Ryzen 5 2600 vs 3600

[DefenderDC100]

Hi all,

 

I'm based in the UK and I am building a new PC over the summer on a pretty tight budget (£400-£500 excluding PSU & storage as I already have these).  Basically, I want to know whether or not it is going to be worth spending the extra £70 on a 3600 over the 2600 given my limited budget. (in UK 2600 - £120, 3600 - £190).

 

Thanks in advance,

 

LS 

[Firewrath9]

Naw, 2600 is fine. Get a better GPU

[Epimetheus]

on a budget that tight, i'd say no. The 3600 would bottleneck every card you could buy for that price and you wouldn't get much more performance.

Go for the 2600. Just out of curiosity, what do you plan to build?

[Oalei]

5 1600 go lower and get a decent enough gpu. 

[DefenderDC100]

6 minutes ago, Epimetheus said:

on a budget that tight, i'd say no. The 3600 would bottleneck every card you could buy for that price and you wouldn't get much more performance.

Go for the 2600. Just out of curiosity, what do you plan to build?

Thanks for the advice. This is the plan so far:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£118.37 @ More Computers
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£69.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£76.37 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card	£172.48 @ Ebuyer
Case	Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£42.94 @ Box Limited
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£480.15
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-12 15:16 BST+0100

I already have a PSU ( Corsair CS650M 80+ Gold) & storage from old PC. I'm not fully decided on the GPU yet, but I only play at 1080p and the RX 580 seems to offer pretty good performance for the price.

[Epimetheus]

yeah that's pretty good, i'd say you can't do much better

[DefenderDC100]

19 minutes ago, Oalei said:

5 1600 go lower and get a decent enough gpu. 

A 1600 is only £10-15  less than a 2600 though, that upgrade is surely worth the £15?

[Oalei]

1 hour ago, DefenderDC100 said:

A 1600 is only £10-15  less than a 2600 though, that upgrade is surely worth the £15?

well if its only a RX580 go for a freaking 5 3600 instead why not?

Honestly its not maybe if you can squeeze in a Vega 56 with that kind of money i would say yes if its on 1440p.