should i buy the ryzen 2700 now?

[aBattleBorn]

hello guys,first of all let me apologize for my English.

i want to upgrade my ageing amd ryzen 5 1600x with ryzen 7 2700.

i will buy the cpu of amazon,the price is lowest i have seen so far and there is some kind of promotion right now with free shipping to my country which is saving me around 20$,i have no idea if i should buy the cpu right now or wait for black Friday, what do you guys think?

[Sorenson]

i would only go with the 2700 if it is significantly cheaper than the 3600.

[Skipple]

What are you going to be using the computer for? Just gaming or do you have other tasks? 

[aBattleBorn]

22 minutes ago, Sorenson said:

i would only go with the 2700 if it is significantly cheaper than the 3600.

3600 is 6 core i need the extra cores+i have the gigabyte ab 350 gaming 3, a350 did get bios update for 3rd gen but i am not comftrable with running 3rd gen on this mobo

18 minutes ago, Skipple said:

What are you going to be using the computer for? Just gaming or do you have other tasks? 

pretty heavy virtualization for as cheap as possible plus gaming on the side.

[Zberg]

If you are doing something other than gaming, the 2700(+/-x) is such a good value right now.  It can game, it can do work, it is pretty cheap relative to a lot of stuff out there.  I think it is a good way to go

[aBattleBorn]

Just now, Zberg said:

If you are doing something other than gaming, the 2700(+/-x) is such a good value right now.  It can game, it can do work, it is pretty cheap relative to a lot of stuff out there.  I think it is a good way to go

tyvm for your response

in your opinion,should i wait for black friday?

 

[Vexo]

5 minutes ago, aBattleBorn said:

tyvm for your response

in your opinion,should i wait for black friday?

 

I would. That's what I'm doing, and since AMD is going to release a couple new CPUs this month, the price for the 2700 may drop even more than it already has. 

[GloriousPain]

I'd honestly say no... unless you really need more cores right now.

 

Zen to Zen+ is only like +3% IPC, and only slightly better clocks and memory support (assuming your bios is relatively updated)

 

So it'd be much the same for you ignoring the extra cores you'd maybe get 5% better performance; If you can get a 3600 though that'd be much more significant or if you can wait for Ryzen 4000 as AMD's hinted that'll be out early/mid (1st half) next year.

[Mister Woof]

2700 is $159. With a modest OC it's essentially equal to the 2700x.

 

In terms of gaming, it really isn't far behind the 3600 especially at 1440p where it tends to be pretty much even in most titles.

 

If you are chasing high refresh, I'd skip Ryzen anyway. 

 

If you didn't have anything, I'd definitely recommend grabbing the 2700.

 

However, since you already have the 1600x, you would need a much more significant upgrade for it to be worth it.

 

Grab a 3900x or keep what you got imo.