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Should Ryzen 3500 be preferable over 2600 for a given hardware?

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After a lot of research I have finalized a Ryzen 2600 based PC with following configuration. But I am confused again as AMD has just launched Ryzen 3500 in India, priced at ~₹11200, which is on many articles referred as 'killer'. My question is, should I consider swapping 2600 (priced ~₹14000)  for 3500 ( I believe, I may not have to change rest of the hardware)?
I would also like to mention that I will not be playing games on this machine.

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i think 2600 is better

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12 minutes ago, pkr said:

After a lot of research I have finalized a Ryzen 2600 based PC with following configuration. But I am confused again as AMD has just launched Ryzen 3500 in India, priced at ~₹11200, which is on many articles referred as 'killer'. My question is, should I consider swapping 2600 (priced ~₹14000)  for 3500 ( I believe, I may not have to change rest of the hardware)?
I would also like to mention that I will not be playing games on this machine.

  • MSI B450M MORTAR MAX
  • 16 GB DDR-4 G-SKILL RIPJAWS (3000 FSB)
  • 240GB SSD
  • 450W MasterCooler
  • RX 570 Gigabyte

 

Thank you

killer for 9400F not for 3600. the cache is far better on 3600. and also additional 100mhz clock speed.

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If the R5 3500 is actually cheaper I'd consider it for a gaming focused build since it's single core performance is better... you can get around the lack of SMT by simply not having a lot of sideground programs running with your game.

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28 minutes ago, pkr said:

2600 and not 3600. 3500 is cheaper than 2600.

The 3500 is essentially a 3600 with no SMT, and the IPC gains made by Zen2 make it a faster overall CPU

If its cheaper than the 2600 I don't see why you'd want the 2600

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3 hours ago, pkr said:

After a lot of research I have finalized a Ryzen 2600 based PC with following configuration. But I am confused again as AMD has just launched Ryzen 3500 in India, priced at ~₹11200, which is on many articles referred as 'killer'. My question is, should I consider swapping 2600 (priced ~₹14000)  for 3500 ( I believe, I may not have to change rest of the hardware)?
I would also like to mention that I will not be playing games on this machine.

  • MSI B450M MORTAR MAX
  • 16 GB DDR-4 G-SKILL RIPJAWS (3000 FSB)
  • 240GB SSD
  • 450W MasterCooler
  • RX 570 Gigabyte

 

Thank you

What are you going to do if not playing games on it??

 

For productivity workloads r5 2600 would be better , but it also depends on the software you are using , as it can make use of threads or not.

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no SMT no care, skip it.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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