Ryzen 5 3600 or I5 9600KF

SukieMukie · April 30, 2020

Needing some opinion on this one. Which CPU should i pick? And why would rather pick AMD rather then Intel and vice versa.

And the rig is planned to be a long run PC and could be upgradable on the future (± 5 years)

JoostinOnline · April 30, 2020

Get the 3600 definitely. It's got more threads and Ryzen supports more upgrade paths.

Noah0302 · April 30, 2020

In pure gaming performance it wont make a big difference, but since you plan to use the platform for multiple year the threads from the 3600 and the upgradeability of the AM4 socket will make a huge difference.

boggy77 · April 30, 2020

the 9600 performs better today in games. but in the next few years, new games will rely more on the number of cores than on single core frequency, so I believe the 3600 will become better than the 9600. the max upgrade you can do on the mobo for the 9600 is the 9900. the max upgrade for the 3600 isn't released yet, but will probably be a 4950x.

BlueSpartan · April 30, 2020

I've been very happy with my 3600 since release, and when the next set of processors are released I have a simple upgrade path. The extra cores will be continually used more in games and other applications. I gave up on Intel because they require a new motherboard at every release, plus I was happy to support the underdog with a truly better product. I have mine paired with a EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 and it never misses a beat in 1440P gaming. With 1440P you'll notice even less of the slight benefit of the 9600 in some games. My older Intel 7700K is still running strong, but I've been enjoying my switch to team red.

GoldenLag · April 30, 2020

56 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

the 9600 performs better today in games. but in the next few years, new games will rely more on the number of cores than on single core frequency, so I believe the 3600 will become better than the 9600.

it allready is the better buy, current titles allready see the signs that that 7600k saw due to lack of threads.