Worth upgrading? I7 6700 ---> Ryzen 7 2700x

[erikeriok1]

I am just wondering if you think that the upgrade is worth it? I mostly game and i will study game programming in the future. 

[Jurrunio]

There's Ryzne 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700X, not R7 2600X

 

I'd say wait for 3rd gen Ryzen's release, seems on track for early next year (so a month or two away). 6700 isnt bad.

[erikeriok1]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

There's Ryzne 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700X, not R7 2600X

 

I'd say wait for 3rd gen Ryzen's release, seems on track for early next year (so a month or two away). 6700 isnt bad.

oh yeah wrong buttons sorry and yeah i've been thinking of waiting on the 3rd generation

[Klwdie]

I don't think its worth upgrading right now, I'd wait until next gen as well

[Silverfields]

I don't know a ton about programming, but I do know that some compilers like high core counts. Do you know what you'll end up using program wise?

As for gaming, your 6700 should be slightly better than a 2600X in single core games. If you overclock the 2600X, the gap will be a slot smaller.

I'd wait for the next generation of Ryzen.

[_StrikE_]

In the future if you really do needed extra cpu power studying game development upgrade then. At least personally I'm still very pleased with what my cpu has to offer gaming wise, the only thing that would make it worth the upgrade is if your focusing on streaming i guess (which doesn't seem to be the case).

[erikeriok1]

2 minutes ago, Strike105X said:

In the future if you really do needed extra cpu power studying game development upgrade then. At least personally I'm still very pleased with what my cpu has to offer gaming wise, the only thing that would make it worth the upgrade is if your focusing on streaming i guess.

I am streaming from time to time 

[Bananasplit_00]

thats not really an upgrade and more of a sidegrade, dont bother

[_StrikE_]

8 minutes ago, erikeriok1 said:

I am streaming from time to time 

Well if you aren't happy with your current streaming results then it might be a good idea to further look into the upgrade, since the 2600x has more cores, but if you're pleased atm personally i see no reason to rush with the way things are advancing this days, like others have said except from some specific tasks its more of a sidegrade then upgrade.

[_Aontaigh_]

An i7-6700 will not only match a 2700X in games, in will also beat it in plenty of them as can be seen here:

 

 

It's a "sidegrade" as one user said or even a downgrade in many games.