Real Value?

[Sts610]

I was planning on upgrading my current system to a ryzen 3600 on an x570 board.  

This morning I see a pretty decent sale on a 2600x under 200$ brand new and the b450 motherboards are also cheaper with a decent vrm.  Looking at the b450 pro carbon.

 

For those who have either cpu would you pay 90$ more for a 3600 from a 2600x?

For those running a 2600x are you able to run 3600mhz ram at the ideal 2:1 ratio with the infinity fabric on a pro carbon? (My research was all learned towards the 3600)

I use my current system for gaming mostly the rest will obviously be handled as my current rig can support it.  

 

Total savings would be almost 150$. I'm trying to see it's worth it or the 3600 has way more features.

 

Thanks!!

[Vejnemojnen]

Hello @Sts610

 

You need not to buy a X570 board for 3rd generation Ryzen CPU-s. B450 boards will work fine, after update-ing BIOS. Some retailers do it for free, some for a little sum of money. But with new BIOS, a B450 board will handle 3rd gen CPU-s just fine.

 

There are better value boards than B450 Carbon Pro. Ie.: Mortar, Tomahawk, Bazooka Plus all have decent VRM-s and OC-ability.

 

BTW, MSI MAX series B450 boards are compatible with 3rd gen cpu-s out of the box (B450 Mortar MAX; B450 Tomahawk MAX; B450 Gaming Plus MAX).

 

For RAM speed: even 3200Mhz would suffice. What options do you have?

 

[Mister Woof]

Get 3600 and b450 w/bios flashback instead

[5x5]

Well, if you are purely gaming, you could save more by opting for a 2600X (for the spire cooler) but the drop from a 2600X to a 3600 is a 15-18% performance delta

[ZephCloud]

i think the 2700x is a better choice looking at the price and it has 2 more cores. b450 pro carbon is not bad i think,i'm using it with a 3200g in the living room.

[Gohardgrandpa]

Go for the 3600 and a b450 tomahawk. The cpu won’t overclock so don’t worry about that. It’s a cheap combo, about $300 usd and it runs games great with a good video card 

[Sts610]

1 hour ago, 5x5 said:

Well, if you are purely gaming, you could save more by opting for a 2600X (for the spire cooler) but the drop from a 2600X to a 3600 is a 15-18% performance delta

I agree however it is a 38% price increase for 15% performance.  I'm just wondering how much I "need" the performance if my 2500k can almost handle my current use.  I'm telling myself newer architecture plus hyperthreading and 2 more cores should handle it just fine?

[5x5]

3 minutes ago, Sts610 said:

I agree however it is a 38% price increase for 15% performance.  I'm just wondering how much I "need" the performance if my 2500k can almost handle my current use.  I'm telling myself newer architecture and 2 more cores should handle it just fine?

Then grab the 2700X - you also get the Prism cooler so there's another 30$ extra. Grab a B450 Strix and enjoy

[Sts610]

1 hour ago, Vejnemojnen said:

Hello @Sts610

 

You need not to buy a X570 board for 3rd generation Ryzen CPU-s. B450 boards will work fine, after update-ing BIOS. Some retailers do it for free, some for a little sum of money. But with new BIOS, a B450 board will handle 3rd gen CPU-s just fine.

 

There are better value boards than B450 Carbon Pro. Ie.: Mortar, Tomahawk, Bazooka Plus all have decent VRM-s and OC-ability.

 

BTW, MSI MAX series B450 boards are compatible with 3rd gen cpu-s out of the box (B450 Mortar MAX; B450 Tomahawk MAX; B450 Gaming Plus MAX).

 

For RAM speed: even 3200Mhz would suffice. What options do you have?

 

I'm looking for boards with 2 m.2 slots aswell as intel lan with possible wifi.  I did not see any boards in the same price range with bios flashback and my other criteria besides gigabyte which uses a different vrm setup on the lower tier boards.

[Vejnemojnen]

3 minutes ago, Sts610 said:

I'm looking for boards with 2 m.2 slots aswell as intel lan with possible wifi.  I did not see any boards in the same price range with bios flashback and my other criteria besides gigabyte which uses a different vrm setup on the lower tier boards.

@Sts610 if You would end up with 2700x,  you won't need bios flashback feature. The b450 carbon Pro is a great board. If it is priced well, you should just go for it. 

[Sts610]

1 hour ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

Go for the 3600 and a b450 tomahawk. The cpu won’t overclock so don’t worry about that. It’s a cheap combo, about $300 usd and it runs games great with a good video card 

It would be a great combo however it's a 500$ combo in canada.