/5 "2018-01-21T23:37:00Z")
@Getting\_Gud I know the next gen Ryzen will come (a Ryzen refresh more like) in April as far as I know and when it comes out prices of the current Ryzen CPU’s should be cut by 20$ which may or may not also mean 20€ on European market. I’ve seen R5 1600 priced at 175€ lately so it may be a 150€ price tag by April. That’s when I’ll make my purchase and most likely go for the 1600 anyway because of the cheaper build option (sadly I’m a bit of a poor gamer lately). ---
**Author:** ![B0ng0\_Banger](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@B0ng0\_Banger](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/B0ng0_Banger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/6 "2018-01-22T00:57:00Z")
the 1600 would be a massive step up but the 3570k is still up for the job, haven’t played in a couple of months until today but with my 3570k @ 4.4 and gtx 970 with the fps locked at 70 fps. it did not budge off 70 fps for 4 rounds. and cpu usage never hit 100%. ---
**Author:** ![enek0id](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/enek0id/32/101863_2.png) [@enek0id](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/enek0id)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/7 "2018-01-22T05:37:00Z")
> [@Wandereru](#): > > Hello, > > I’d like to ask if any of you guys had Intel i5 2500 or i5 3570 or similar CPU’s in your system and played Battlefield 1, then upgraded to a Ryzen CPU later. If yes then what kind of performance boost did you experience (if any at all). If no then I’d like to ask what kind of performance boost is to be expected if you go from a 2/3gen i5 to a Ryzen CPU. > > I’m asking because gameplay is not smooth for me while playing on i5 3570K and I already made out all the kinks that CPU is the bottleneck of my system when it comes to frames. (yes, I borrowed a 1080Ti from my friend and I was experiencing same fps drops as on my current 970). So in the next 3 months I may be upgrading to a R5 1600 but am still weighting the option. The performance gain with a Ryzen 5 1600 would be lower than in case of the upgrade of your CPU with an i7 3770K. This solution would also be much cheaper because you would not have to change RAM and MB. If I were you I would look for an used 3770K to be overclocked at 4,5 - 4,6 GHz and live happy for two more years at least 😄 ---
**Author:** ![D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/d5rat/32/100944_2.png) [@D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/D5RAT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/8 "2018-01-22T09:01:00Z")
> [@enek0id](#): > > > [@Wandereru](#): > > > > Hello, > > > > I’d like to ask if any of you guys had Intel i5 2500 or i5 3570 or similar CPU’s in your system and played Battlefield 1, then upgraded to a Ryzen CPU later. If yes then what kind of performance boost did you experience (if any at all). If no then I’d like to ask what kind of performance boost is to be expected if you go from a 2/3gen i5 to a Ryzen CPU. > > > > I’m asking because gameplay is not smooth for me while playing on i5 3570K and I already made out all the kinks that CPU is the bottleneck of my system when it comes to frames. (yes, I borrowed a 1080Ti from my friend and I was experiencing same fps drops as on my current 970). So in the next 3 months I may be upgrading to a R5 1600 but am still weighting the option. > > The performance gain with a Ryzen 5 1600 would be lower than in case of the upgrade of your CPU with an i7 3770K. This solution would also be much cheaper because you would not have to change RAM and MB. > If I were you I would look for an used 3770K to be overclocked at 4,5 - 4,6 GHz and live happy for two more years at least 😄 The Ryzen 5 will still be better than a i7 3770k([http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/1317vs3920](http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/1317vs3920)) but its a good shout . If you can just upgrade cpu you would see a substantial difference in BF1 performance and maybe in a year or 2 RAM prices may have stabilised a bit ---
**Author:** ![StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@StarscreamUK](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/StarscreamUK)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/9 "2018-01-22T11:42:00Z")
I went from an i7 2600 @4.2 My ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.8 is buttery smooth ---
**Author:** ![Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wandereru/32/104037_2.png) [@Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Wandereru)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/10 "2018-01-22T11:44:00Z")
> [@enek0id](#): > > The performance gain with a Ryzen 5 1600 would be lower than in case of the upgrade of your CPU with an i7 3770K. This solution would also be much cheaper because you would not have to change RAM and MB. This is also something I was thinking about to be honest, to just upgrade to an i7 Gen3 but the problem is this CPU costs just as much as R5 1600 + MB combined. I’ve seen the i7 priced at 250-300€ which is a bit much if you ask me. With current prices I managed to cart Motherboard, Ryzen 1600 and 16GB 3000MHz ram for about 430€ which is a decent price tag and if I wait up to 3 months it might drop even lower - if ram prices won’t go up… ---
**Author:** ![Sed1Tion](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Sed1Tion](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Sed1Tion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/11 "2018-01-22T12:53:00Z")
The older Intel CPU’s are likely to see the biggest performance hit from the “Meltdown and Spectre” hardware bugs for some reason (forced upgrade). Newer Intel chips wont be safe for years according to some experts. We have only seen quick fixes so far. Lots of software and hardware will still need patching and your unlikely to get hardware updates on equipment several years old. I’m going to be looking at returning to team red for future upgrades. But will be waiting to see what the Ryzen 2 has to offer in April. hope its not just a small clock speed increase. ---
**Author:** ![Confucius\_o](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/confucius_o/32/101549_2.png) [@Confucius\_o](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Confucius_o)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/12 "2018-01-22T13:04:00Z")
Waiting on Zen 2 here also. ---
**Author:** ![Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wandereru/32/104037_2.png) [@Wandereru](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Wandereru)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/13 "2018-01-22T13:16:00Z")
Zen 2 comes in 2020 so far as I heard from a tech video. April just has a refresh of current Ryzen models thats all. ---
**Author:** ![Sed1Tion](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Sed1Tion](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Sed1Tion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/14 "2018-01-22T13:36:00Z")
Just looked at DDR4 RAM and GPU prices!!! Maybe I wont be upgrading anytime soon if ever. ---
**Author:** ![D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/d5rat/32/100944_2.png) [@D5RAT](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/D5RAT)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/15 "2018-01-22T13:38:00Z")
> [@Wandereru](#): > > Zen 2 comes in 2020 so far as I heard from a tech video. > > April just has a refresh of current Ryzen models thats all. yes this year is Zen+ ---
**Author:** ![MUH\_Cwywardwaah](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/muh_cwywardwaah/32/102896_2.png) [@MUH\_Cwywardwaah](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/MUH_Cwywardwaah)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/16 "2018-01-22T14:56:00Z")
That refresh will come with better memory support, higher clocks and possibly better cross ccx latancy the current problems that plagues ryzen, if i was going to get rolled with ram prices i would take the newer models with better support for them imo. Or just like above get a used 3770K for cheap and carry on until its too outdated compared to whats available at the time. If you live in the US then hardwareswap is a good place to get them or trying ebay. ---
**Author:** ![Kajjal](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Kajjal](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Kajjal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/17 "2018-01-22T15:30:00Z")
The limitation on i5 is 4 core / 4 thread, anything starting in the background while playing bf1 can take up a core causing fps to dive. The 1600 is 6 core / 12 thread so the potential impact is a lot less and often not even noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![Faux\_Grey](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/faux_grey/32/101924_2.png) [@Faux\_Grey](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Faux_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/i5-2-3gen-upgrade-to-ryzen-5-1600-question/103316/18 "2018-01-24T13:16:00Z")
Battlefield eats threads, the performance difference between my 4th gen i5 and ryzen 1600 was huge, well worth it.