Should I buy a 2600 before Ryzen 3 comes out?

[Merd22]

I'm starting a pc build and I was looking at the ryzen 2600 for the cpu and was wondering if its worth buying before the release of ryzen 3. Any help is appreciated thanks.

[TempestCatto]

The release is so close, just wait. Buy the new line, or if money is that tight, prices should drop a bit for the older stuff.

[Guest]

I have one. It works great with 1080p gaming ... 3,4 ghz is a nice clockscore... games such as total war or nier automata .. some nfsu , destiny 2 
The new 3600 seems to be a whole lot better.. I've seen many screaming 3600 benchmarks destroy 2600 video's coming by today
and with the new x5 motherboards coming out too.
If you can wait i would have waited

[Kris3456]

 

I am in the same boat still having Phenom II 965. At first I looked for wrong path of FX 8350, becouse i didn't wanted to change an entire system. But Ryzen's are faster and more power efficient then old tech. So will wait for a newest ones.

[SpookyCitrus]

3 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

The release is so close, just wait. Buy the new line, or if money is that tight, prices should drop a bit for the older stuff.

100% agree, just wait 1 month for the new ones to drop, if you don't want one of the new CPUs get the 2600 for even less than it's at now when the prices drop when retailers start putting them on sale to make room for the new line.

[Derrk]

wait

[Merd22]

Cheers for the advice

[suchamoneypit]

Alternatively, buy a used Ryzen 2600, then resell it when Ryzen 3 comes out. You'll maybe pay a premium of $50 to have a good CPU now and then if you front the money, you could upgrade immediately, swap CPUs, then sell the 2600 on ebay or something. I do this for pretty much every part on my computers and my friends computers. Used hardware depreciates in value a lot less than new.

[_Hustler_One_]

Patience is a virtue

[NineEyeRon]

New gear is so overpriced and often not all the skus at launch so you over or under spec.

 

I’m a buy last seasons model type of person. As long as it has at least a modest difference in price from the latest equivalent model.

[Stefan Payne]

Problem is:
You either have to get an X570 Board or know someone who has an older Ryzen CPU to flash the BIOS - or get a Board that can be flashed without CPU.