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2700x or 3600

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Got myself a msi tomahawk max and 16gb of 3200mhz cl16.

What would you go for out of the 3600 and 2700x? Both ruffley the same price.

I like the idea of 8 cores but cant justify the 3700x just now, would you rather the 2 cores or better ipc?
 
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What do you do with your system? If it's purely for gaming the 3600 will be superior.

It depends on his graphics card, though. Whether he runs with RTX 2080 Ti or with Radeon RX 580.

If you have RX 580-class graphics card, please take the Ryzen 7 2700X.
 
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It's a 1080ti but at 4k, I thought the extra cores might come in handy but i guess by the time they do a 8 or 12 core will be a lot cheaper anyway.

Yup, I saw it in your signature. Well, 4K has that quality to camouflage any CPU prowess differences, so better take the one with more cores.
Also, weaker graphics cards at 1080p tend to do the same - camouflage or decrease the CPU differences to extremely small.
 
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Yup, I saw it in your signature. Well, 4K has that quality to camouflage any CPU prowess differences, so better take the one with more cores.
Also, weaker graphics cards at 1080p tend to do the same - camouflage or decrease the CPU differences to extremely small.

Yeh that's my thinking, that's what's making it a tough choice also the ram is a big factor, really not wanting to run it slower than it should be.
 
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2700x vs 3600 single core performance difference is about +20% due to IPC and clockspeed advantage
in most games single core performance still matters a lot -> hence why intel still has the performance crown despite ryzen having loads of cores

in multicore:
(2700x performance adjusted = 1)
2700x = 8 x 1 = 8
3600 = 6 x 1.2 = 7.2
 
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Yeh it's not like I don't know the pros and cons, was just wondering what people would go for and why.

Wish I could justify the 3700x but 33% more cores for ~60% more money just doesnt make sence to me.

Looks like I will grab a 3600 now and upgrade it later.
Thinking when the new consoles come out 8 cores will be advantageous.
 
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Yeh it's not like I don't know the pros and cons, was just wondering what people would go for and why.

Wish I could justify the 3700x but 33% more cores for 50% more money just doesnt make sence to me.

Looks like I will grab a 3600 now and upgrade it later.
Thinking when the new consoles come out 8 cores will be advantageous.

You could always sell your 3600 next year when the 4000 series chips come out and upgrade to an 8 core then.
 
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