Should I buy the Ryzen 3700x or 3600?

[Zeb 34]

Im only really going to be using this new PC for gaming I dont want to upgrade again tho anytime soon but I also Want to have some money for a gpu upgrade in the very near future ; however due to the lack of stock of the RTX 3000s I am forced to use my current GPU (GTX970) for the time being until the stock returns back to normal.  You people are ultimate gamers and know whats up 

 

So what should I do here?

[Millennium 5813]

@ThatNerdyGuy

[buckie 3311]

RTX 2080, AMD is wack fuck amd anything 

Edited January 8, 2021 by buckie

[ThatNerdyGuy 5915]

If you can swing it, get the 5600x. Sits around $300 and routinely goes in stock. Gets you the newest architecture from AMD and it knocks the socks off of Intel. Otherwise, get the 3700x to get the extra 2 cores and 4 threads.

[Revise 314]

what is your current motherboard?

[David Day 5]

3700x.  You're going to want more cores going into the future, considering new consoles will be able to fully utilise their cores better than previous gen ,meaning that future PC games will also benefit from a higher core count. This can already be seen in games like Horizon Zero Dawnwhere it scales all the way up to 12 cores and 24 threads. 3700x is 8cores 16 threads.

If you plan on going to 1440p the newer Zen 3s, 5600, 5800X, 5900X are all going to be pretty much useless for just gaming, as you gain very little frames at 1440p out of a 5800x compared to a 3700x at 1440p.

Even at 1080p I'd still choose the 3700x simply due to it having more cores and threads but a 5600x would give more FPS at 1080p although probably not worth the trade off of using a 6 core 12 thread processor.

However if you plan to upgrade regularly, let's say every 2ish years, then a 5600x is fine, but if you want the PC to last 4/5 years or more, going with more cores will be beneficial.

Unsolicited GPU advice but anything higher than a 3060ti is probably wasted on 1080P

3070/3080 you're probably going to want a 1440p screen to get the most out of your PC and your money. Unless you have a 1080p 240hz/360hz screen then a 3070/3080 would be  a waste for that resolution. 

1440P 144HZ is the sweet spot anyways.

Hope I was of help

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by Sgt.Holden

[Zeb 34]

30 minutes ago, David Day said:

3700x.  You're going to want more cores going into the future, considering new consoles will be able to fully utilise their cores better than previous gen ,meaning that future PC games will also benefit from a higher core count. This can already be seen in games like Horizon Zero Dawnwhere it scales all the way up to 12 cores and 24 threads. 3700x is 8cores 16 threads.

If you plan on going to 1440p the newer Zen 3s, 5600, 5800X, 5900X are all going to be pretty much useless for just gaming, as you gain very little frames at 1440p out of a 5800x compared to a 3700x at 1440p.

Even at 1080p I'd still choose the 3700x simply due to it having more cores and threads but a 5600x would give more FPS at 1080p although probably not worth the trade off of using a 6 core 12 thread processor.

However if you plan to upgrade regularly, let's say every 2ish years, then a 5600x is fine, but if you want the PC to last 4/5 years or more, going with more cores will be beneficial.

Unsolicited GPU advice but anything higher than a 3060ti is probably wasted on 1080P

3070/3080 you're probably going to want a 1440p screen to get the most out of your PC and your money. Unless you have a 1080p 240hz/360hz screen then a 3070/3080 would be  a waste for that resolution. 

1440P 144HZ is the sweet spot anyways.

Hope I was of help

 

Thanks just finnished building it soon ill get a 3070 

[David Day 5]

8 minutes ago, robBob said:

Thanks just finnished building it soon ill get a 3070 

No problem, enjoy your new pc once you have your 3070!

I recently got a 3080 and I too was upgrading from a 970 and a shitty i5 lol. Actually being able to play games at 1440p 144hz was super nice

Edited January 9, 2021 by David Day

[Zeb 34]

1 hour ago, David Day said:

No problem, enjoy your new pc once you have your 3070!

I recently got a 3080 and I too was upgrading from a 970 and a shitty i5 lol. Actually being able to play games at 1440p 144hz was super nice

how did you get it cannot find it at all

[David Day 5]

1 hour ago, robBob said:

how did you get it cannot find it at all

I just kept looking around online every day and one day I got lucky and saw some in stock. 

[Zeb 34]

7 minutes ago, David Day said:

I just kept looking around online every day and one day I got lucky and saw some in stock. 

On best Buy?

 

[David Day 5]

1 hour ago, robBob said:

On best Buy?

 

Just the normal generic online stores that sell PC parts

Bestbuy, Amazon, Newegg etc

[adinuno 0]

Sure