Black Friday deal 2700x vs 3600

[jmlugo15]

Hi, so Black Friday is coming and I'm building a PC, not strictly for gaming, but I'd like it to be able to do so in 1080p maybe in the future at 1440p. I also will be using for crunching numbers, I do some Sales Analysis for Purchasing Forecasting for multiple stores from a central distribution center, so 8000 sku database with sales data combine with excel is the main use for the PC, and Casual Gaming.

 

The question is rather simple, is it worth to choose the new 3600 over the 2700x, knowing that it will be 169.99$ vs 199.99$. Is it good enough the 3rd Gen Ryzen, even with 2 less cores?

 

I'm trying to build something that's not going to be obsolete in a year an a half from now. But also I don't want to break the bank if it's not necessary.

 

Here is the list that I'm planing:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($169.99) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($69.99) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.59 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card  ($369.99) 
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99) 
Power Supply: EVGA G5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99) 
Total: $887.53

 

Any recommendations?

 

[Firewrath9]

is this microcenter pricing?

They have a R7 2700 there fore 129$

[jmlugo15]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

is this microcenter pricing?

No. Live in miami, so no Microcenter near. This prices are from the Newegg Black Friday Ad.

[Jurrunio]

17 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

The question is rather simple, is it worth to choose the new 3600 over the 2700x, knowing that it will be 169.99$ vs 199.99$. Is it good enough the 3rd Gen Ryzen, even with 2 less cores?

I thought the older r7 is the cheaper CPU? Btw get the 2700 if that's cheaper, the CPU itself is the same.

 

18 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

but I'd like it to be able to do so in 1080p maybe in the future at 1440p

if you dont plan on high frame rates (100fps+) then 2nd gen is totally fine

 

18 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

Motherboard: ASRock B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99) 

Weak VRM for overclocking the older Ryzen 7, no bios flashback for compatibility with 3rd gen without needing an older CPU for the bios flash. MSI's B450 Mortar and Bazooka Plus boards are better if you dont mind 4 SATA ports after using an NVMe drive in PCIe 3.0

 

20 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($97.59 @ Amazon) 

Team MP34 has double the capacity for little price increase

 

21 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

Video Card: ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card  ($369.99) 

below average cooling, aim for the Sapphire Pulse, Powercolor Red Dragon and Gigabyte Gaming OC if you dont want the premium cards either. Better not buy the THICC II or MSI Evoke/MECH, definitely do not touch the TUF X3

 

22 minutes ago, jmlugo15 said:

Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99) 

Airflow is subpar, I'd rather get the P350X even if you dont want a mesh front

[jmlugo15]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I thought the older r7 is the cheaper CPU? Btw get the 2700 if that's cheaper, the CPU itself is the same.

Sorry, that I wrote the prices in the wrong order, but yes, the 2700x will be at 169.99$ vs the 3600 at 199.99$.

 

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Weak VRM for overclocking the older Ryzen 7, no bios flashback for compatibility with 3rd gen without needing an older CPU for the bios flash. MSI's B450 Mortar and Bazooka Plus boards are better if you dont mind 4 SATA ports after using an NVMe drive in PCIe 3.0

 

Team MP34 has double the capacity for little price increase

Thanks for the Recommendations.

[Hugh54321]

Neither will be obsolete in half a year. I would get the 3600 over the 2700X. It will have better single core speed and It will run cooler, so will be able to use boost more giving it even higher single core speed. When I went to uni I had to abandon excel and learn R because my data set was too large for excel. I highly recommend learning R over buying an expensive CPU. I could make graphs on my mac book air where excel would struggle on a desktop. Also running commands in terminal makes re-creating/adjusting graphs easier.

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-3600/3958vs4040