Best midrange AMD CPU?

[AmateurHermit]

Currently finishing up my PC build, and having trouble distinguishing a clear winner between these CPUs:

-R5 3600

-R7 3800X

-R7 3700X

 

Which one is the best bang for buck? I currently own a 3600, and I've been wondering if I should switch over to a 3700 or 3800X, but I keep finding conflicting reviews.

[Middcore]

If you have a 3600, there is 0 zero reason to get a 3700 or 3800 unless you're using applications that would benefit from more cores and threads.

 

 

[AmateurHermit]

Just now, Middcore said:

If you have a 3600, there is 0 zero reason to get a 3700 or 3800 unless you're using applications that would benefit from more cores and threads.

 

 

Mostly using it for gaming and 4k video editing, will that make a difference?

[Middcore]

Just now, AmateurHermit said:

Mostly using it for gaming and 4k video editing, will that make a difference?

 

For gaming no not really at all. For video editing possibly. 

[Mark Kaine]

I'd get the fastest with most cores... those must be cheap now anyways? you can never have too much cores... 

[TheInfinityBacon]

13 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

those must be cheap now anyways?

Those must be selling for higher than MSRP right now anyways right?

 

More seriously, the 3600 should be perfectly fine, especially since you already have access to one. Later down the line, if you notice your CPU usage is maxing out (per core, or overall), and performance is not where you want it to be, then an upgrade would be advisable, when parts have hopefully dropped in price.

[Mark Kaine]

20 minutes ago, TheInfinityBacon said:

Those must be selling for higher than MSRP right now anyways right?

I dunno that's cheaper than what I paid for my 3600 iirc... 

https://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-8x-3-60GHz-So-AM4-BOX_1313645.html

 

 

Also I'm not the OP lol. 

[AnirbanG007]

57 minutes ago, AmateurHermit said:

Currently finishing up my PC build, and having trouble distinguishing a clear winner between these CPUs:

-R5 3600

-R7 3800X

-R7 3700X

 

Which one is the best bang for buck? I currently own a 3600, and I've been wondering if I should switch over to a 3700 or 3800X, but I keep finding conflicting reviews.

If you export your videos using Nvidia hardware encoding, there's probably even a lesser chance of benefitting from an upgrade like that. What you have is good enough for both gaming as well as 4k video editing.

[SupaKomputa]

Save your money for 5600x, 3700-3800 won't give you any noticeable difference.

i've used 1600-2600 as an editing machine, no problem as some of the load is handled by the GPU too.