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I'm looking to buy a Ryzen 5 3600XT, but I was wondering if it was really an upgrade from the 3600X, or if it was just a dumb marketing failure with an extra letter in the name. Could anyone please give me recommendations? 

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no, that wouldnt be a major upgrade, probably best to wait for the new zen 3 and upgrade it to that

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1 minute ago, Oswin said:

no, that wouldnt be a major update, probably best to wait for the new zen 3 and upgrade it to that

But the question is, when is the Zen 3 architecture even coming out? I'm an impatient guy, and I can't really wait a year or two.

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Just now, EnergizedMemer said:

But the question is, when is the Zen 3 architecture even coming out? 

Late 2020.

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4 minutes ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I'm looking to buy a Ryzen 5 3600XT, but I was wondering if it was really an upgrade from the 3600X, or if it was just a dumb marketing failure with an extra letter in the name. Could anyone please give me recommendations? 

Nope just don't do it you should wait till next generation launch.

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Just now, Mihle said:

Late 2020.

Yeah, you guys are probably right. I'll just wait

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New CPUs coming later this year. Both the 3600X and 3600XT are only marginally faster than the normal 3600. This is not an upgrade.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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Other question: Why would you want to upgrade from a 3600? It's a perfectly fine CPU.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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Just now, Stahlmann98 said:

New CPUs coming later this year. Both the 3600X and 3600XT are only marginally faster than the normal 3600. This is not an upgrade.

Okay.

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Just now, Stahlmann98 said:

Other question: Why would you want to upgrade from a 3600? It's a perfectly fine CPU.

Well, mine isn't working that great for some reason.

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The performance I'm getting is like I have a 1st-gen Ryzen 5. Still acceptable, but I have the money to upgrade, so why not?

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11 minutes ago, EnergizedMemer said:

The performance I'm getting is like I have a 1st-gen Ryzen 5. Still acceptable, but I have the money to upgrade, so why not?

Performance in what? I guess your Issue is somewhere else and not a slow processor. The 3600 is a very capable processor.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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1 minute ago, Stahlmann98 said:

Performance in what? I guess your Issue is somewhere else and not a slow processor. The 3600 is a very capable processor.

You won't believe it. Right now, I reinstalled Ryzen Master and it works pretty well now! I have to sort out the family PC now, though.

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14 minutes ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I'm getting is like I have a 1st-gen Ryzen 5. Still acceptable

what are doing with 1st gen r5?

overclocked to ~3.8/4g is a beast

gaming? only upgrade if you have rtx2070 or higher

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Just now, dfsgsfa said:

what are doing with 1st gen r5?

overclocked to ~3.8/4g is a beast

gaming? only upgrade if you have rtx2070 or higher

I meant that my 3rd gen R5 was performing like a 1st gen R5, but reinstalling Ryzen Master seemed to sort out the issue. I must've done something wrong.

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1 minute ago, EnergizedMemer said:

I meant that my 3rd gen R5 was performing like a 1st gen R5, but reinstalling Ryzen Master seemed to sort out the issue. I must've done something wrong.

It was probably stuck at some lower clock speed. I had this issue before with an Intel  processor and the Intel XTU (overclocking) software. Because of some bug it decided to heavily downclock the CPU cache reducing system performance.

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2 minutes ago, mathijs727 said:

It was probably stuck at some lower clock speed. I had this issue before with an Intel  processor and the Intel XTU (overclocking) software. Because of some bug it decided to heavily downclock the CPU cache reducing system performance.

I guess that probably happened with me.

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There is something more important here when it comes to upgrading. It's almost never a good idea to upgrade to the same CPU only 1 gen later. Rather instead get the 3700. That would bring so much more performance than the 3600xt I would assume. Craft computing did a cool video explaining this.

At me or quote me, I want to hear your opinion.

 

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The XTs are just binned and clock higher out of the box as a result. It's basically just the X, with better silicone. If you can get either at the same price, go with the XT. No brainer, but I wouldn't pay more for it. Though, it you compare it to the higher tier, like 5600XT vs 5700X, and just don't want to spend the extra cash, I suppose you could look at it as a stretch compromise.

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