Best bang for the buck CPU for gaming right now?

[White_Widow]

I am currently running a ryzen 5 3600. I was looking to replace it and I was wondering if this would be a good CPU for gaming. It has a price of $250 at the moment, or maybe there is something near that price.

 

[rare]

I think you’ve forgotten to say which CPU you are looking at?

Assumption is likely a 5700/5800x

 

[Tetras]

With what graphics card & monitor (or intended)?

 

[Guest2]

5800X3D has been close to £300.
If solely gaming and not benching or productivity, this

 

[Joxeon]

The ryzen 5 5600 is pretty much the best bang for buck right now.

 

[jigger]

It’s going to be hard to beat your current Ryzen 3600 in bang for buck terms.

 

[no_1_dave]

5800X3D if you already have the rest of the setup (which you do)
Anything else outside of a full upgrade would be pointless

 

[White_Widow]

I think you’ve forgotten to say which CPU you are looking at?

Assumption is likely a 5700/5800x

I think you’ve forgotten to say which CPU you are looking at?

Assumption is likely a 5700/5800x

I am thinking about Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but not sure if it is a better option for me or not.

 

[White_Widow]

With what graphics card & monitor (or intended)?

Currently, I am running AOC G2490vx monitor with GeForce RTX 2060 graphic card. Do I need to upgrade it?

 

[Joxeon]

Currently, I am running AOC G2490vx monitor with GeForce RTX 2060 graphic card. Do I need to upgrade it?

Pointless doing a CPU upgrade until you move on from the 2060.

 

[White_Widow]

Pointless doing a CPU upgrade until you move on from the 2060.

Which one Do you think should I go for and How much is it gonna cost me?

 

[GuruJockStrap]

I'd personally be wanting to go to a 3060ti (around £430) or 6700XT (Around £380) as a minimum from a 2060.

You should see a nice uplift at 1080p.

You can then drop in a CPU upgrade like a 5600x/5700x/5800x at a later date.

I was running a 3600 and 3070ti quite happily before I upgrade to a 5800X3D. The 3600 is still more than capable.

 

[Yrkoon]

i just upgraded from my trusty 3600 to a 5700x for more future proofing for mainly gaming and more grunt and im very happy with the performance on my tomahawk b450 max mainboard, both chips have 65tdp as well which meant i could reuse my cooler

edit: ohhh forgot to mention my graphics card is a amd sapphire pulse 5700 and i game at 1080p with 16 gig ddr4 3200