2700x or 3600 ?

[TeaRoomMosh]

I’m looking to build a PC mainly for gaming, but would like to dabble in streaming & photo editing ... I understand the single core speed for gaming on a 3600 is Much better than the 2700x but I don’t intend on upgrading for a good 4/5 years.

 

With this said is it worth the extra cores to be “future proof” due to the possibility of the next gen consoles running 8 cores which could cause the developers to produce games which utilise 8 cores over 6 making the 3600 an under performer compared to a 2700x ? 

FYI regarding rest of set up, MOBO would depend on cpu and the gpu I had in mind was the 2070 super. I aim to run 1080p max settings up to a max 165hz/165fps due to my monitor I already have. 
 

any guidance, input or alternative ideas would be much appreciated ! :) 

[Jurrunio]

Gaming: 3600 is better

Streaming: Just let the GPU do the encoding

Photo editing: 3600 is better

no reason for you to get the 2700X

 

19 minutes ago, TeaRoomMosh said:

With this said is it worth the extra cores to be “future proof” due to the possibility of the next gen consoles running 8 cores which could cause the developers to produce games which utilise 8 cores over 6 making the 3600 an under performer compared to a 2700x ? 

No, because scaling with less cores is much easier to do than more cores. In other words, if the game is programmed well to use 8 cores, it will use 6 cores at least just as well.

[GoldenLag]

31 minutes ago, TeaRoomMosh said:

With this said is it worth the extra cores to be “future proof” due to the possibility of the next gen consoles running 8 cores which could cause the developers to produce games which utilise 8 cores over 6 making the 3600 an under performer compared to a 2700x ? 

Consoles may have 8 cores. But the game engine never has that many cores to work with. At best, the new consoles will have 7 core dedicated to gaming. More likely that it is 6

[Otto_iii]

8 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Consoles may have 8 cores. But the game engine never has that many cores to work with. At best, the new consoles will have 7 core dedicated to gaming. More likely that it is 6

THATS MORE THEN 6 WEEEWWW

but honestly 3600 is way better purchase then 2700x, don't go for 2700 unless somebody is handing it to you and you live in a region that easily compatable ram is highly available. (most of it is old, and overpriced because its becoming rarer for Ryzen 2000 series QVL stuff)


WEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW

3600 big daddy, 2700 big ******

[Mark Kaine]

According to CPUZ 3600 isn't really better at anything,  and 2700x is better at multi threading - and I'd somehow rather believe that then some forum opinions that are 99% always biased in some way. 

 

And considering 2700x should be a bit cheaper I'd probably go with that,  performance will be about the same.