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Ryzen 3 pricing from OCUK

nomadd said:
But does it matter?: "Moving on to multi-threaded performance, the six core Ryzen 5 3600 puts on a mightily impressive showing, handily outpacing Intel’s 8 core, 8 thread i7 9700K and coming within a whisper’s distance from Intel’s 8 core, 16 thread i9 9900K"

Again, if the leaks turn out to be true.

And for £185, I'm prepared to give it a few breaks even if it comes in just below. :)
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Whats the long term upgradability like for a 3600? I'm just contemplating whether the true value this year is a solid AMD board with a 3600 + stock cooler and then upgrade next year or so.

Surely AMD's main advantage is still the fact that its not a dead end. Correct me if I'm wrong but if the 3600 can rival the 8700k/9700k and provide a clear upgrade path then we can put the price difference between the 3600 and 9900k/3700x towards a NEW CPU next refresh.

I somehow think however that these 3600 rumours are just false. If AMD are now beating the 8700k with the bottom end CPU, then its game over and I'm happy for it because I'll literally make a budget build tommorow with one, just for the fact that I can upgrade next year.

Finally I'll have a pricing landscape where it will not be completely crazy to have a lounge PC and a desk PC too.
 
aoaaron said:
Whats the long term upgradability like for a 3600? I'm just contemplating whether the true value this year is a solid AMD board with a 3600 + stock cooler and then upgrade next year or so.
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Well, the upgradability is in the AM4 socket, not the CPU. So in other words, it's pretty good.

Not sure why people believe they'd have to upgrade from it just a year from now? Sure, the new PS5/XBOX will have an eight-core jobbie, but that's likely to run at far lower clockspeeds; so I've a feeling the 3600 would still be a stellar performer for quite a few years to come. And if you do decide to upgrade to a CPU higher up the ladder, I think the 3600 would still fetch a decent price second-hand.

Guess we'll find out in a few days how true/untrue all the 3600 performance claims actually are. If it's as good as has been suggested - i.e. reasonably close to a 9700k/9900k in gaming - I know where I'll be looking for my next upgrade. :)
 
nomadd said:
Well, the upgradability is in the AM4 socket, not the CPU. So in other words, it's pretty good.

Not sure why people believe they'd have to upgrade from it just a year from now? Sure, the new PS5/XBOX will have an eight-core jobbie, but that's likely to run at far lower clockspeeds; so I've a feeling the 3600 would still be a stellar performer for quite a few years to come. And if you do decide to upgrade to a CPU higher up the ladder, I think the 3600 would still fetch a decent price second-hand.

Guess we'll find out in a few days how true/untrue all the 3600 performance claims actually are. If it's as good as has been suggested - i.e. reasonably close to a 9700k/9900k in gaming - I know where I'll be looking for my next upgrade. :)
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Definitley. Its bang for buck performance seems remarkable. My only apprehension with it will be for emulation and whether it can BOTW.
 
@Gibbo you think G.Skill F4-3600C17D-16GVK kit would be about the sweet spot? See it for a good price somewhere. Not sure it's a good idea to buy just any RAM that we haven't seen on any QVL lists yet though.
 
Still not sure which CPU I will get. If performance is as good as the benchmarks show I may just go for the 3600x as for 1440p gaming I doubt I'll need the extra cores just yet.
 
Man some of you in this thread are coming across as AMD acolytes....A bit like the Apple folk who camp outside the apple store waiting to get their hands on the latest iphone....

Its a CPU get a GRIP!
 
easyrider said:
Man some of you in this thread are coming across as AMD acolytes....A bit like the Apple folk who camp outside the apple store waiting to get their hands on the latest iphone....

Its a CPU get a GRIP!
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This is a PC tech enthusiast forum, you get a GRIP :p

No one is wetting themselves when Intel release a 100MHz speed bump or an extra couple of cores slapped on, because it's BORING
 
d_brennen said:
This is a PC tech enthusiast forum, you get a GRIP :p

No one is wetting themselves when Intel release a 100MHz speed bump or an extra couple of cores slapped on, because it's BORING
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Its a 15 percent gain over previous gen...Its good and all but I'm not that moist about it...If you have a 2600 and you whack in a 3600 then I doubt you will notice unless its synthetic benchmarks....

Dont mean to come across as killjoy but the only remotely interesting chip is the 3900x imo...Is the worlds first 12/24 mainstream gaming cpu.
 
nomadd said:
The same places we are all getting them from..

Come Sunday, we'll know for sure. ;)
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i hope this place is ready for melt down. lol. i hope they good especially for humbugs sake . :p

hes spent best part of a year posting 100 posts a day saying how good they are . if they only as good single ipc as a 2 year old cpu tech from intel god knows what he will do....oh wait...8700 single core ipc when did 8700 come out ? about 2 years ago

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All pricing shall be live Sunday along with ordering and OcUK pricing shall be at guideline pricing, no additional markup or gouging as its put but if then afterwards supply is crazy short or hard to source the pricing could indeed increase days/weeks after launch, just giving you a fair warning and heads up.
 
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