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Ryzen 9 3950X to 5950X ?

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I have a Ryzen 9 3950X that is 3years old now and I am wondering if upgrading to a Ryzen 9 5950X would be a benefit, especially since I have swapped my RTX 2080Ti SLi out for a single RX 7900 XTX. I have been offered a 5950X (used of course) to £259 and my 3950X I have been offered £175 for, so the upgrade cost would be roughly £84.
But would it be worthwhile for that price ?
I do some editing but on hobby basis, and gaming I do at 2560x1440 @ 165Hz.

Or would it be wiser to spend the saved money at upgrading the RTX 3080 10GB in my wife's pc ? (R9 3900X, 32GB 3200mhz)
 
For gaming? do you need all the cores, if not a 5800X3D would be a better games chip typically and is the same upgrade price?
I do a bit of video/picture editing on hobby basis, and 8cores/16threads in these circumstances is just a bit too time consuming.
I also thanked yes to the 5950X, so it will probably be here Monday/Tuesday.
 
Well it turns out it was a dud (scam) regarding the R9 5950X. Excuses from the seller not getting it shipped and not answering my messages etc. So I called his number this morning, but no answer. However 15min later he transferred the payment back to me.... so next time I'll look for that cpu I'll go on ebay.
 
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