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TL;DR: Is a Ryzen 5 2600x much better than a i5 2500k for Minecraft servers?
Im currently running an i5 2500k (non-oc'd) with 16gb of ram as my server pc, but was wondering what would be best for an upgrade to it. I only run small private servers for me and my friends, but man does the cpu struggle to even load new vanilla chunks, let alone modded ones.
I know the 2500k overclocks like crazy, but my motherboard dosnt support it :/ Ive got a friend who has an old pc with a Ryzen 5 2600x and 16gb of ram + motherboard, and said he'd give it to me for like $135. Is that worth it for the performance increase?
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very likely. honestly even with overclocking, 2nd gen Intel is very old by this point vs Ryzen 2000.
now, is the difference significant enough for you to justify the cost? only you can answer it.
maybe find some synthetic single-core benchmark numbers to see if a very ballpark "is % better" can help your decision, but I can practically guarantee it's going to be almost an order of magnitude better
ty🙏looks like it's single core performance is double that of the Intel's. Think I'm gonna invest