Suitable Upgrade from a Ryzen 5 3600

[Vince]

Only for the few (<8 lanes) provide by chipsets older than 5xx series - the main quantity of PCI-E lanes are 3.0/4.0 provided by the CPU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_chipsets#AM4_chipsets

In most cases none of that is connected to m.2 etc though right, where throughput is required it's all gen 3 at a minimum? The chipset is for things like sata, additional x1 & x4 lanes etc where the throughput won't saturate the lanes anyway or am I missing something here? Just seems a super odd selection to me if you are focused more on IO.

 

[Gypo]

The 3600 is very under-rated as an all round CPU, yes it's only 6c/12t but still performance wise its very good.

If you need more C/T for m,ulti tasking and processing 4k/8k then wait until the 4*** series arrives

 

[jigger]

The B550 board has solved the transfer issues and the 3600 is now the bottleneck. 3900XT?

 

[Saul Farrell]

Yes

But unless you’re a professional, making your bread money from it, I really wouldn’t be concerned about any quicker CPUs than a 3600. The waiting time for rendering isn’t going to impact your profitability, it’s a “nice to have” for a hobby

Ah okay thank you. I'll see what comes from the 4000 series but if there isn't any logical upgrade then I'll stick with what I have now
(Also I'm new to this so is there any way to lock a thread?)

 

[MrRockliffe]

Ah okay thank you. I'll see what comes from the 4000 series but if there isn't any logical upgrade then I'll stick with what I have now
(Also I'm new to this so is there any way to lock a thread?)

You can ask a mod but I would edit the first post and add a commend at the top in large font to say you’ve made a decision

 

[LeMson]

Save and wait, then step into the 4950x monster, or pick up a cheap 8, 12 or 16 core 3000 series

 

[Saul Farrell]

Save and wait, then step into the 4950x monster, or pick up a cheap 8, 12 or 16 core 3000 series

Thanks for the help

 

[BluesFanUK]

The 3600 is very under-rated as an all round CPU, yes it's only 6c/12t but still performance wise its very good.

If you need more C/T for m,ulti tasking and processing 4k/8k then wait until the 4*** series arrives

Blimey are we already at that stage where 6 cores isn't enough for the majority?!

 

[Saul Farrell]

Blimey are we already at that stage where 6 cores isn't enough for the majority?!

Haha somewhat. The CPU is alright for what I do but I was looking for something that would be faster. I've decided to wait until the 4000 series comes out.