Cannot for the life of me decide what CPU to get

[3lackMamba]

Okay so I am changing my mind 2-3 times a day on this matter and it's driving me up the wall, if these things were in stock I would already own a 5900X by now but because they aren't I have too much time to think about the 'what if's' instead of just biting the bullet and buying one.

I primarily use my PC for gaming @ 1440p & some 4K, I currently own a 2700X/ RTX 3080 and I am wanting this CPU upgrade to last me 3-4 years, here are my gripes and quieries:

• I have the money for a 5900X, but don't want to waste money on a CPU that I will probably never use to it's fullest potential (unless more new games start using multiple cores sometime soon)
• My monitor is 1440p meaning I am more GPU bound than at 1080p, so the performance gains will be less significant for me, so is it still worth it to go for a CPU that is £260 more than the 5600X?
• Will the 5600X age as well as the 5900X?
• Do I just wait until the 5800X (probably) drops in price and go for that instead?

Please help me decide lol if I still gamed at 1080p I would 100% go for a 5900X but because I'm in the middle ground I'm not too sure how that will workout for me, I can't really find any benchmarks comparing the 56,58 and 5900X specifically @ 1440p by a trustworthy source as everyone is obviously focusing on 1080p when benchmarking CPU's.

Thanks

 

[3lackMamba]

Ok guys thanks for the feedback, a lot of mixed feedback but I’ll take it all into consideration

I found a post on Reddit with a guy who had the same problem as me, and within the post I was able to find links to a creditable reviewer who actually posted results for 1440p, and honestly at 1440p the differences between the 5600X and 5900X is anywhere between 1-3fps

5600X - https://youtu.be/rTUqd0SUIgI

5900X - https://youtu.be/3pgCaOMGaNU
(Just skip forward in the videos to the game benchmarks)

Seeing these results I’m finding it hard to justify going with anything but the 5600X now.

 

[3lackMamba]

Techdeals was doing a livestream with his wife and his wife has a build for home and office with 32gb of ram and an rtx 2080. One with a 3600 and one with a 3900x, and she says that although the benchmakrks are similar, when using them everday she finds the 3600 noticeably slower and there are times that she is waiting for the 3600 to load something when the 3900x would load things instantly.

All she says that she really does is play world of warships and browse the web.

I find it odd, and only one persons perspective, but it is something to consider, and worth seeing if anyone else finds the same difference as well.

I guess you would notice a difference if you’re comparing a top end and low end CPU from the same generation, but I’m coming from a 2700X which I already have no problems with in terms of everyday usage, so although the 5600X wouldn’t be as big an improvement as the 5900X, it will still be a good improvement for me.

I am making this choice strictly in gaming performance.

 

[3lackMamba]

Alright guys, I bit the bullet and made a purchase this morning, I bought the 5600X

Few deciding factors for me was :

• Playing at 1440p I haven't seen enough evidence to justify the price/performance difference from a 5600X to a 58 or even 5900X, we're talking over £200 between the 56 and 5900X for a 5fps (give or take) increase, 10 fps at the very most on certain games.
• My monitor is 165hz and honestly unless I had a fps counter on, I would hardly know if a game was running at 100 or 165 fps/hz, so yeah as long as my games run at 100-120fps which they easily will with a 5600X/3080 then I'm happy, hitting my monitors refresh rate consistently is just a bonus (ofcourse I'm excluding a few of the big hitters like RDR2, CP etc)
• I really don't use my PC for much other than gaming/browsing, I was streaming for roughly a year or so but I quit that about 6 months ago, so I really can't see me needing anything more than 6C/12T right now, if my needs change then I'll just upgrade but I don't think they will anytime soon.
• I am already very happy with everyday/ non-game related performance of my 2700X, it's really not an issue for me the only issue is I know I'm getting bottlenecked pretty hard in some games, the 5600X will make great improvements to both of those departments.
• I am being made redundant in 2-3 months so I need to be a little smarter with my money right now (ironic I know, as I'm sitting here spending more money on hardware lol but you guys understand I'm sure... My missus not so much ). I am still looking to buy a PS5, so by not buying a 5900X ans saving £200~250 and after I re-sell my 2700X I will pretty much have 80% of the money for it straight away.

Thanks for the comments and debates you were all having, it really helped me decide and think a lot more into what I actually need