Should I wait until September?

[Xabibi]

Hello. This year I plan to upgrade to a new rig since my current one can't run my fav games at good looking settings. Thing is, I am not sure if I should wait for the upcoming Zen4 and Ampere. I would like to enjoy playing these summer holidays, since in September I will be in school and no time for it. I currently plan on wait to see if the rumoured 3600xt delivers a good performance and then build a pc pairing it with a B550 motherboard and either a 2060S, a 5700xt or a 2070s (haven't decided on this part yet)
I know that if I don't wait I will cry a bit in September with all the new stuff arriving, but since with Zen2 it was almost impossible to get a CPU until almost February here (since they got out of stock everytime they restocked), I think that waiting for September could just not be worth, and that going with a current graphics card like the ones I have mentioned earlier will do fine for 6 years or so

 

 

Budget (including currency): Around 1300€

Country: Spain

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  ARK Survival Evolved, Monster Hunter World, GTA V

Other details: I made this parts list (GPU and such can be changed, I still haven't decided if Red or Green lel)

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€183.00 @ Amazon Espana
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	€38.81 @ LIFE Informatica
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€119.90 @ Amazon Espana
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	€129.99 @ Corsair
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€88.99 @ Amazon Espana
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card	€469.90 @ Amazon Espana
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	€110.90 @ Amazon Espana
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€112.61 @ Electronicamente
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1254.10
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 04:24 CEST+0200

The 3600 will mostly be changed for a 3600xt

The motherboard will be changed for a B550

I would buy this around mid July

 

Thanks in advance!

[AshRiver]

I would get B550 board over b450. 3600 to 3600xt not worth it for me. I rather go with Zen 3 over Zen 2 refresh. 

[svmlegacy]

As far as I've ever seen, there's rarely point in waiting. Technology moves very fast, and you could be eternally waiting for the next upcoming product. If you're content with your specs and price, buy it and enjoy it. Just because something better comes out, doesn't mean your existing system becomes bad.

[Xabibi]

6 minutes ago, AshRiver said:

I would get B550 board over b450. 3600 to 3600xt not worth it for me. I rather go with Zen 3 over Zen 2 refresh. 

As I mentioned in my small notes at the end, yes it will be B550.

About Zen3, I just have too much fear of having to wait 3 months like one my friends did with a 3950X

[Xabibi]

3 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

As far as I've ever seen, there's rarely point in waiting. Technology moves very fast, and you could be eternally waiting for the next upcoming product. If you're content with your specs and price, buy it and enjoy it. Just because something better comes out, doesn't mean your existing system becomes bad.

Haha yes this exactly. I am too afraid of entering an infinite loop of waiting, the product I am waiting runs out of stock and by the time it is in stock it is worth more waiting

[AshRiver]

Just now, Xabibi said:

As I mentioned in my small notes at the end, yes it will be B550.

About Zen3, I just have too much fear of having to wait 3 months like one my friends did with a 3950X

 What is your fear to wait 3 months or more? Are you impatient? 

Ryzen 5 3600 to 3600xt is a waste of money for me. You might as well save $$$ to upgrade Ryzen 5 3600 to Zen 3 because your board will support Zen 3 without any issue. 

[Xabibi]

1 minute ago, AshRiver said:

 What is your fear to wait 3 months or more? Are you impatient? 

Ryzen 5 3600 to 3600xt is a waste of money for me. You might as well save $$$ to upgrade Ryzen 5 3600 to Zen 3 because your board will support Zen 3 without any issue. 

I already explained that I would like to enjoy my summer with my new pc, since I will be mostly free and I want to play with my friends. I have also said how much I fear having to wait 3-4 months after launch to be able to get a Zen 3 CPU. Remember that this year the new consoles are launching and AMD will prioritize those chips way before PC, and if past year there was already a shortage after launch, picture this year

[AshRiver]

1 minute ago, Xabibi said:

I already explained that I would like to enjoy my summer with my new pc, since I will be mostly free and I want to play with my friends. I have also said how much I fear having to wait 3-4 months after launch to be able to get a Zen 3 CPU. Remember that this year the new consoles are launching and AMD will prioritize those chips way before PC, and if past year there was already a shortage after launch, picture this year

3950x shortage yes but not with 3900x and below. New consoles will have lower clock 3700x not Zen 3. Your 3600 and your gpu will going to last you more than 2 years. You can upgrade to Zen 3 once Zen 4 launch if you desire. I also suggest get an HDD at least 1TB for all your games and such. 

 

[Slottr]

32 minutes ago, Xabibi said:

I already explained that I would like to enjoy my summer with my new pc, since I will be mostly free and I want to play with my friends. I have also said how much I fear having to wait 3-4 months after launch to be able to get a Zen 3 CPU. Remember that this year the new consoles are launching and AMD will prioritize those chips way before PC, and if past year there was already a shortage after launch, picture this year

Get a 3300x for the time being then and upgrade to the new chips when they come out

[Xabibi]

2 hours ago, AshRiver said:

3950x shortage yes but not with 3900x and below. New consoles will have lower clock 3700x not Zen 3. Your 3600 and your gpu will going to last you more than 2 years. You can upgrade to Zen 3 once Zen 4 launch if you desire. I also suggest get an HDD at least 1TB for all your games and such. 

 

I have a 2TB HDD for that already, don't worry.

[Xabibi]

2 hours ago, Slottr said:

Get a 3300x for the time being then and upgrade to the new chips when they come out

That's actually a pretty good idea, but that would end up being 130€ of the 3300x + around 190€ of the 4600, which is equal to 320€ and at that price I would rather get a 3700x. Also would make me end up having a spare 3300x that will be hard to sell and I wouldn't have any use case for it after