Would you consider an upgrade?

[Martin James]

Afternoon all, I have a system with a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X as the cpu. With the new Ryzen 5000 series coming out, if theoretically you had the funds, would you upgrade to a 5900X or wait until the next generation to come out. I know it’s a difficult to answer until the reviews are out but was just wondering.

 

[SnR3]

If I had 3900x I'd skip the entire 5000 series and probably everything until am5 is out unless you in desperate for couple FPS more in some games.
There is some unique cases when it's worth it but in 99% other cases it's not

 

[Frubeling]

Typically I'd say just skip a generation if you already have one of the very top components.
That said, given the major change in architecture I'd take the upgrade this time round

 

[Zefan]

It depends entirely on your use case, but no matter which way you cut it it isn't worth it in my opinion unless it's late on in the cycle and there are good deals available.

 

[ShiWarrior]

if your Rich, yes
if not , then no, id skip the 5x series

 

[Martin James]

Thanks, that’s what I was kinda thinking as well.

 

[zoffster1]

As I game a lot I'd do the upgrade.

 

[ljt]

Unless your current PC is struggling with something then no.

 

[Joxeon]

If you game at 1080P with a high end GPU then upgrade otherwise it's probably not worth it with AM 5 arriving in another year whereas AM4 is EOL now.