Ryzen 5 2600 or 2600x

[Double07]

Any thoughts on if its worth spending the extra say 30 quid or so on the X version? Ive got an old CM evo 212 cooler which I could use and OC the 2600 and perhaps that would be enough to surmount the 300Mhz difference.

Is it worth the hassle though or just spend the 30 quid and let the boost thingy do its thing and leave it alone?

I know the difference wont be massive here, just any thoughts from anyone with actual experience would be helpful. With 3xxx coming soon Id maybe be looking at upgrading soon anyway so resale might influence it.

 

[gerardfraser]

I would say 2600X better resale and higher CPU clocks with PBO.Plus you get a CPU cooler you can sell for a tenner I would guess.

Copy and paste of a post I made a couple days ago.

I started testing my cheap X470 Motherboard with the new combo BIOS for MSI X470 - Gaming Plus that just gets more impressive each BIOS update adding all the features of the high end X470 Motherboards.

Of course I forgot to set my CPU offset voltage before testing but I am OK with the results,so much so I am not sure I will be upgrading to the new X570 Motherboard.

So I am just guessing here ,if the new combo BIOS works well now with 2600X .It should be awesome with new 3xxx CPU.
I know people will say but VRM blah blah blah.Anyway a couple test for stability on combo BIOS for those interested.

Gotta like AMD for not forcing you to buy new Motherboard every new CPU.


♦ CPU - AMD 2600X 4300 Mhz With MasterLiquid Lite ML240L RGB AIO
♦ GPU - Nvidia RTX 2080
♦ RAM - G.Skill Trident Z 16GB DDR4(F4-4000C18D-16GTZ) (2x8 3466Mhz)
♦ Mobo - MSI X470 - Gaming Plus (BIOS 7B79vA9 AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 0.0.7.2 BIOS)
♦ SSD - M.2 2280 WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB
♦ DSP - LG 27" 4K UHD 5ms GTG IPS LED FreeSync Gaming Monitor (27UD59P-B.AUS) - Black
♦ PSU - Antec High Current Pro 1200W

AMD 2600X 4300 Mhz Stability Encode Test with new X470 BIOS

 

[easyrider]

I don’t think resale will matter...you take a hit once the 3600 comes out...

I would just get a 2600 and clock it to 2600x speeds in like 5 minutes.

 

[Davanius]

I used to have a 1600 non X version and it overclocked pretty well but I did regret not getting the X to be honest.

My son just built a system and chose the 2600X and without manual overclocking it boosts to 4.1-4.25 Ghz on all cores while gaming.

It came with the Wraith Max RGB cooler which keeps it around 65- 75c and is quiet.

 

[Phixsator]

It depends highly on the motherboard you are getting. If the board you are getting is good, with LLC, host clock control and so on, get the 2600. If the board on the other hand has a stupid and lag luster UEFI like my gigabyte b450 m does, with no host control, no LLC so immense vdroop(0,05v on load), limited offset controls and so on, i would get the 2600x instead.