Upgrading to Ryzen 3rd gen worth it now

[migeo]

I was wondering if upgrading to Ryzen 3rd gen is still worth it now or whether I should wait for 4. I currently have an ivy bridge HTPC which has been running nonstop since October 2012 and it is in dire need of an upgrade. The computer freezes all the time, and becomes unresponsive (so unresponsive that a hard reset is the only way to get it back in "working conditions"). As a result I was thinking about upgrading my current 1st gen Ryzen system, to 3rd gen and transfer the hardware of my current system to my HTPC. If I were to upgrade, my HTPC  hardware would be:

• Ryzen 7 1700
• Asrock X370 Taichi
• 16GB RAM
• A new M.2 NVME SSD as boot drive

I would most likely pass on my current GTX 1060 6gb as soon as I upgrade my GPU too. As for the system that I'll be upgrading to, those are the parts:

• Ryzen 3900x
• Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
• 32GB RAM
• NZXT Kraken X73

(The NVME ssd and the HDD are for the HTPC) Should I hold off for now until the new generation is out or considering the current situation and the likely case that the 4th gen Ryzen family will be delayed, I should just upgrade now? 

 

EDIT: HTPC runs Plex and is used by my dad in another country and timezone with bad internet which is why the HTPC is on 24/7 (he usually uses it when I'm sleeping) and since he lowers the quality, the on-the-fly transcoding is more CPU heavy which is why I feel that the upgrade would be somewhat worth it

[StarsMars]

48 minutes ago, migeo said:

I was wondering if upgrading to Ryzen 3rd gen is still worth it now or whether I should wait for 4. I currently have an ivy bridge HTPC which has been running nonstop since October 2012 and it is in dire need of an upgrade. The computer freezes all the time, and becomes unresponsive (so unresponsive that a hard reset is the only way to get it back in "working conditions"). As a result I was thinking about upgrading my current 1st gen Ryzen system, to 3rd gen and transfer the hardware of my current system to my HTPC. If I were to upgrade, my HTPC  hardware would be:

• Ryzen 7 1700
• Asrock X370 Taichi
• 16GB RAM
• A new M.2 NVME SSD as boot drive

I would most likely pass on my current GTX 1060 6gb as soon as I upgrade my GPU too. As for the system that I'll be upgrading to, those are the parts:

• Ryzen 3900x
• Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
• 32GB RAM
• NZXT Kraken X73

(The NVME ssd and the HDD are for the HTPC) Should I hold off for now until the new generation is out or considering the current situation and the likely case that the 4th gen Ryzen family will be delayed, I should just upgrade now? 

 

EDIT: HTPC runs Plex and is used by my dad in another country and timezone with bad internet which is why the HTPC is on 24/7 (he usually uses it when I'm sleeping) and since he lowers the quality, the on-the-fly transcoding is more CPU heavy which is why I feel that the upgrade would be somewhat worth it

Without digging into finances. If you are looking to upgrade go for it. 
 

ryzen 3000 is a solid product with its kinks worked out. 
 If you wait for 4000 you will be an early adopter with whatever that brings.  Can always upgrade to 4000 later if you feel like it. 
 

might dodge your plex going down too

[migeo]

8 hours ago, StarsMars said:

Without digging into finances. If you are looking to upgrade go for it. 
 

ryzen 3000 is a solid product with its kinks worked out. 
 If you wait for 4000 you will be an early adopter with whatever that brings.  Can always upgrade to 4000 later if you feel like it. 
 

might dodge your plex going down too

Yeah I understand and agree with what you're saying but even though it is a silly idea, I'm afraid that ryzen 4000 will bring some amazing improvements and if I waited just a bit longer, I would've had it. I know that it's silly since when the 4000 cpus come out, there'll be the mentality of what if ryzen 5000 is much better, or the possibility that ryzen 4000 isn't good. There is the issue of being an early adopter as well which comes with adopting all of the launch issues that still need to be worked out. I feel that getting the 3900x,and then upgrading to the 4000x if it's amazing, defeats the purpose of getting such an amazing cpu right now although now that I think about it, I can always but the 3900X in my x370 board since they are compatible and I have the latest bios