3700x upgrade to 5600x for games? Or 5700x3d?

[SheepBeast]

Currently using a 3060 Ti but will probably upgrade in the next year to something better. Probably still a 60 or 70 series card though.

 

[Tetras]

If you have the budget and can find one, the 5700X3D is more suitable for a higher-end graphics card and would max out the socket. You'd be set then until whenever, maybe AM6.

The 5600X is still better than the 3700X for gaming, but this upgrade would not make sense for productivity.

 

[Gray2233]

Do you have MM access? You could put in a request on there/keep track of the for sale area for one popping up.

 

[greatash]

5700x3d anyday

 

[SheepBeast]

Thanks guys. I'll keep my eye out. Upgrade itch is always hard to avoid succumbing too around Christmas time...

 

[Joxeon]

5700x3d anyday

While they are great CPUs the problem is that they are out of production and used prices have risen quite dramatically recently, probably exasperated by people who normally would have moved to AM5 now deciding to stick with AM4 due to the insane ram prices.

 

[Blackwhite]

5700X3D or 5800X3D

 

[jigger]

While they are great CPUs the problem is that they are out of production and used prices have risen quite dramatically recently, probably exasperated by people who normally would have moved to AM5 now deciding to stick with AM4 due to the insane ram prices.

The demand Nvidia cards put on the CPU and system isn’t helping. Not to mention AM4 has probably been looking super attractive to DDR4 13/14 gen user's recently and for AM4 users an X3D chip is drop in upgrade offering pretty stellar gaming performance all the way back to a 2017 X300 chipset.

DDR5 pricing is just one factor of many why AM4 X3D parts are in demand but there are many reasons why someone would need an 5800X3D chip, but the main one is to get the most graphics performance possible out of their current system.

 

[subbytna]

OP what did you do in the end?