Buy 3900X now or wait for a 5800X

[Justnotsleeping]

Im looking to buy a CPU upgrade for my Ryzen 3 Zen+ chip and could do with some advice
Looking at the benchmarks which have leaked online which still had this slightly ahead, do you think the Zen 2 3900X is a reasonable purchase now for around £400 or wait for the newer 5800X for about £50 more?

My use is mainly going to be gaming.
Thanks

 

[Justnotsleeping]

Yes, the 3800x also looked quite appealing as that can be got for a little over £300, but the 5800x looks to be a quite a bump over the 3700x.

I guess, in reality though, I'm not going to be disappointed with whatever I go for, so no reason why I cant wait a few weeks to see the independent testing. Hopefully the availability situation will be a little better than the recent Nvida GPU launch!

 

[Justnotsleeping]

sorry i meant 5800x looks to be quite a bump over the 3800x!

 

[Justnotsleeping]

That's another good point I guess for me just waiting. If this is the last of the AM4 cpu, then i may as well get the Zen 3 to give me the longer time before I have to change the motherboard.....although as mentioned above, its all swings and roundabouts really!