Upgrade to 3700 or stick with my 2600x?

[BH1983]

Hi guys,

I'm currently running a Ryzen 2600x with an MSI X470 Gaming Plus motherboard, 16gb Corsair Vengeance 3000, and a gigabyte 2080 and am wondering whether it would be worth upgrading to the 3700 or maybe 3700x?

If I do, is it worth sticking with my current mobo as I don't need PCIe Gen4 and I've heard that manual overclocking isn't really required on the 3000 series as it does a good job at overclocking itself (I have a Corsair Hydro H80i). I tried overclocking on my 2600x and whilst I seemed to get it stable at 4.2Ghz, handbrake would always crash.

Is it also worth sticking with my current RAM or upgrading to a faster kit with prices being so low (16gb 3466 Vengeance is currently £99.99).

I mainly use my PC for gaming @ 1440p on an ultrawide and handbrake encoding.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[opethdisciple]

I did it.

2700x to a 3700x. If you want the best £/perf get a Ryzen 3600 if strickly for gaming. However if you do want it for professional use as well as gaming get the 3700x.

 

[BH1983]

I did it.

2700x to a 3700x. If you want the best £/perf get a Ryzen 3600 if strickly for gaming. However if you do want it for professional use as well as gaming get the 3700x.

Thanks for the response. Did you upgrade you mobo and/or Ram too or just drop a 3000 chip into your existing setup?

 

[opethdisciple]

Thanks for the response. Did you upgrade you mobo and/or Ram too or just drop a 3000 chip into your existing setup?

Haven't installed the 3700x yet. Probably tonight. Yes I have just stuck with my current board.

Make sure you check that your board supports the 3000 series and also flash the latest BIOS before you install a new CPU.

My plan is to uninstall the AMD chipset drivers, reset my BIOS to default (it's already latest) then switch the CPU and reinstall he chipset drivers.

As for spending another £99 on ram, your call. I don't think it's THAT worthwhile. See if you can overclock the ram to 3200MHz and call it a day. If not it's not a big deal.

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The gains in a professional workload seem to be substantial. Also gaming performance is improved as well. (3000 series)

 

[ninezerofive]

I wouldn't bother.

 

[humbug]

Went from a 1600 to a 3600, no regrets, its a good bit faster.

 

[Lolik]

Done 1600>2600x>3700x same mobo, same ram (8 pack 3200c14 was only working xmp 3000 on previous ryzens) can abuse and oc ram any way you want now. Just dropped in new cpu and off you go , probably it is the last upgrade this mobo sees, but definately getting ROG board for next build ( feel like own Asus some money, by the way this little b350 board works problems free). Amd gave you the opportunity to upgrade on the cheap, use it

 

[Rup]

If only gamming dont think worth it.

 

[~>Dg<~]

gaming next to no difference.