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3600 vs 5600x

It's too early to speculate really until we see the actual retail pricing on availability, rather than pre-order pricing, and independent benchmarks.
 
Curlyriff said:
The 5600x should have been £249 UK but I can see why they priced it where they did. The 10600k in US is $299 RRP and it selling at around $275 and so matching that which is their largest market segment. The fact the 10600k is £249 in UK is irrelevant unfortunately. But that should be the comparison made on prices, so is the 5600x for what is being touted at 13% performance over the 10700k worth the £40 premium.

The performance from last gen AMD to this gen AMD will be around the similar performance shown for the 3900x to 5900x in my view so take that as you will. Do you want to pay £289 for what would be around 25-30% performance increase over the 3600. Personally I would pay the difference because 25-30% is a decent increase.
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It's 14-22% faster than a big standard 3600.

And 9-17% faster than a 3600xt

So 50% more for say 18% improvement
Or 25% for 13% over the 3600xt

The 3600 is the best buy by a long margin. 18% more cpu power is not going to make a huge difference in gaming. But that extra £100 on a better gpu will.
 
ljt said:
@Brumboy maybe I've missed something it but what gpu will you be using?
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This ^.

And also when gaming at 4K, I presume there'll be next to bugger all difference in frame rates between a 3600 and a 5600X, or at least not nearly enough to justify the price delta (far less than some of the headline improvements being talked about here), so I'd also say it depends on the balance between the two usage scenarios you describe op.

This is also exactly my scenario (still on a 4690K) and I'm going for a 3600 until the 8 cores are cheaper / games use the extra cores, then upgrading the B550 BIOS, dropping in a 5800X to see me set for years, and retiring the 3600 to my HTPC.
 
Participant said:
This ^.

And also when gaming at 4K, I presume there'll be next to bugger all difference in frame rates between a 3600 and a 5600X, or at least not nearly enough to justify the price delta (far less than some of the headline improvements being talked about here), so I'd also say it depends on the balance between the two usage scenarios you describe op.

This is also exactly my scenario (still on a 4690K) and I'm going for a 3600 until the 8 cores are cheaper / games use the extra cores, then upgrading the B550 BIOS, dropping in a 5800X to see me set for years, and retiring the 3600 to my HTPC.
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There be difference as cards becomes faster in the 4k segment.
and 1080p and 1440p are still 90% of users with gaming, so :D
 
Lots of good responses here!

Well someone posted a link to an article about AMD releasing a 5600 in January for $220? if that is true then that makes everything easier. I really hope it's true.

I currently have a 2080, so plenty of GPU power for my needs, but definitely limited by my 4690k.

As some of you have said the logical thing to do would be wait for benchmarks then assess the difference. Realistically any of the new CPU's will be a massive upgrade.

But then there's always the temptation of going for that new fast product, damn this PC hobby :D
 
January sounds really soon to me. They might just drop it
Brumboy said:
Lots of good responses here!

Well someone posted a link to an article about AMD releasing a 5600 in January for $220? if that is true then that makes everything easier. I really hope it's true.

I currently have a 2080, so plenty of GPU power for my needs, but definitely limited by my 4690k.

As some of you have said the logical thing to do would be wait for benchmarks then assess the difference. Realistically any of the new CPU's will be a massive upgrade.

But then there's always the temptation of going for that new fast product, damn this PC hobby :D
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January sounds really soon to me, maybe they'll just drop it whenever Intel launch their new chips?
 
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Participant said:
I'm sure, but the op says he games at 4K :).
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Yeah it's a 50/50 split at the moment (going through a bunch of games on game pass).

I do turn a few settings however when playing at 4k to get 60fps solid, I can't tell the difference between some settings and yet it reduces the GPU load a lot.
 
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