3600 to 3950x (or beyond) - Worthwhile?

[dsima27]

Probably been a multitude of threads elsewhere on this question but I'm looking to get the best performance realistically (without going TR) within a semi reasonable budget.

My system is multipurpose (gaming, Photoshop, Plex server with possible 4K conversion) so I was wondering if it was worth firstly upgrading to 3950x (will I see significant results) or waiting until 4950x and the gains that will bring over 3950x

I currently have an X570 Mobo with 32GB 3200 RAM and will shortly be upgrading to an RTX 3080.

 

[mickyflinn]

Zen 3 should be here in December so if you can wait it makes sense to.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techradar.com/amp/news/amd-zen-3

 

[dsima27]

Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, it's not urgent. I'll hold off as I'm already outlaying a decent portion of any upgrade budget on the GPU.

 

[IvanDobskey]

I think only a handful of games use more than 6 cores currently so a 3600 is fine for the time being. That is likely to change over the next couple of years though. Hence I went for a 3900x when upgrading last time. But probably an 8 core cpu would have been the sensible option.

 

[MentalSharps]

Oh bummer, that techradar article says x570 and B550 support, I bought B450 with my 3600 this year with the hopes to upgrade the 3600 to a 4000 series.

 

[Lokken86]

Oh bummer, that techradar article says x570 and B550 support, I bought B450 with my 3600 this year with the hopes to upgrade the 3600 to a 4000 series.

The 450s still support them with a bios update from what I heard.

 

[arc@css]

The 450s still support them with a bios update from what I heard.

+1

 

[LeMson]

I'm on a 3600 waiting for a 4950x too, welcome to the #waittrain

 

[Rexxar]

I was all set to build , Got my X570 , Ram, PSU, and now the 3600 is out of stock in a lot of places, so gonna sit tight and wait to see what prices do too .I notice OCUK is £45 more than the nearest competitor currently so that'll help with my decision to wait!