Ryzen 5 2600 upgrade

[RobTi]

Hi wondering if it was worth it to upgrade the above on a b450 msi ac carbon pro ac board, or bide my time and go for a new set up later on in the year, not used for gaming but wondering if I could get a speed increase, any help ?
Thanks

 

[Cyber-Mav]

wait for 5600x to be 150 quid.

 

[humbug]

wait for 5600x to be 150 quid.

Never going to happen. Unless you buy used.

Not sure that board will support a Ryzen 5000 CPU, if you want a boost in performance there are used Ryzen 3700X floating around, can't say how much they cost due to forum rules. your board will support those, you may need to up-date the BIOS.

To give you an idea.

Cinebench R20:

ST
2600, 375
3700X, 500 (+33%)

MT
2600, 2736
3700X, 4834 (+77%)

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-amd_ryzen_5_2600-873-vs-amd_ryzen_5_2600x-874

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-amd_ryzen_7_3700x-929

 

[Joxeon]

not used for gaming but wondering if I could get a speed increase, any help ?
Thanks

What's the main use?.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Noticed ocuk got 5600x price at 230 quid. It has dropped a bit.

 

[Tetras]

Never going to happen. Unless you buy used.

Not sure that board will support a Ryzen 5000 CPU, if you want a boost in performance there are used Ryzen 3700X floating around, can't say how much they cost due to forum rules. your board will support those, you may need to up-date the BIOS.

To give you an idea.

Cinebench R20:

ST
2600, 375
3700X, 500 (+33%)

MT
2600, 2736
3700X, 4834 (+77%)

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-amd_ryzen_5_2600-873-vs-amd_ryzen_5_2600x-874

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/cpu-amd_ryzen_7_3700x-929

I know history is no guarantee, but it did happen before. The 2700 was something like £130 for quite awhile (the 2600 was around £110 iirc?), for example.

 

[DK83]

have a check for updates, I had a 2600 on my b450 Tomahawk, I was able to update the bios and install my 5600x with no issues.

 

[Joxeon]

The B450 pro carbon does indeed support ryzen 5000 with a bios update but whether it's worth upgrading to one right now, waiting till prices drop further or even going for a cheaper 3000 series with more cores for less money will depend on the use case.