I'm indecisive choosing between the 5600x and 5800x.

[Elmahra]

I've been using a Ryzen 2600 since a few months ago when I sold my 3700x in anticipation of Zen 3. I've already gotten my refund for it from Amazon, just need to send it back before February.

I'd planned on buying a 5800x since it was revealed. I even upgraded to a Tomahawk X570. But I recently got my hands on a 3080 FTW3 Ultra, which I had prioritized over the CPU.

Now, I have like 2 weeks before I have to ship back my 2600 and I don't know which CPU to get.

Also, there is absolutely no way I can buy retail. Here in Vancouver, everything is out of stock perpetually. I'm looking at spending between $500-550 CAD for a 5600x, or like $820-850 for a 5800x, both from resellers.

I'm definitely the type of muppet who spends too much money on computer hardware. So, knowing that DDR5 probably means my motherboard/CPU will be replaced in like maximum 18 months, I'm not super worried about future proofing.

I play games on a 165hz 1440p monitor with the 3080.

I should also mention that I'm considering buying a 3600, which is about $310 CAD after taxes retail.

I've seen such disparity between reviews for these CPUs. Some benchmarks say there's a 10% difference between 3600 and 5600x, some say 40%. Since all I'm going to use the processor for is gaming, I'm having difficulty deciding.

Any suggestions would be welcomed, thanks.

 

[Elmahra]

What FPS do you get now?

It's not really relevant as I have to return my current 2600.

 

[Elmahra]

Wow what games you running that you seem to be unsure the 2600 is a bottleneck. Get rid of it, it's a low cost low performance CPU, hell it even bottlenecks my GTX970 in my main game (ACC).

Guys, lol. The discussion has nothing to do with the 2600. Like I said, it is gone. I would never keep it considering the 3600 is like $70 CAD more. The question is between the 3600, 5600x, and 5800x.

I'm in agreeance that 6 cores is not going to be enough let's say, by the time the RTX 4000 series arrives. Considering that DDR5, new motherboard socket, CPU, and GPU will all release together, I'm not interested in future-proofing for 4 years.

I'm honestly leaning towards the 3600.

 

[Elmahra]

5600x is $500-550 CAD from resellers. 3600 is $310 after tax retail. That's between 61-77% more money for 5600x. For what seems to be a 5% average gain at 1440p high settings with my 3080...I'd need some explanation on why people are suggesting it. Is there something I'm missing?