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The Sandy, Ivy and Haswell (Hazzy?) Upgrade Thread

I went for a Ryzen 3900x on a Gigabyte x570 board in the end. Went for the 3900x over the 3700x because I do some video compression and the extra cores seemed worthwhile, also increasingly games will use the extra cores as the new consoles will have more cores.

I've just run a compression job that would normally take at least 6 hours and had it finish in 1 hour and 20 mins, so I'm pleased with the upgrade so far. :D
 
I upgraded from a Core i5 3570K to a Ryzen 5 3600X just before Christmas, and I'm really happy with the upgrade so far. It runs everything really well, but my biggest reason for upgrading was for the ability to better multitask, and it has certainly helped that. I was torn between a 3700X (but at £100 difference it was a bit much to consider), or a 2700X just for more cores, but I'm more interested in raw game performance first and foremost and the 3600X is better for gaming.

Although having said all of that, yesterday I was reconsidering the 2700X option just for the 8 cores and 16 threads vs 6 cores and 12 threads. I am left wondering whether stepping back a generation for more cores is worthwhile over buying a chip that's essentially the entry-level now.
 
CHokKA said:
I upgraded from a Core i5 3570K to a Ryzen 5 3600X just before Christmas, and I'm really happy with the upgrade so far. It runs everything really well, but my biggest reason for upgrading was for the ability to better multitask, and it has certainly helped that. I was torn between a 3700X (but at £100 difference it was a bit much to consider), or a 2700X just for more cores, but I'm more interested in raw game performance first and foremost and the 3600X is better for gaming.

Although having said all of that, yesterday I was reconsidering the 2700X option just for the 8 cores and 16 threads vs 6 cores and 12 threads. I am left wondering whether stepping back a generation for more cores is worthwhile over buying a chip that's essentially the entry-level now.
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Got a 2700 (nonX) and a 3600. With a 5700XT, i do not see any difference between the two. Maybe cos i only play at 1440 60Hz. If you can save some by going 2700 non X, then use the money for Zen 3. Unless your motherboard is not up to snuff.
 
Orange Nexus said:
Got a 2700 (nonX) and a 3600. With a 5700XT, i do not see any difference between the two. Maybe cos i only play at 1440 60Hz. If you can save some by going 2700 non X, then use the money for Zen 3. Unless your motherboard is not up to snuff.
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I picked up an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC for my board, so I think despite saving about £40, I'll stick with my 3600X for now and when Zen3 drops, I'll pick something up then, or perhaps get a 3700X for a decent price drop.
 
CHokKA said:
I picked up an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC for my board, so I think despite saving about £40, I'll stick with my 3600X for now and when Zen3 drops, I'll pick something up then, or perhaps get a 3700X for a decent price drop.
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I just checked the Carbon - dam that is a nice board. Perfect for the 3600X.
 
Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this for price/performance upgrade available in terms of upgrading the CPU?
 
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Jony27 said:
Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this available in terms of upgrading the CPU?

Priced up a 3700x,x570 and 16gb ddr4 for £550. Realistically how much performance would I gain from this?
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Assuming you sell your 3770K, Motherboard, and RAM for about £150, for £200 extra you can move to an R5 3600, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz, and decent B450 motherboard. It's not going to be 50% but it would be a good bump for somethings, and not much for others.
 
Jony27 said:
Been running a 3770k at 4.4GHz for a few years now and nothing to complain about. Was running it with a fury X on 1440p which I've upgraded to a Rx 5700. For £150, I got a near enough 50% upgrade.

Question is, is there anything like this for price/performance upgrade available in terms of upgrading the CPU?
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I went from 3770k to 3800X on my 1080ti and the smoothness was noticeable for a CPU upgrade and not just measurable. The 1% lows were much higher making for tangible feeling in game smoothness. I was surprised myself TBH.
 
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