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3700x > 5600x?

Yella Fella said:
My PC is editing work first and gaming second... but lately its been more gaming first and editing not so much. Think I get about 50-60Hz in my system at the moment. I know the Dell is capable of around 144Hz.
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It is really nice on a high rate monitor but in not much chance of getting up there with ray tracing on in recent games anyway!
 
alindl said:
Has anybody made this switch or tried both? They seem pretty close but I wonder if the extra single thread oomph would give me more than the extra cores, particularly with VR?
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If it helps, I went from a 3800x to a 5600x (originally wanting a 5900x but we’re never in stock) and didn’t notice any difference in gaming apart from the 5600x boosting higher and running cooler.

Eventually managed to get hold of a 5900x so sold the 5600x after a few weeks
 
PurePickage said:
If it helps, I went from a 3800x to a 5600x (originally wanting a 5900x but we’re never in stock) and didn’t notice any difference in gaming apart from the 5600x boosting higher and running cooler.

Eventually managed to get hold of a 5900x so sold the 5600x after a few weeks
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Thanks, that is interesting. For some reason I thought the 5000 series ran hotter generally.
 
alindl said:
Thanks, that is interesting. For some reason I thought the 5000 series ran hotter generally.
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In general they do run hotter than their 3000 series counterparts. But the 5600x being a 65w 6/12 chip and the 3800x being a 105w 8/16 chip the 5600x runs cooler.

My 5900x for example is running around 40-50c on idle and 70-80c in games hooked up to a kraken x63 AIO with fans on around 1200 rpm
 
PurePickage said:
In general they do run hotter than their 3000 series counterparts. But the 5600x being a 65w 6/12 chip and the 3800x being a 105w 8/16 chip the 5600x runs cooler.

My 5900x for example is running around 40-50c on idle and 70-80c in games hooked up to a kraken x63 AIO with fans on around 1200 rpm
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Thanks, that's useful. I believe my 3700x is 65W so i'd expect them to be closer.
 
PurePickage said:
If it helps, I went from a 3800x to a 5600x (originally wanting a 5900x but we’re never in stock) and didn’t notice any difference in gaming apart from the 5600x boosting higher and running cooler.

Eventually managed to get hold of a 5900x so sold the 5600x after a few weeks
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and thats why the majority of people run on a 3-4 year cycle

but if you have the extra cash kicking around you might as well
 
Game said:
and thats why the majority of people run on a 3-4 year cycle

but if you have the extra cash kicking around you might as well
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Agreed but I usually manage to get 7+ years out of mine! I think once you can get a 50%+ boost in performance then it's worth an upgrade for a normal person. If you're well off then I'd just upgrade every couple of years ;)
 
Troezar said:
Agreed but I usually manage to get 7+ years out of mine! I think once you can get a 50%+ boost in performance then it's worth an upgrade for a normal person. If you're well off then I'd just upgrade every couple of years ;)
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my last one was 6 years and if it wasnt for multiplayer fps I might have done anouther year on it
 
Game said:
i find it causes me to many little niggles prefer a stable system then dont touch it
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I do tend to do a clean windows install each time i change CPU or GPU to try and prevent any issues.

In the past 12 months I've built in 4 different cases, had 4 different motherboards, a 1660 super, 5700xt, 3090 and 3080ti and a couple of different CPU's (2700x,3800x,5600x and now a 5900x) 4 different PSU's and gone from a full air build to and AIO CPU to full custom loop and back to an AIO and stock cooled GPU.
 
PurePickage said:
I do tend to do a clean windows install each time i change CPU or GPU to try and prevent any issues.

In the past 12 months I've built in 4 different cases, had 4 different motherboards, a 1660 super, 5700xt, 3090 and 3080ti and a couple of different CPU's (2700x,3800x,5600x and now a 5900x) 4 different PSU's and gone from a full air build to and AIO CPU to full custom loop and back to an AIO and stock cooled GPU.
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That's commitment! I usually just do a clean install if I change motherboards, occasionally if I change GPU vendors. That said I upgrade much less frequently than you. What made you change back from a full custom loop?
 
I went 3700X >5600X > 5800X. I'm an idiot :) who also likes tinkering as part of the hobby. It's my first build for about a decade,
so I learnt a lot about paste application, cooling, BIOS changes, etc I also sold the parts for not much less than I paid for them.

I found the 5800X performs better in MSFS than the 3700X / 5600X, so I'm happy. It's now staying in for a couple of years!
 
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