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Ryzen 7 2700x or Ryzen 5 3600

TheJedi
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Planning to build a rig next year and not quite sure on which CPU to go with. 

 

The two choices are Ryzen 7 2700x or Ryzen 5 3600.

 

I will be mainly gaming, but I will also be doing a lot of video editing in adobe premiere.

 

Not sure which CPU to go with.

 

If it helps, I will be using an RTX 2070 super.

 

What do you think?

System

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

Case: Phanteks eclipse P400A

Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi

GPU: MSI RTX 3060 TI Gaming X Trio

RAM: 16GB XPG D60G CL16 3200MHZ

PSU: Sharkoon SilentStorm Cool Zero 650W

Storage: Crucial P2 1TB

 

 

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Go for the 3600. But when building next year the 3600 will have a successor. Go for this one then.

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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the 2700x is 5% better than the 3600 in premiere

the 3600 is 5% better than the 2700x in gaming

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1 minute ago, Stahlmann said:

Go for the 3600. But when building next year the 3600 will have a successor. Go for this one then.

I'm planning to go second hand for the CPU so if the successor fit's into my £140 budget, then I will go with that. I doubt it will though.

System

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

Case: Phanteks eclipse P400A

Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi

GPU: MSI RTX 3060 TI Gaming X Trio

RAM: 16GB XPG D60G CL16 3200MHZ

PSU: Sharkoon SilentStorm Cool Zero 650W

Storage: Crucial P2 1TB

 

 

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3 minutes ago, CloudPC said:

I'm planning to go second hand for the CPU so if the successor fit's into my £140 budget, then I will go with that. I doubt it will though.

depending on how much you're willing to wait, you might be able to snatch a second hand 3700x for £200 once the new generation launches and is in stock.

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1 hour ago, CloudPC said:

Not sure which CPU to go with.

the 3600 is better than the 2700x in most cases unless it's purely multi threaded. In this case, the 3600 is better. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

the 3600 is better than the 2700x in most cases unless it's purely multi threaded. In this case, the 3600 is better. 

Thanks, that clarifies it nicely

System

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

Case: Phanteks eclipse P400A

Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi

GPU: MSI RTX 3060 TI Gaming X Trio

RAM: 16GB XPG D60G CL16 3200MHZ

PSU: Sharkoon SilentStorm Cool Zero 650W

Storage: Crucial P2 1TB

 

 

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9 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

depending on how much you're willing to wait, you might be able to snatch a second hand 3700x for £200 once the new generation launches and is in stock.

I'd recommend this option as well. Second-hand Ryzen 3000 series will flood the used market once the 4000 series are announced.

Main Rig :

Ryzen 7 2700X | Powercolor Red Devil RX 580 8 GB | Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 | 16 GB TeamGroup Elite 2400MHz | Samsung 750 EVO 240 GB | HGST 7200 RPM 1 TB | Seasonic M12II EVO | CoolerMaster Q300L | Dell U2518D | Dell P2217H | 

 

Laptop :

Thinkpad X230 | i5 3320M | 8 GB DDR3 | V-Gen 128 GB SSD |

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10 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

depending on how much you're willing to wait, you might be able to snatch a second hand 3700x for £200 once the new generation launches and is in stock.

It honestly depends on how much budget I have by next year march. If I can afford a R7 3700x, that's what I will get. If not a 3600 or 3600x or even a 3600xt

System

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

Case: Phanteks eclipse P400A

Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi

GPU: MSI RTX 3060 TI Gaming X Trio

RAM: 16GB XPG D60G CL16 3200MHZ

PSU: Sharkoon SilentStorm Cool Zero 650W

Storage: Crucial P2 1TB

 

 

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3 minutes ago, CloudPC said:

If not a 3600 or 3600x or even a 3600xt

the price difference between those is usually not worth it. go with the standard 3600, unless you can find the x and xt at (almost) the same price

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