Ryzen 9 5900x upgrade

NotoriousBlob

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Hi everyone,

I've got a chance to upgrade for near cost neutral from the following:

Ryzen 9 5900x
64GB ddr4 3200Mhz (4x 16GB)
Asus prime b550

To this:
Intel core i5 12600k
32GB DDR5 6000Mhz (2x16GB)
Asus TUF Z790 pro wifi

I will be keeping my Radeon RX 7800xt for the time being, mostly playing games (Red Dead, Star Wars Outlaws, Indiana Jones) and Blender on 1440p ultrawide.

My thinking is, I'd be getting a good upgrade to DDR5, a route to upgrade later to a 14th gen processor and a PCIe 5 GPU. So question is, do you think it's worth it?
 
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NotoriousBlob said:
My thinking is, I'd be getting a good upgrade to DDR5, a route to upgrade later to a 14th gen processor and a PCIe 5 GPU. So question is, do you think it's worth it?
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No, I wouldn't. 13th-14th gen CPUs are (potentially) dodgy with the degradation issues and repeated BIOS patches/fixes, so I don't consider it a reliable upgrade path.

If you want better gaming performance and don't use your PC for anything else CPU-intensive, swap the 5900X for a 5700X3D. For heavily multithreaded workloads, the 5900X is a better CPU than the 12600K.
 
I'm struggling to work out how exactly that is an 'upgrade'....

Intel is overall worse cpu if you do anything cpu intensive or are moving towards newer games which can use more cores....
DDR4 and DDR5, haven't noticed much difference between my 13th gen intel and my am4 platforms... and you have less of it in the 'upgrade', DDR5 isn't a magic bullet to huge performance gains in my experience

Saying 'near cost neutral' implies you will be paying some money out to swap to the intel

I can understand the itch to upgrade but honestly this isn't worth it imo
 
lsg1r said:
I'm struggling to work out how exactly that is an 'upgrade'....

Intel is overall worse cpu if you do anything cpu intensive or are moving towards newer games which can use more cores....
DDR4 and DDR5, haven't noticed much difference between my 13th gen intel and my am4 platforms... and you have less of it in the 'upgrade', DDR5 isn't a magic bullet to huge performance gains in my experience

Saying 'near cost neutral' implies you will be paying some money out to swap to the intel

I can understand the itch to upgrade but honestly this isn't worth it imo
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Sounds like one his "mates" is trying to flog it off to him
 
Thank you, really appreciate your advice.

I got the 5900x for a great price second hand last year although not most ideal for my needs, it's still great.

Think I'll give this upgrade (doesn't sound like an upgrade) a miss and wait out for a bargain 5700x3d.

Thanks everyone
 
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lsg1r said:
I'm struggling to work out how exactly that is an 'upgrade'....

Intel is overall worse cpu if you do anything cpu intensive or are moving towards newer games which can use more cores....
DDR4 and DDR5, haven't noticed much difference between my 13th gen intel and my am4 platforms... and you have less of it in the 'upgrade', DDR5 isn't a magic bullet to huge performance gains in my experience

Saying 'near cost neutral' implies you will be paying some money out to swap to the intel

I can understand the itch to upgrade but honestly this isn't worth it imo
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Thank you, that's exactly what I was trying to work out with DDR4 to DDR5. Definitely getting the upgrade itch, but will only do it if worth the effort.

The difference would have been about £30 after selling my current stuff. Think I'll take a pass this time.
 
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