Need recommendations on a new CPU

[Suberman]

So at the moment I have:

Xeon e3 1231-v3 

ASUS B85M-G PLUS/USB 3.1

16gb ram (8gb of it are from my brothers old pc - might be kinda dodgy)

Sapphire R9 390 8gb

Samsung SSD and a HDD

 

I ordered some compressed air and thermal paste to clean up the cpu but I think now it might be better to just upgrade as my fps in games is quite bad.

My friend had the same cpu and went to a Ryzen 5 3600 and claims its much better. Also, the xeon seems to be running a bit hot when gaming - around 70-75.

 

So my questions is what CPU should I go for? I mainly game on my pc but I also need something that can handle the likes of solidworks for college.

I have been out of the loop with pc parts for a while but I have heard good things about the new amd cpus. I don't really want to spend more than €350 on the cpu (not inc. mb) if I can avoid it. 

Also, should I wait for the zen 3? I heard that it was meant to drop in October but I really couldn't wait any longer than that and I'm not sure if it'll change much.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Suberman said:

around 70-75.

that's fine, nothing wrong with these temps.

 

10 hours ago, Suberman said:

Also, should I wait for the zen 3?

If possible, wait and check what it has to offer first and decide which platform you'll move to.

[Suberman]

9 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

that's fine, nothing wrong with these temps.

 

If possible, wait and check what it has to offer first and decide which platform you'll move to.

I forgot to add that last night I did a x264 stress test on the cpu and when I came back to the pc at about 50% through loop 4 it was artifacting like crazy and the temp was at 95 C

This was the results from it:

Loop 1: 
encoded 2121 frames, 2.93 fps, 35913.33 kb/s
Loop 2: 
encoded 2121 frames, 2.93 fps, 35913.33 kb/s
Loop 3: 
encoded 2121 frames, 2.92 fps, 35913.33 kb/s
Loop 4: 
encoded 2121 frames, 2.90 fps, 35913.33 kb/s

 

Added the video below (just before I turned the pc off)

 

If I was to buy a new cpu now, what would you recommend? 

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Suberman said:

g like crazy and the temp was at 95 C

You can try replacing the thermal paste and re seating the cooler and cleaning the build. 

but over all, if temps under your normal load are fine, i wouldn't worry about the stress test results. 

[Suberman]

15 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

You can try replacing the thermal paste and re seating the cooler and cleaning the build. 

but over all, if temps under your normal load are fine, i wouldn't worry about the stress test results. 

Ok, thanks for the help. I'll try that out and see if it can buy me some time.

[Haro]

10 hours ago, Suberman said:

I'll try that out and see if it can buy me some time.

I mean temps under gaming load are perfectly fine, so you could just wait and check what zen 3 has to offer.