3800x to a 3900x waste?

rchads89 · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:16

Currently got a 3800x which i could sell for what I bought it for and I have worked it out I could get a 3900x for £90 is it worth it? I mainly game and stream alittle.

Ross Thomson · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:35

is the 3800x holding you back? if not I wouldn't bother.

Minstadave · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:37

For gaming probably not worth it. I'd sit tight and wait for the next gen.

andy_mk3 · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:37

For gaming it's not worth it.

rchads89 · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:49

Ross Thomson said:
is the 3800x holding you back? if not I wouldn't bother.

Not holding me back no I just thought for £90 those extra cores and clock speeds might come in handy?

heatonpkmassive · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:54

Come in handy for looking at in benchmarks?

Connell · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:56

I doubt you'd see a noticeable difference, at least not £90 worth.

rchads89 · 5 Aug 2020 at 22:57

heatonpkmassive said:
Come in handy for looking at in benchmarks?

Something I don’t do to be honest lol

heatonpkmassive · 5 Aug 2020 at 23:39

rchads89 said:
Something I don’t do to be honest lol

Well I'd agree with the rest, I'd wait in your position. The 3800x is an excellent chip, but I figured buying an 8 core will stop me wanting a 12 core.

We'll see how that pans out

rchads89 · 5 Aug 2020 at 23:45

heatonpkmassive said:
Well I'd agree with the rest, I'd wait in your position. The 3800x is an excellent chip, but I figured buying an 8 core will stop me wanting a 12 core.

We'll see how that pans out

Yeah I am happy with the 3800x got no issues with it I did try streaming on twitch and my frames did drop a little but nothing I would say was major ..

Ross Thomson · 6 Aug 2020 at 13:30

rchads89 said:
Not holding me back no I just thought for £90 those extra cores and clock speeds might come in handy?

save the cash then.

alec · 6 Aug 2020 at 13:51

I think its a good switch at that price. 3900X will retain more value long term.
Bet you won't notice any difference tho.

rchads89 · 6 Aug 2020 at 14:01

alec said:
I think its a good switch at that price. 3900X will retain more value long term.
Bet you won't notice any difference tho.

Yeah thats what i thought it might last me longer than say a 3800x due to the head room on the extra cores and threads as well maybe.

I have had alook around the web on these 3900x and people are complaining about 3900x not hitting passed 4.1 ghz on games was this a problem that has now been sorted im guessing?

CuriousTomCat · 6 Aug 2020 at 14:42

rchads89 said:
Not holding me back no I just thought for £90 those extra cores and clock speeds might come in handy?

If you're current CPU isn't holding you back in the slightest, how would you even notice a change?

It would be £90 spent for no difference at all.

The 3900x would benefit you in years to come, when games use more cores, but I advise you to wait until the new 4000 series launches at least.

rchads89 · 6 Aug 2020 at 17:47

No worries thought it would have been beneficial that was all as like a future proof purchase for little money

jigger · 6 Aug 2020 at 20:07

I can think of worse ways to spend £90.

Jacky60 · 6 Aug 2020 at 20:25

I'd stick with what you have, if you're keen to jump to 12 cores do it when Ryzen 4000 arrives or after Ryzen 4000 drops in price and get an upgrade that you'll notice. Also 3900X doesn't reliably run at anything like 4.5-4.6ghz in games and anyway the extra clock speed doesn't translate into an equivalent jump in fps, it's held back by latency so a pretty meh 'upgrade'. For streaming while gaming you'd probably notice the change a bit more.

heatonpkmassive · 6 Aug 2020 at 21:16

rchads89 said:
No worries thought it would have been beneficial that was all as like a future proof purchase for little money

But but but, your signature has now changed?

rchads89 · 7 Aug 2020 at 09:48

heatonpkmassive said:
But but but, your signature has now changed?

yep ended up costing me £68 and i get a free game im hoping to sell that game and it had cost me even less!

rchads89 · 7 Aug 2020 at 09:52

Jacky60 said:
I'd stick with what you have, if you're keen to jump to 12 cores do it when Ryzen 4000 arrives or after Ryzen 4000 drops in price and get an upgrade that you'll notice. Also 3900X doesn't reliably run at anything like 4.5-4.6ghz in games and anyway the extra clock speed doesn't translate into an equivalent jump in fps, it's held back by latency so a pretty meh 'upgrade'. For streaming while gaming you'd probably notice the change a bit more.

I went with it mate I do stream a little and for what its cost me ive just done it.

I will probably upgrade to ryzen 4000 anyway when they come out and sell the 3900x on.