Need help with CPU upgrade.

[captskully]

Hello friendos. So I've been looking to upgrade my Ryzen 5 2600 since its been a year and was wondering whatd be some good choices? My friend suggested a Ryzen 5 3600x due to it being on sale for the same price of a 3600 right now (269$CAD). But I'm open to all suggestions. here's my pc at the current time.

GPU: Radeon 5700XT 8GB Evoke
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 (With Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.B)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666mhz
PSU: Corsair CX550M
MOBO: MSI B450m PRO-VDH

[Crunchy Dragon]

3600x is a good choice, especially if it's for the same price as a 3600.

 

Edit: make sure your BIOS is updated to support the 3600.

[tech.guru]

ensure you upgrade bios prior to swapping CPU to 3600x as suggested.

B450 would most likely need a bios update to support 3rd generation Ryzen

 

I would also while not mentioned consider M.2 gen drive for storage if you dont have one already.

It is significantly faster than a traditional SSD.

[captskully]

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

3600x is a good choice, especially if it's for the same price as a 3600.

 

Edit: make sure your BIOS is updated to support the 3600.

I have the latest update from the MSI website, at least i believe so. The latest one was released December 6th.

[captskully]

3 minutes ago, tech.guru said:

ensure you upgrade bios prior to swapping CPU to 3600x as suggested.

B450 would most likely need a bios update to support 3rd generation Ryzen

 

I would also while not mentioned consider M.2 gen drive for storage if you dont have one already.

It is significantly faster than a traditional SSD.

I have an M.2. Load times for gaming dont seem more than 1sec fast than my SSD but moving files sure as heck does.

[Crunchy Dragon]

15 hours ago, captskully said:

I have the latest update from the MSI website, at least i believe so. The latest one was released December 6th.

You're all set then.

[captskully]

On 2/1/2020 at 12:47 PM, Crunchy Dragon said:

You're all set then.

Probably shouldve asked this to begin with lol, but for what my system is right now, would the upgrade be much of a difference? Or should I hold off?

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 hours ago, captskully said:

Probably shouldve asked this to begin with lol, but for what my system is right now, would the upgrade be much of a difference? Or should I hold off?

It's really up to you, I would personally run the 2600 for another year or two depending on what it's being used for, but I also have a tendency to run my hardware more or less into the ground before upgrading.