Upgrading from the Ryzen1700x

[namd3]

Morning all,

I'm currently runing a Crosshair Vi (x370) with a 1700x, with a 1080GTx, 32GB ram (@3000Mhz), 256GB .M2 boot disk

I'm wanting to upgrade the CPU, I'm a heavy Photoshop user ( I'm an illustrator but also a gamer I dabble with 3D when required, so having a gazillion cores are nice, my deadlines are such things I render overnight so I reckon I can live with 6 cores or more.

Its needs to be a cheap upgrade to tide myself over for around 2 years, so next year's new Ryzen Socket/chipset, and DDR5 can mature one year before jumping in.

I have a Pre-order for 3080RTX I run an ultrawide 3840x1200 |(100HZ/30bit display)

Budget £400-500

Option 1 (cheapest)
3600x 6-core
(Keep Ram and Motherboard)

Option 2 (Modest)
3600x 6-core or maybe 3700x 8-core
32GB 3200Mhz CL14 8Pack Ram
(Keep crosshair VI)

Option 3
Blow the budget on a 3900x-12 core
(Keep Ram and Motherboard)


Not sure I need to upgrade the ram as well? trying to keep costs down and not wanting to move to the latest chipset, I know Ryzen 5000 will be good, I'm looking for a cost-efficient upgrade with the hardware I have.

 

[namd3]

Aye, I'm on x370 , so not wanting to splash out just yet on chipset change so looking at Gen2 Ryzen's

I know AMD plan to update their socket next year, so not wanting to upgrade to the chipset to x570 because it's likely only to see one generation of CPU on it

 

[namd3]

I am in similar position at the moment, any reason you havent listed a 3800 or 3800XT, think they are very closely priced now.

The 3700x 65watt part looks very tempting....