AMD Ryzen 5 3500X / 3900 (non-x) ???

[Tyrion2]

For around £140 I would be very satisfied. For anything close to £100 it’s a bargain!

that's what I was thinking. I did a new build a couple of months ago (3700x) so I have a main pc but was also thinking about a backup pc to replace the i7 920 i have. The motherboard on the i7 920 failed (second hand motherboards, not the cheaper boards from China, seem to go for around £100 on the bay) which is why I went for the new build which I'm very happy with. But I didn't like not having a backup in case I need it, which I did need a couple of months back.

3500x and Tomahawk max motherboard (unless there's a better value option?) and 16gb ram comes to around £260, which sounds like a very decent value for money build. GPU wise i have an r9 280 from my i7 920 build.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

Ordered! for £110.52

£91.17 for the 3500X
£19.35 for shipping (tracked)

This will be for a new 'shoe string budget' gaming rig build. (upgrading from i7 6700k).

 

[wazza300]

You can get the 3600 for £21 more,shipped

But goodluck with it,they do sum good budget coolers for it too,like the snowman

 

[MaXxBoulton]

a friend just did a build on a budget, he paid £89 for a 2600,, i dont dear show him this

 

[Tyrion2]

Ordered! for £110.52

£91.17 for the 3500X
£19.35 for shipping (tracked)

This will be for a new 'shoe string budget' gaming rig build. (upgrading from i7 6700k).

Sorry, you've already received it or recently ordered and are waiting for it to be delivered?

 

[The Old School Gamer]

Just ordered it, probably will not turn up till sometime in January (but no rush).
I'm more curious than anything, I like to mess around and tinker lol.

You can get the 3600 for £21 more,shipped

£21 saved then... it can go towards an cheap X570 mobo.

a friend just did a build on a budget, he paid £89 for a 2600,, i dont dear show him this

£89 isn't a bad deal for a 2600, the only issue is it's old tech now.
No PCIe Gen4, no IPC improvement, no higher memory clocks etc.

 

[jigger]

the 3500x as be found as low as £78 now. sos £84 shipped

Wow £14 per core.

 

[wazza300]

What board are you picking? B450 or x570?

@OLD school gamer

 

[The Old School Gamer]

Would like PCIe Gen 4, so it will have to be an cheap(er) X570 board.
One with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth and at least a couple of faster USB3 Gen2 ports as well.

Maybe: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-6ds-as.html

I'll see what deals there are in the new year / January sales.

 

[wazza300]

Msi B450 gaming pro carbon looks decent aswell,if you didnt need gen4

 

[jigger]

Would like PCIe Gen 4, so it will have to be an cheap(er) X570 board.
One with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth and at least a couple of faster USB3 Gen2 ports as well.

Maybe: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-6ds-as.html

I'll see what deals there are in the new year / January sales.

The B550 and A520 boards should be out by then.

 

[sidthesexist]

Will there even be 550/520 boards? Whats the point of launching them this late?

 

[Journey]

Will there even be 550/520 boards? Whats the point of launching them this late?

Because they'll last through the Zen3 CPU's as well, or Ryzen 4xxx, and bring new features to mainstream parts.

 

[JediFragger]

Will there even be 550/520 boards? Whats the point of launching them this late?

Yeah it's a little crazy, obviously just trying to force people to buy X570 which is nuts imo.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

The B550 and A520 boards should be out by then.

The catch is no PCIe Gen4 though.

While not really an game changer here and now but it's probably best to have gen4 going forward for future proofing though.
We 'might' start seeing larger FPS percentage differences between gen3 and gen4 if future GFX cards can better utilise the available bandwidth.
The 3Dmark PCIe bandwidth test does clearly show an difference, but it is an extreme test case condition designed to show just that.
I couldn't point to an actual game that bottlenecks to the same degree in the same way.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

a friend just did a build on a budget, he paid £89 for a 2600,, i dont dear show him this

It will be fine - I am running a Ryzen 5 2600 with a GTX1080. I thought of upgrading to a Ryzen 5 3600X or Ryzen 7 3700X but ATM I don't really need to.

 

[Ice Tea]

Just how Fickle is the internet?

Normally when any electronic parts are made just for the Chinese market you will have someone somewhere ( especially reddit ) pointing out that all these parts have to comply with government requirements for access yet when a cheap CPU comes along not a single hint of a conspiracy theory and everyone on places like reddit are recommending it.

Easily bought?

 

[kaiserc]

Stop messing about.
Buy a 3600 and turn off SMT. If you now play those games in the video and you will see similar or better results.
That's the case for all ryzen cpu's when you play them on game engines not optimised to use threads.

I have just seen a 3600 for £167 from on another retailer that also sell used stuff. regardless you can buy it at that price with a voucher

 

[Flashheart]

I get the feeling these would sell ridiculously well if they came to the uk, especially if they were exclusive to OCUK.

I think I'll be getting one to upgrade my 1600, curious to find out first though from whoever orders one to see about any charges etc.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

Curious to find out first though from whoever orders one to see about any charges etc.

It's on it's way... I'm hoping customs just pass it through as an small low cost item.