Which cpu would be better for gaming?

[henryparkinson]

I am planning on upgrading to ryzen third gen soon and was wondering which cpu would be better for gaming. The two options I'm considering are the ryzen 7 3800x and the ryzen 5 3600x.

[amdorintel]

depends on what you plan to do with it and what games you will be playing

different core counts 6 vs 8 and $130 price difference

 

 

[Jumballi]

3800x is better for gaming, but not the best price option, money is better spent on a more powerful gpu, since gpu > cpu when gaming 98% of the time

[CPUguy101]

What GPU are you getting?

[henryparkinson]

Mostly aaa titles as I have a 2070 super to compliment it

[amdorintel]

1 minute ago, henryparkinson said:

Mostly aaa titles as I have a 2070 super to compliment it

whats your price range your looking at?

[Jumballi]

if you already have the gpu and the money to burn, go for the r7, but imho it's better spent on 2-3 more games

 

[CPUguy101]

I would go with a 3800X only if you can afford it and if you already plan on getting very nice memory with it 3600mhz(16 timings at least).

 

I own a 3700X and its a beast and i have it fully tweaked out but i still score a little tiny bit lower in some benchmarks to a stock 3800X granted its a 2-3% difference 

[CPUguy101]

Please don't waste money on a 3600X and go with either a 3600 or 3700X in that case

[henryparkinson]

2 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

whats your price range your looking at?

No price range

[henryparkinson]

2 minutes ago, SMBGUY said:

Please don't waste money on a 3600X and go with either a 3600 or 3700X in that cas

Alright, I'll check them out

[Mister Woof]

3700x if you can afford it 

 

3600 if you can't.

 

3700x is more than you need, but within a reasonable amount of lateral growth and more than you strictly need is better than not enough.

[amdorintel]

8 minutes ago, SMBGUY said:

Please don't waste money on a 3600X and go with either a 3600 or 3700X in that case

Ryzen is all the rage these days!

 

5 minutes ago, henryparkinson said:

No price range

surely you must have some price limit in mind.

3700X is good, but then buy a good mobo,

ASRock X570 Taichi                                                      $280

Great board, asrock bios is clunky, for the price its great, fully featured, post code, 12 phase vrm, clear cmos on rear i/o, pwr button, reset button, bios flashback, no dual lan, solid board, does a little bit of everything. No dual lan which price range offers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[AvocadosGuac]

3 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

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Please dont highlight your text holy crap.

I've used Intel, and AMD AsRock BIOS's and never had an issue with it being "clunky"..

[henryparkinson]

Alright, thanks guys this has been very helpful

[Mark Kaine]

15 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

depends on what you plan to do with it and what games you will be playing

different core counts 6 vs 8 and $130 price difference

 

 

More cores =  better especially long term.  There are really no downsides going with higher tier Ryzens except price. 

 

Rule of life:  always go with the best you can afford it'll last you longer and be better value long term than a lower tier / cheaper option. 

 

And it isn't really different with computer parts tbth 

[CPUguy101]

13 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

Ryzen is all the rage these days!

 

surely you must have some price limit in mind.

3700X is good, but then buy a good mobo,

ASRock X570 Taichi                                                      $280

 

Great board, asrock bios is clunky, for the price its great, fully featured, post code, 12 phase vrm, clear cmos on rear i/o, pwr button, reset button, bios flashback, no dual lan, solid board, does a little bit of everything. No dual lan which price range offers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice board man! If i was going X570 the only board i'd get is the Taichi! I love the X370 Taichi that i have such BEAST VRM. With my 3700X it never even hits 50C lol

[Mister Woof]

32 minutes ago, henryparkinson said:

No price range

If money isn't an issue just get a 3950x. You'll want for nothing really.

[Bombastinator]

23 minutes ago, Plutosaurus said:

If money isn't an issue just get a 3950x. You'll want for nothing really.

Brings up a point: what motherboard do you have?  

[Otto_iii]

1 hour ago, henryparkinson said:

Mostly aaa titles as I have a 2070 super to compliment it

For the 350-600$ cards 3600 is really all you need if just gaming. 

The 3800x is a better CPU by like 200mhz compared to 3600 and has 2 more cores, but if you want to keep the 8 cores and only lose about 100mhz then 3700x makes a lot of sense, i'd opt for that if you are on the fence.