Will I see any benefit going from 3600 to 5600...if I don't game

[Mel_P]

Built this PC (with tomahawk 550 mb) 18 months (or more???) With a 3600. Recently added a RX 6600 as prices dropped as only had an RX 570. Will I see any benefit to performance if I only use it for web, word, PowerPoint, Lightroom and Photoshop. ??

 

[Mel_P]

I meant to say upgrade to a 5600?

 

[Mel_P]

How often are you waiting for tasks to complete in photoshop / lightroom? When you're waiting is the CPU pegged at 100%?

Don't think I wait normally except for things like HDR / panoramic merges. Will have to time them.....

 

[Mel_P]

Thanks ALL.
Probably wont do anything unless I see a cheap "PRE-OWNED" cpu sometime.
Mel

 

[Mel_P]

This ^^^^ !/ If you're not gaming with it but looking for higher performance you should be looking at a minimum Ryzen 5700X. Don't bother with another 6 core.

Thanks re advice on cores.